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Tai Chi Master
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Our Price: $14.95
List Price: $14.95
Sales Rank: #8661 (lower is better)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: The Weinstein Company
Starring: Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Chin Siu Ho
Directed By: Yuen Woo Ping
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
EAN: 0796019813440
Format: Color
Manufacturer: The Weinstein Company
Release Date: 2008-07-29
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
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Tai Chi Master Description
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Superstar Jet Li shows off his legendary speed, power, and agility at the peak of his martial arts prowess in this sweeping action epic. In an age of swordsmen and rebellion, two best friends and fellow martial arts students are expelled from the storied temple of Shaolin, only to meet again on the battlefield one a power-hungry general, the other a freedom-fighting rebel, both mortal enemies. Featuring Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon s Michelle Yeoh and directed by the celebrated Yuen Woo-Ping (action choreographer of The Matrix films), Tai Chi Master is a quintessential martial arts classic.
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Tai Chi Master customer reviews:
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Not the right version*
Be very careful about who you purchase this from. I love this movie and I received the English dubbed version of the movie! The exact opposite of what I was looking for. It's terrible and I couldn't watch for more than 5 minutes because all the good lines in the movie are replaced with short boring phrases. Again, be careful about getting a so-called bargain on this version of the movie.
One of all time great Kung Fu films
As a fan of the genre, I have seen most of the great Kung Fu films dating back to 1970s. This movie, until Jet Li's Hero came out, was my favorite Kung Fu film of all time.
As with most good Kung Fu films, this movie focuses not on the action. Instead, the movie focuses on human relationships between two lifelong friends who grow up together. One chooses power, wealth, and pleasure. The other chooses to maintain his chosen path as a monk. Their paths inevitably collide, leading to climatic Kung Fu fights between two of the best Shaolin pupils.
Although Jet Li's action sequences were great, it was his acting that made his performance stand out. Jet Li plays the role of a betrayed friend brilliantly. Jet Li looked genuinely sad when his friend joins the Army by making fool of himself to impress the Army leader. When his character becomes enlightened with the principles and forces of Tai Chi, Jet Li's facial expressions and movements also change.
When this movie was released in 1993, the action sequences were extraordinary. Now, they seem rather ordinary by today's standards. But there is plenty to enjoy. The Shaolin monk fight sequences in the temple still ranks as one of the best Kung Fu fight sequences of all time. The dual between Jet Li and his nemesis friend is also very cool. Their fight scene is made more interesting by the fact the one is slightly better than the other and the better one uses a dynamic power style that the other can't counter. Both pleads to the other to join forces with them, leading to even more drama than otherwise seen in a Kung Fu action.
Please do yourself a favor and watch ONLY the Chinese dubbed version with English subtitles. The English dubbed version of this version called "Twin Dragons" massacred the movie by using of terrible English dubbing and by removing most of the wonderful Chinese background music. If you want to watch a Kung Fu film, you are far better off watching it in its original form with English subtitles.
I highly recommend this film to anyone who wants to watch a good Kung Fu film that has compelling characters and story.
twin warriors review
My husband and I first saw this movie on T.V., placed orders with several video stores, always on back order, after one year of this, with several different stores; I finally tried amazon.com, OMG! we were watching it by weeks end. :)
Excellent quality!
same movie different name
this movie i found out i allready had but it named something else, so i watched it again because im a jet li fan :)
taichi master
a good martial arts movie about a rarely seen in the movies form of martial arts.
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