Fist of Legend (1994)
Reviewed by: resdog781 on 2000-07-31
Summary: *THE* Best Jet Li Film
HANDS DOWN, the best Jet Li movie ever. In this homage/remake of Bruce Lee's "Fists Of Fury", Jet Li plays Chen Zhen, a Chinese soldier in WW2-era China, who gets some flack for marrying a Japanese girl. He returns to his martial arts school after word of his master's murder by the rival Japanese martial arts school. Naturally, Chen Zhen has to face off against the Japanese to protect the honor of his deceased master, and his entire school as well. Some AMAZING wire-fu work courtesy of the man who *really* directed "The Matrix", Yuen Woo-Ping. A good intense and stoic performace by Jet Li, as usual, as well as the evil Japanese General Atakagawa (sp?) who was the mastermind behind his master's murder. And the last fight sequence between Chen Zhen and the General is amazing. Gotta love those bicycle kicks. Bravo. Unfortunately, I can't find one damn DVD copy of the film that *isn't* the horrible U.S. dubbed version. Poo.