Yet another treat from Jet Li. I forgot to mention it in the beginning of my blog. After a long time you can watch out the real lively stunts just like Jet Li in his earlier films rather than the much used CG in recent films.
Not to miss that this movie is based on a real legendary master Huo Yuanjia, who founded the Jin Wu Sports Federation and rose to become the top fighter in early 20th-century China. Li Plays Huo Yuanjia,the real life legend. He's a big-ego martial arts master (as depicted in the film i am not sure in his real life) who gets a tragic break, and then he goes to a metaphor farm where they teach him all about life,love and honor and discipline.
The director gives a lesson to all through the legend that life is not about just proving the strength and at what cost (his own family). Being humble is your strength which the master learns during his tenure as a farmer on the unknown farm land after the tragic death of his cute little daughter (i wonder how come people get such vengeance to kill a child).
The pride and desire to be the number one fighter in his province has cost his daughters life.
The master learns his lesson and returns to his home town around early 20th century and finds that the Chinese martial arts form is under stake with the foreign fighting techniques.
He gets in to action once again in the rings and proves he is the best (but this time he is more humble after learning life and its spiritual side). But unfortunately he is poisoned to death since the competitors find its not possible for them to defeat in fight.
Hope to see more such lively movie from Jet Li in future (but i heard that this could be his last :-( )Hope this aint true :-).
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