Tai ji quan (1996)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Directors:

Woo-ping Yuen
Xinyan Zhang

Writer:

Yeung-Ping Sze (writer)

Release Date:

14 March 1996 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Romance

Plot:

A young Tai Chi master fights Opium smugglers with the aid of his powerful braid while wooing a girl. |

Plot Keywords:

Opium | Tai Chi | Historical | Wire Fu | Colony

Cast

Jacky Wu	...	Hawkman / Jackie
Christy Chung	...	Rose
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mark Cheng	...	Lam Wing
Chuen-Hua Chi	...	Da Bu Liang (Bald Villian)
Billy Chow	...	Wong, Great Kick of the North
Sibelle Hu	...	Jackie's Mother
Shun Lau	...	Officer Tsao
Darren Shahlavi	...	Smith
Chiu Tam	...	Sung
Hai Yu	...	Yeung Shan-Wu

Also Known As:

Tai Chi Boxer (UK) (DVD title)
Tai Chi Chun (USA)
Tai Chi Fist (Hong Kong: English title) (literal title)
Tai Chi II (Hong Kong: English title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Hong Kong:IIA | South Korea:15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A | UK:15 | USA:R

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the All Region DVD version, wires are visible in the final fight scene.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Cecil B. DeMented (2000)

One of the best martial arts films ever!

Wow, this film was much better than i expected! (maybe even better than Tai Chi Master!) Jackie Wu is Excellent as the lead and Darren Shahlavi(Smith) is very good as the british villain in this his first hong kong movie. Great supporting cast including Sibelle Hu (Jackie's mum) , Yue Hoi (Jackie's dad), Christy Chung (jackie's love interest), Billy Chau (Opponent, Great Nothern kicker), Ji Chun Hua (Smith's Thug) and Taam Chui (Jackie's Cousin). All give good performances especially Ji Chun Hua (Falling down a flight of concrete stairs, no pads!) Darren Shahlavi (Great stunts all round!), Jackie Wu (great fighting, despite the fact he has really bad eyesight!) but the best guy in the film has to be Taam Chui! Not only does he have his own character ( Ah Sung, jackie's cousin) he also doubles for almost everyone in the movie!! He is so physically talented (i think he studied Wu Shu at the same academy as Jet Li and Jackie) that he was obviously hired by Yuen Woo Ping to do the lightning fast jumping kicks and spins that other people simply can't do! He doubles for Billy Chau, Mark Cheng, Yue Hoi and even Jackie Wu at one stage! As Darren Shahavi once said in an interview "that guys the best kicker i've ever seen!" and that's coming from someone as physically talented as Darren! Taam is by far the most talented martial artist in the film (even with a cast like Billy Chau , Jackie Wu and Yue Hoi!) He is even assistant action director too! This film is a top five favourite of mine and is quite simply a classic of the genre! It's full of great acting, superb fights and as always good direction by Yuen Woo Ping. Should be enjoyable to just about anyone and a Kung Fu must see for fight fans everywhere!If you haven't seen it, go see it now!