Tai Chi Zero (2012)
"Tai Chi 0" (original title)

Yang travels to Chen Village to learn a powerful form of Tai Chi. Though villagers are forbidden from teaching outsiders, Yang becomes their best hope for survival when a man arrives with a plan to build a railroad through the village.

Director:

Stephen Fung

Writers:

Chia-lu Chang (screenplay), Kuo-fu Chen (story),

Stars:

Hark-On Fung, Stephen Fung, Yuan Xiaochao

6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hark-On Fung	...	Lao Zhao
Stephen Fung	...	Nan
Yuan Xiaochao	...	The Freak (as Jayden Yuan)
Qi Shu	...	Mother Yang
Wai-keung Lau	...	Father Yang (as Andrew Lau Wai Keung)
Siu-Lung Leung	...	Dong
Angelababy	...	Chen Yu Niang
Eddie Peng	...	Fang Zi Jing (as Eddie Peng Yu-Yen)
Di Wu	...	Chen You Zhi
Sicheng Chen	...	Chen Geng Yun (as Chen Si Cheng)
Shui-Fan Fung	...	Grand Uncle (as Tsui-Fan Fung)
Naijin Xiong	...	Chen Geng Yun's Wife
Tony Leung Ka Fai	...	Chen Chang Xing / Laborer
Da Ying	...	Governor
Mandy Lieu	...	Claire Heathrow

Storyline

Young genius Yang Luchan travels to Chen Village to learn the forbidden secrets of martial arts, but quickly learns that the village is menaced by a formidable battalion of Steampunk soldiers. The villagers realize that in order to save their home, they must trust this strange outsider with their knowledge of Tai Chi.

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Plot Keywords:

tai chi | martial arts | two word title

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Taglines:

See the extraordinary life of founder of the Yang style Tai Chi.

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence and martial arts action throughout

Details

Country:

China

Language:

Mandarin English

Release Date:

27 September 2012 (China)

Also Known As:

Tai Chi Zero

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$85,094 (USA) (19 October 2012)

Gross:

$212,094 (USA) (21 November 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Diversion Pictures, Huayi Brothers & Taihe Film Investment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Tai Chi Hero (2012)

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Soundtracks

"The Hive"
Written by Stromblad, Friden, and Gelotte
Performed by In Flames

User Reviews

Tai Chi Awful and ZERO Indeed

Utter crap. Probably one of the worst kung fu movies I've ever seen. It wouldn't be so bad if the story sucked but the fights were awesome or something, but it wasn't even that. The story sucked and the fights sucked! Usually kung fu movies tend to have low budgets and don't have good stories anyways, so they rely on the fight scenes being exceptional in every way. That's why the fight scenes in kung fu movies tend to have super fun fights that try to out-do the previous movies in scope, length, and ridiculousness; and usually they achieve all that without wire-fu or CGI, that's what makes kung fu movies so much fun. But Tai Chi Zero has none of that. I don't know what Stephen Fung was doing, but he CGI'd the crap out of the movie. I do admit that he has an interesting visual flair, but it's really nothing special, and in all honesty, all the CGI hocus pocus is just a diversion to distract you from noticing just how bad this movie is.