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Born to Defense

Original title: Zhong hua ying xiong
  • 19861986
  • RR
  • 1h 32m
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Born to Defense (1986)
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Jet, a young soldier at the end of the second World War must overcome some abusive Americans who are bullying him as well as the Chinese people.Jet, a young soldier at the end of the second World War must overcome some abusive Americans who are bullying him as well as the Chinese people.Jet, a young soldier at the end of the second World War must overcome some abusive Americans who are bullying him as well as the Chinese people.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
2K
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POPULARITY
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    • Director
      • Jet Li
    • Writers
      • Jia Er-Ge
      • Yeung-Ping Sze
    • Stars
      • Jet Li
      • Keith Anthony(voice)
      • Kaiming Chen
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    • Director
      • Jet Li
    • Writers
      • Jia Er-Ge
      • Yeung-Ping Sze
    • Stars
      • Jet Li
      • Keith Anthony(voice)
      • Kaiming Chen
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      Wing Cho
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        Peter Doyle
          Dongyu Fan
          Zhanghe Gao
          Jessica Gee-George
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            Yan Geng
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              Kerry Gutierrez
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                    This is the only film Jet Li has directed to date (2020).
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                    Featured in Films of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Movie (2011)

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                  5/10
                  Intense fight scenes help a not-especially-interesting early Jet Li film
                  If you want to see a movie with intense, hard-hitting fight scenes, then "Born To Defend" has what you're looking for. It's interesting to see a young Jet Li acting well and incorporating a kick-boxing style into his fighting, and the main villain is a worthy opponent for him. However, there are two major problems with this film: 1) It's poorly lit, 2) It's poorly plotted. Problem #1 may of course be just the fault of my version, a DVD in Chinese with (generally awful) English subtitles. The lighting is at times so bad that it's hard to see what's going on - and that includes the climactic moments of the film! Problem #2, however, will appear in ANY version. The whole plot of the film is: Jet Li and friends are harassed by stereotypically scummy Americans, until Jet decides to harass them back. It's literally no more complicated than that. But if you can just concentrate on the fighting, then I suppose the film is worth a watch, especially for Jet Li fans. (**)
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                  • Release date
                    • February 16, 1986 (Hong Kong)
                  • Countries of origin
                    • Hong Kong
                    • China
                  • Languages
                    • English
                    • Cantonese
                  • Also known as
                    • Final Fight
                  • Production company
                    • Sil-Metropole Organisation
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                  • Runtime
                    1 hour 32 minutes
                  • Color
                    • Color
                  • Sound mix
                    • Mono
                  • Aspect ratio
                    • 1.85 : 1

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