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Tai Chi Master

Original title: Tai gik Cheung Sam Fung
  • 19931993
  • RR
  • 1h 36m
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7.2/10
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Tai Chi Master (1993)
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Two friends, ex Shaolin monks, part ways as they brush with the ongoing rebellion against the government. The ambitious one rises up to be a powerful military commander, while his betrayed f... Read allTwo friends, ex Shaolin monks, part ways as they brush with the ongoing rebellion against the government. The ambitious one rises up to be a powerful military commander, while his betrayed friend resorts to learn the calm ways of Tai Chi.Two friends, ex Shaolin monks, part ways as they brush with the ongoing rebellion against the government. The ambitious one rises up to be a powerful military commander, while his betrayed friend resorts to learn the calm ways of Tai Chi.
IMDb RATING
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10K
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    • Woo-Ping Yuen
    • Kwong-Kim Yip(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jet Li
    • Michelle Yeoh
    • Siu-Ho Chin
    • Woo-Ping Yuen
    • Kwong-Kim Yip(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jet Li
    • Michelle Yeoh
    • Siu-Ho Chin
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    • 55User reviews
    • 41Critic reviews
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    Jet Li
    Jet Li
    • Kwan Bo
    Michelle Yeoh
    Michelle Yeoh
    • Siu Lin
    Siu-Ho Chin
    Siu-Ho Chin
    • Chin Bo
    • (as Chin Siu Ho)
    Fennie Yuen
    Fennie Yuen
    • Miss Li
    • (as Fannie Yuen)
    Cheung-Yan Yuen
    Cheung-Yan Yuen
    • Rev. Ling
    • (as Yuen Cheung Yan)
    Shun Lau
    Shun Lau
    • Master Jueyuan
    • (as Lau Shun)
    Hai Yu
    • Head Master
    Kam Kong Chow
    Kam Kong Chow
    Yung-Chang Ho
    Jiankui Sun
    • Royal Eunuch…
    Bing Lei Li
    • Shaolin
    • (uncredited)
      • Woo-Ping Yuen
      • Kwong-Kim Yip(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Donnie Yen was offered the role of Chin Bo, but turned it down to pursue his solo career.
    • Goofs
      In the scene where Junbao and Siu Lin attack Governor Lu while he's on his way to Beijing, the wires they "flew" in on, and in the fight, are visible.
    • Quotes

      Junbao: Enough! Stop living in your past! What do you think you're doing here? Stop shoving me away! The past is what makes up who we are. Don't let it become your burden.

    • Alternate versions
      The U.S. version is essentially the same as the Hong Kong version, sans one scene where the monks in the Shaolin temple are all seen sleeping while standing on their heads.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Art of Action: Martial Arts in Motion Picture (2002)

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    7/10
    Entertaining Martial arts fest
    Twin Warriors succeeds as a martial arts film because it keeps us entertained with almost a constant stream of highflying action sequences. However, due in part to poor dubbing; the drama scenes between the fights are laughable.

    The story follows that of two friends, Chin Bo and Juanbo (Siu-hou Chin and Jet Li), two monks that becomes friends at, and later get thrown out of a Shaolin Temple. After this, they meet up with the leader of a group of rebels (Michele Yeoh), and Juanbo joins them, while Chin Bo goes off to join the emperor's army. Naturally, they meet up again along the way and their friendship is basically the main plot point of the film. As I mentioned, though; the dubbing is awful, and the script is no better. The characters talk as if they're from an upmarket part of London, and when they're both of Asian origin; it makes it very hard to take seriously. It's hard to tell whether the script is bad, or if it's just that it has been lost in translation. Because some of the lines of dialogue are cringe worthy, but that could be due to English translation; I don't know. It's the same story with the acting; none of the cast excels in the drama sections of the film, but their performance is masked by awful dubbing. Everyone deserves credit for their martial arts, however. The action sequences are generally imaginative, well crafted and entertaining; although they do have a tendency to go over the top at times; the prime example of this being when two characters are fighting in a dining hall, and a table falls apart and somehow manages to become stilts for one of the characters to stand on while fighting. I admit that it's entertaining...but come on.

    Credit to the cinematography department; this film does look very nice. And it does keep the audience entertained for it's duration, but that's all this film is; a crowd pleaser. It's just too silly to really be taken seriously.
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    • Release date
      • November 18, 1993 (Hong Kong)
      • Hong Kong
      • Cantonese
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • China
    • Production companies
      • Eastern Productions
      • Golden Harvest Company
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    • 1 hour 36 minutes
      • Color
      • Mono

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