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Title: Man of Tai Chi (2013)
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| Tiger Hu Chen | ... | 'Tiger' Chen Lin Hu | |
| Keanu Reeves | ... | Donaka Mark | |
| Karen Mok | ... | Inspector Suen Jing Si | |
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Hai Yu | ... | Master Yang |
| Qing Ye | ... | Ching Sha | |
| Simon Yam | ... | Superintendent Wong | |
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Yasuyuki Hirata | ... | Thin Man |
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Brian Siswojo | ... | Gong Au Young |
| Michael Tong | ... | Shek Kuan | |
| Sam Lee | ... | De-Ming | |
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Jiulong Guo | ... | Old Commentator |
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Huang Jiang Xiang | ... | Young Commentator |
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Zihan Xia | ... | Li Hung |
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Sung-jun Yoo | ... | Chi Tak |
| Iko Uwais | ... | Gilang Sunjaya | |
Tiger Chen is a Tai Chi student who is rather rebellious and uses Tai Chi to fight despite his master's concerns. When the temple where he studies get threatened from modern redevelopment, he fights in an underground fight club to get money the temple needs. However he soon realizes that his employer has other negative motives. Written by Immanuel A.
Man of Tai Chi may not be one of the best martial arts movie made, but i would say, its a good first attempt at directing by one of my more favored actor and an all-around good human being, Keannu Reeves. Though the acting might slightly be bland for the most part (all right then, all through out except for Karen Mok who i adore), but then again you have to admit though it's not exactly Shakespeare we're watching here. Its a pound for pound martial arts movie for action flick aficionados, too much acting or show of emotions would've made it too soft for me or pretentious. I think this movie might as well be Mr. Reeves' love letter to Chinese cinema which apparently influenced him a lot. I'm quite impressed as well that Mr. Reeves has set his Hollywood superstar status aside to make way for the little guy behind all the fancy stunts and high kicks that makes all those Hollywood action movies enjoyable. Kudos to Tiger Chen for the amazing action sequences in this film as well in the other movies he had been in as stunt coordinator and the like. Mr. Chen, is the real thing here. And in conclusion, i would like to say that i know that not all may come to appreciate this movie, only a few will, but i say its an acquired taste. Its entertaining for the most part. I'm glad its not deep which is what i like in an action flick, because i don't want to work that hard when i'm already too exhausted just following the punches thrown in this film. But its a joyride and a spectacle to savor from beginning to end. Again, congratulations Mr. Anderson... the Matrix will be proud.