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DVD Su Qi-er
 Run time: 115 min Rating: 6.4 Genres: Action | Drama | History Director: Woo-ping Yuen Writers: Chi-long To Stars: Wenzhuo Zhao, Xun Zhou, Andy On |
| Storyline Su Qi-Er retired from his life as a renowned Qing dynasty general in order to pursue his dream of a family and his own martial arts school. However, Su’s peaceful life is shattered when his vengeful adopted brother, Yuan Lie, kidnaps his son and leaves Su for dead. Saved from his demise by his wife Ying and the reclusive doctor Yu, Su resolves to perfect his technique so that he may defeat Yuan Lie and reunite his family. Aided by the mystical “God of Wushu” and the eccentric “Old Sage,” Su masters the art of Drunken Boxing, and embarks on the path that would eventually give rise to the legend of the “King of Beggars.” Written by Sam Sung-Sang |
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| Plot Keywords: doctor, martial arts, hand to hand combat, combat, blood | |
| Details: Country: China Release Date: 9 February 2010 (China) |
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I am basing my 9 stars for two reasons. First, the choreography is top notch. Second the cinematography is top notch. Simply put, this a very beautiful movie to watch. As for the story and plot…it's an action movie with a fairly simple story. It was designed to entertain with action and composition so the story is not the main vehicle which it uses to engage the viewer. If you are looking for extremely beautiful images, super insane kinetic choreography and fight scenes, you have come to the right place. The fights are on par with and perhaps even surpass Crouching Tiger, or Hero. Woo Ping just keeps improving on his choreography. I don't know how he does it, but he does it in every new movie. This is a definite purchase on bluray for my collection.
What's the point in analyzing this film and describing its plot as if it is so intricate? True Legend is basically every martial arts film ever made, from Five Deadly Venoms to Drunken Master, all rolled up into a big budget, blockbuster kick-ass fest of fists and feet from beginning to end. The plot is thin and video-gamish, but who cares, there is enough baby powder puffing from heads getting struck by body parts and bodies plunging into and shattering pots of wine and even some off the wall fighting style that looks like break-dancing to satisfy even the most hard-core kung fu fans. This is a truly weird one in that just when you think it is over, when the big-boss is finished off, the story keeps going on out of nowhere with sort of a Charles Bronson in Hard Times street battle competition. Like Ong Bak this is a pleasure of an action film simply because it doesn't try to be anything else except an action film. There's a little bit of everything thrown in here and it's quite a gas.
I found this to be one of the most entertaining films I've seen in a long time. I loved the whole concept of the film, it was booming with creativity and not to mention the fight sequences were bloody brilliant.
The story line is actually very consuming once you become endeared by the characters, whom I might add are supremely crafted. I mean how can you not think the 'God of Wushu' is not cool.
As a fan of the genre, I really rate this film up there with the best of them. It certainly deserves more attention, which I hope it gets.
10/10.
This movie is a work of art in many ways.
The Martial Arts displayed are really one of the best I have seen in a long time, yes it relies on flying and jumping everywhere, yet the fight scenes feels visceral enough not to feel to much like a dance.
The actors are really awesome, and they managed to make one of the BEST antagonist of all times.
Now let's get to the part that almost ruins it : The Pacing.
The flow of the movie suffers greatly from a bad editing, and it is too bad because it had the potential to be a true masterpiece.
This movie should have started backwards, beginning at the end, and having Su telling his story.
Instead of that, the pacing can be hard to follow, and at the end I was left with a strange feeling of incompletion.
Otherwise, the movie is still one of the best martial art movies of the past years, and if you are a Martial Arts fan do not miss it !