Jet Li's Fearless

I just watched an imported DVD of Jet Li's latest movie called Fearless, and all I have to say is: this is one of the best Jet Li movies ever.

The film is based on the true story of Hou Yuanjia, a martial artist in China during the early 1900's. Hou is an arrogant, headstrong, and misguided young man who only wants the glory of being the top fighter in his region. After a string of victorious matches, he accidentally kills another martial arts master. The retaliation against him results in the tragic loss of his family, and he abandons everything to wander the countryside.

Hou ends up in a small village in the country, where he learns the true meaning of life & martial arts and comes to understand the errors of his ways. Upon returning to his home, he enters a tournament to fight against a series of foreigners to defend the honor of his country.

In my opinion, Fearless has got to be one of the best martial arts movies ever made: the camera work is top notch, the pacing of the story is perfect, and even the music score is great. Everything really comes together for this movie.


The fight scenes in this movie are something to behold. They use a little wirework and CGI, but it's not overdone. Even though the story has its share of quiet moments, there are more than enough fight scenes to satisfy everyone. Although Jet Li is in his forties now, he is still in top form, and he kicks ass like no other.

This movie is coming to US theaters in September; it's being billed as Jet Li's final martial arts epic, and I don't know what that really means. He's Jet Li - what else is he going to do in movies except martial arts? Is he going to sing and dance? Someone please explain this to me.