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 Action | War   -  2004 (USA)
  

Director:

Jet Li

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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 Li, Dean Harrington and Mark King
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Cast

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Jia Song Jia Song ...
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Erkang Zhao Erkang Zhao ...
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Storyline

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. Written by Tom MacNeill  
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Genres:

Action | War

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and some language. See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong | China

Language:

English | Cantonese

Release Date:

2004 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Born to Defend See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

USA: 120 min (including commercials)  | Hong Kong: 92 min  | UK: 89 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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This is the only film Jet Li has directed to date (2004). See more »

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User Reviews

 
Jet Li's best
2 May 2002 | by WingChunmanSee all my reviews
Out of the 20 or so Jet Li movies I've seen this, in my opinion,is his best. Many people may disagree with me, but I think it was fantastic. Jet Li did a great job directing for his first time and the fight scenes are great!

The plot is very basic. Jet plays a Chinese soldier returning home from the war. When he arrives home he meets up with his uncle and realizes everything has changed. The Americans there control everything with power and money. Jet eventually gets involved when the Captain of the sailors hits him with his car and things start from there. Jet has many battles with the sailors at the bar-boxing ring.

There is about 8 fight scenes in total, some are short and some are really long. All of the one-on-one fight scenes involve Jet fighting an American sailor. There is also a really good brawl room brawl after Jet fights the captain of the sailors for one of many times in the boxing ring at the bar. The fight scenes are boxing and Kickboxing scenes with Hong Kong style choreography. They are really good and resemble some of Cory Yuen's later work. Jet Li does throw in some traditional Kung Fu though, like his fighting stance he uses. The ending fight is great where Jet takes out each sailor one-on-one untill only the captain remains in the factory. The final fight is really fast paced and keeps you wanting more. Jet Li shows us a future trademark by using a chain in a Wu Shu type technique(such as the belt in Fist of Legend, the fire hose in Romeo must die, the rope in My father is a Hero a.k.a the Enforcer,etc.) They also start playing this cool music that you would hear in a movie like Rocky. So I suggest you buy this movie if you have the chance!

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