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Thread: Man of Tai Chi (Keanu Reeves)

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    Man of Tai Chi (Keanu Reeves)

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    This is up on Amazon Instant Video a full month ahead of it's theatrical release in November.
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    Pretty great. Super old school. Amazing what a little meta-commentary can do to liven up your basic Mortal Kombat narrative.

    Kinda funny that they cast Iko Kuwais to do almost nothing.
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    I also enjoyed this. I love seeing Tai Chi in martial arts flicks. I especially like that Jet Li's master from Tai-Chi Warriors (a.k.a. Twin Warriors) was also the temple master here too.

    Yeah I was all geared up for an epic fight with Iko and then...nothing lol

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    Yeah, it's a lot of fun. Keanu Reeves should take on more villainous roles
    Sure why not?

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    This movie is ridiculous.

    Some of the action is pretty good but I didn't think it great or anything. Best fight was probably Tiger's initial interview, or maybe that fight with his master. I was disappointed they didn't end up using that camera technology they were demoing a while back. Apparently they couldn't use it because of the high cost? Too bad.

    Had no idea who the screenwriter was so I looked him up... and he works for Capcom. He worked on the translation and English scripts for stuff like Devil May Cry 4 and Resident Evil 6. Huh. I wonder how he got involved in this.
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    Also,

    Giving up in 2020. Who cares.

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    Quote Quoting Stay Puft (view post)
    Also,

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    Haha, that's actually the one I was looking for. I fell out of my chair at that part.

    I love Keanu Reeves.
    Giving up in 2020. Who cares.

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