Fearless

Although Jet Li decided this is the movie to cap off his martial arts film career, I found it to be a pretty standard entry into the genre and not a towering achievement by any means. That’s not to say it isn’t completely enjoyable, because it is. It has all the standard benchmarks of a good martial arts epic: Cool turn of the century Chinese clothes, typical People’s Republic reactionary shots of Westerners infringing upon traditional society, a wise and pretty blind girl, a smackdown in a restaurant that involves the total destruction of said restaurant, etc. This movie also has heavy doses of Buddhist teachings, which is probably why Jet Li feels so strongly about it. The fights are cool, and it made we want to work out more. There are a couple twists that set this film apart so it’s definitely worth watching, especially for fans of kung fu films.