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Released Year: 2012
Runtime: 100 minutes
Directors: Stephen Fung
Writers: Chen Kuo-Fu, Cheng Hsiao-Tse
Casts: Peter Stormare, Shu Qi, Yuen Biao, Daniel Wu, Patrick Tse Yin, Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Stanley Fung, Jayden Yuan Xiaochao, AngelaBaby, Eddie Peng, Ying Da, Chen Sicheng, William Fung Kwun-Man, Yuan Wenkang, Shen Si, Wei Ai-Xuan, Dillon Wu Di, Teddy Xiong Naijin, Nikki Hsieh Hsin-Ying
IMDB: Tai Chi Hero (2012)
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(5 votes, average: 2.00 out of 5)
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Slant Magazine -
Stephen Fung's pop-up graphics and jazzy fight scenes feel part of an unwieldy mix in which the director just throws whatever half-baked conceits up on the screen he feels like.
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto) -
As the middle part of a proposed trilogy, Tai Chi Hero may ultimately look better in light of its own sequel (which, based on the evidence here, will double-down on the steampunk stuff), but now, its pitched battle between silliness and solemnity feels like a split decision.
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Variety -
A sporadically engaging martial-arts extravaganza that looks even better compared with its predecessor, last year’s borderline-insufferable “Tai Chi Zero.”
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The New York Times -
Tai Chi Hero merely fills the eye, offering little that stays with you.
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Los Angeles Times -
There's still a nagging, cartoonish emptiness — and a trilogy-ending installment still to come.
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Tai Chi Hero (2012)
Chinese steampunk martial arts blockbuster about the early years of Tai chi master Yang Luchan, the man who founded in the 19th century what has now become the most popular Tai Chi style in the world. The second instalment of the "Tai Chi" trilogy continues the journey of Yang Luchan, a gifted child with a fleshy growth on his forehead who helped save a village from a frightening army of steampunk soldiers bearing strange machines with the knowledge of Tai Chi that they entrusted him with.
Tai Chi Hero (2012)
(5 votes, average: 2.00 out of 5)Loading...
Information
Released Year: 2012
Runtime: 100 minutes
Directors: Stephen Fung
Writers: Chen Kuo-Fu, Cheng Hsiao-Tse
Casts: Peter Stormare, Shu Qi, Yuen Biao, Daniel Wu, Patrick Tse Yin, Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Stanley Fung, Jayden Yuan Xiaochao, AngelaBaby, Eddie Peng, Ying Da, Chen Sicheng, William Fung Kwun-Man, Yuan Wenkang, Shen Si, Wei Ai-Xuan, Dillon Wu Di, Teddy Xiong Naijin, Nikki Hsieh Hsin-Ying
IMDB: Tai Chi Hero (2012)
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Chinese steampunk martial arts blockbuster about the early years of Tai chi master Yang Luchan, the man who founded in the 19th century what has now become the most popular Tai Chi style in the world. The second instalment of the "Tai Chi" trilogy continues the journey of Yang Luchan, a gifted child with a fleshy growth on his forehead who helped save a village from a frightening army of steampunk soldiers bearing strange machines with the knowledge of Tai Chi that they entrusted him with.
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Slant Magazine -
Stephen Fung's pop-up graphics and jazzy fight scenes feel part of an unwieldy mix in which the director just throws whatever half-baked conceits up on the screen he feels like.
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto) -
As the middle part of a proposed trilogy, Tai Chi Hero may ultimately look better in light of its own sequel (which, based on the evidence here, will double-down on the steampunk stuff), but now, its pitched battle between silliness and solemnity feels like a split decision.
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Variety -
A sporadically engaging martial-arts extravaganza that looks even better compared with its predecessor, last year’s borderline-insufferable “Tai Chi Zero.”
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The New York Times -
Tai Chi Hero merely fills the eye, offering little that stays with you.
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Los Angeles Times -
There's still a nagging, cartoonish emptiness — and a trilogy-ending installment still to come.
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