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Rating: 7.5 stars

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True Legend (2010)

Directed by Yuen Woo-ping

Action | Eastern | History

Most recently watched by tylermager, sensoria

Overview

Su Qi-Er, a wealthy man living during the Qing Dynasty who loses his fortune and reputation as a result of a conspiracy against him. After being forced out onto the streets, Su dedicates his life to martial arts and reemerges as a patriotic hero known as the “King of Beggars.”

Rated R | Length 115 minutes

Actors

Vincent Zhao | Zhou Xun | Andy On | Guo Xiaodong | Jay Chou | Michelle Yeoh | Feng Xiaogang | David Carradine | Cung Le | Gordon Liu Chia-Hui | Leung Kar-Yan | Jacky Heung | Yan Ni | Liu Geng-Hong | Jiang Luxia | Li Ze | Suen Han-Wen | Conan Stevens | Sylvester Terkay | Matthew Wiese | Dominiquie Vandenberg | Jon Heidenreich | Jiulong Guo | River Huang | Tan Jianchang | Sun Xiao-Fei | Na Jia Wei | You Zhang | Hao Xia

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Had been putting this off b/c I heard only mixed to negative things out of Fantastic Fest 2010. Now having seen this I wish I had caught this at FF b/c this is a good movie! Vincent Zhao is great as the lead. Weird that the film is actually two separate stories but it works to an extent. Woo-ping has directed a modernized old-school kung fu adventure with dizzying sequences and solid characters. Sure the CGI isn’t great but hardly a distraction. I’d like to own the blu.

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