Oh boy oh boy oh boy. Jet Li’s last martial arts film is going to be Fearless, and it looks like it’s going to be one awesome wushu packed movie. I am so glad that he is making his farewell with a throwback to his older style movies (ie. Once Upon a Time in China), and not with such stinkers as Cradle 2 the Grave.
Fearless portrays the story of Fok Yuen-gap, the master of the fictional student in Fist of Legend (and Bruce Lee’s Fist of Fury). Fok Yuen-gap is best known for taking on and defeating foreign fighters that challenged him in a series of competitions that took place in China. I expect that Fearless will have some great fight scenes with all the dramatic flare that Jet Li can muster. No kooky R&B inspired scenes or frivolous gun play. This, my friends, is going to be old school Wong Fei Hong style at its best.
At least, I hope it will, or it’s going to be a sad sad farewell for Jet. To this day, I believe that he is the most graceful fighter on the big screen. His extremely dedicated experience in Wushu has brought out some of the best cinematic martial arts fight scenes of all time. He is, in fact, the reason I became interested in Wushu in the first place, and he is in one of my earliest childhood film memories.
So, here’s to you Jet Li. Thank you for your body of exhilarating work. I only wish you wouldn’t leave the silver screen just yet.
December 27th, 2005 at 5:47 am
wait… why’s he leaving? where’s he going? i don’t understand… this news actually made me sad. he’ll leave an unfillable gaping void.
movie sounds cool tho.
December 27th, 2005 at 7:00 pm
I think he said he’s tired of making kung fu movies, and that he wants to focus more on peaceful films and drama. I think there’s always been an internal struggle in Li–he’s a very peaceful person, yet his cinematical feats on the screen are usually very violent (albeit, it usually does have a peaceful message). I think he also wants to focus more on family to.
I understand his struggle.. it’s just so sad that we’re losing such a prolific cinematical fighter. So sad..
I suppose we can look forward to Donnie Yen.. and the new generation of fighters.