ZenLateralus
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Fist of legend is a really good movie! Maybe my most favorite martial arts film. I also think Hero, Twin Warriors and kiss of the dragon (for an american made film) derserve a mention.
The Jet Li Thread!
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Mason
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Spy Photos from the Set of Jet Li's HUO YUANJIA & Unleashed music video..
Heres Spy images from the set of Jet Li's upcoming film HUO YUANJIA.
Unleashed music video from Apple!!!
Heres Spy images from the set of Jet Li's upcoming film HUO YUANJIA.
Unleashed music video from Apple!!!
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Littledragon
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ZenLateralus said:
Jet Li is going to stat shooting the Prequel to Fist Of Legend.
Littledragon
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Mason said:
Is this a new movie being filmed??
You know they are also making the prequel to Fist Of Legend.
'Danny The Dog' / 'Unleashed' will be called 'The Immortal Dog' in China.
Here's the Chinese trailer.
Here's the Chinese trailer.
I thought this was a nice article about someone I'm learning more about--and liking everything I see.
USA Weekend Magazine
May 1, 2005
Action hero with a heart
Chinese martial arts star Jet Li, "unleashed" in a new film this month, says love is his most powerful weapon.
By Lewis Beale
Jet Li was on vacation with his family in the Maldives last December when the devastating tsunami struck. The 42-year-old action-film star was playing with his daughters, Jane, then 4, and Jada, 2, in his hotel's swimming pool when he saw the water in the ocean rise. Reacting with the kind of speed he exhibits in his martial arts movies, Li scooped up his kids and began to run.
"The water came up to my mouth," he says, "and then it stopped." He and his family managed to scramble to higher ground. "In a few minutes, the ocean had covered the island."
Being at the center of the historic disaster confirmed the Buddhist actor's outlook on life and death. "People don't want to talk about death," he says, "but I believe that if I learn how to die, I will understand how to enjoy life, and that will enable me to show a good heart to the world."
That is the essence of Jet Li. Although he's famous for his balletic martial arts moves and ability to kick butt, Li uses his skills to impart a lesson.
Take "Unleashed," the film out May 13 in which Li plays Danny, an orphan raised by a Scottish gangster (Bob Hoskins); he is released from his restraints only when it's time to seek vengeance on his bosses' enemies. When Danny meets a blind piano tuner (Morgan Freeman) and his stepdaughter (Kerry Condon), he begins to learn what it means to be human. The movie, Li says, is about "family, friendship and responsibility, and that love is the most powerful message. If you only know how to [fight], you're no more important than a dog."
Of course, Li became famous because of his fighting skills. At age 11, the Beijing-born actor was a national martial arts champ, and by 19 he was a star of kung fu epics. In America, Li went on to play the villain in 1998's "Lethal Weapon 4." He also was in last year's critically hailed Chinese martial arts movie "Hero."
Despite the often violent nature of his film work, Li has become more interested in roles in which he brings cultures together. With "Unleashed," he says, "I tried to make a different kind of film, to show more than just the physical part. We can discuss how to do the right thing. It's like a gun: It's not good or bad; it's how you use it."
"My personal goal is already finished in this life," he says. "I am very rich, and I don't have to prove anything anymore. So what do I do with the rest of my life? Help people, give back to the world."
And if he could possess a superpower, what would it be? "To make people happy," he says.
USA Weekend Magazine
May 1, 2005
Action hero with a heart
Chinese martial arts star Jet Li, "unleashed" in a new film this month, says love is his most powerful weapon.
By Lewis Beale
Jet Li was on vacation with his family in the Maldives last December when the devastating tsunami struck. The 42-year-old action-film star was playing with his daughters, Jane, then 4, and Jada, 2, in his hotel's swimming pool when he saw the water in the ocean rise. Reacting with the kind of speed he exhibits in his martial arts movies, Li scooped up his kids and began to run.
"The water came up to my mouth," he says, "and then it stopped." He and his family managed to scramble to higher ground. "In a few minutes, the ocean had covered the island."
Being at the center of the historic disaster confirmed the Buddhist actor's outlook on life and death. "People don't want to talk about death," he says, "but I believe that if I learn how to die, I will understand how to enjoy life, and that will enable me to show a good heart to the world."
That is the essence of Jet Li. Although he's famous for his balletic martial arts moves and ability to kick butt, Li uses his skills to impart a lesson.
Take "Unleashed," the film out May 13 in which Li plays Danny, an orphan raised by a Scottish gangster (Bob Hoskins); he is released from his restraints only when it's time to seek vengeance on his bosses' enemies. When Danny meets a blind piano tuner (Morgan Freeman) and his stepdaughter (Kerry Condon), he begins to learn what it means to be human. The movie, Li says, is about "family, friendship and responsibility, and that love is the most powerful message. If you only know how to [fight], you're no more important than a dog."
Of course, Li became famous because of his fighting skills. At age 11, the Beijing-born actor was a national martial arts champ, and by 19 he was a star of kung fu epics. In America, Li went on to play the villain in 1998's "Lethal Weapon 4." He also was in last year's critically hailed Chinese martial arts movie "Hero."
Despite the often violent nature of his film work, Li has become more interested in roles in which he brings cultures together. With "Unleashed," he says, "I tried to make a different kind of film, to show more than just the physical part. We can discuss how to do the right thing. It's like a gun: It's not good or bad; it's how you use it."
"My personal goal is already finished in this life," he says. "I am very rich, and I don't have to prove anything anymore. So what do I do with the rest of my life? Help people, give back to the world."
And if he could possess a superpower, what would it be? "To make people happy," he says.
Nice article Serena.
Mason
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UNLEASHED / DANNY THE DOG DVD News (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive).
monkeypeaches.
UNLEASHED / DANNY THE DOG DVD News (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
May 4, 2005
French DVD
box design (Europa Corp)
Chinese DVD box design
(Dnoxin Audio & Video)
Unleashed / Danny the Dog has been official released on DVD in the mainland China on April 30. Under the Chinese title "The Tiger is Out of the Cage" (It is very impolite to call someone a dog in Chinese culture), the movie's original track was replaced with a Chinese track, poorly dubbed. Being release on DVD means the chance that the movie getting a theatrical release in Jet Li's home country has been greatly diminished. The French DVD is set to release on August 3.
Related: The official UK Site
(Thanks to "jetliang" of JetLiang.com and Judy J. C. Shaver.)
monkeypeaches.
UNLEASHED / DANNY THE DOG DVD News (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
May 4, 2005
French DVD
box design (Europa Corp)
Chinese DVD box design
(Dnoxin Audio & Video)
Unleashed / Danny the Dog has been official released on DVD in the mainland China on April 30. Under the Chinese title "The Tiger is Out of the Cage" (It is very impolite to call someone a dog in Chinese culture), the movie's original track was replaced with a Chinese track, poorly dubbed. Being release on DVD means the chance that the movie getting a theatrical release in Jet Li's home country has been greatly diminished. The French DVD is set to release on August 3.
Related: The official UK Site
(Thanks to "jetliang" of JetLiang.com and Judy J. C. Shaver.)
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The BBFC have just rated Unleashed '18' for Strong Violence. Sounds like the makers are pulling no punches with this movie, if you pardon the pun.
Littledragon
Above The Law
Just came back from the movies with my friends watching UNLEASHED.
The movie was phenominal!!!!!!!!! Superb and amazing! That fight scenes were brutal and street!!!
One of Jet Li's best films ever, the acting and story was incredible.
Absolulty incredible film, this is the film that will put Jet on the map again!
The movie was phenominal!!!!!!!!! Superb and amazing! That fight scenes were brutal and street!!!
One of Jet Li's best films ever, the acting and story was incredible.
Absolulty incredible film, this is the film that will put Jet on the map again!
Littledragon
Above The Law
Entertainment Weekly Unleashed Review.
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/movie/0,6115,1060116_1_0_,00.html
MOVIE GRADE
EW Grade: A-
Bounding out of the gate like a greyhound, Unleashed needs only its first 30 seconds or so to elevate itself well above the average action potboiler. Bob Hoskins is Bart, a Glasgow gangster with fireballs for eyes, and in the opening moments he snarls ''Get 'em!'' at Jet Li's Danny, his brainwashed strong-arm. According to the hilarious, risky chutzpah of the movie's bonkers conceit, Danny is a sleeping Doberman. Just take off his dog collar and he leaps into action, here first against a warehouse full of henchmen, tommy-gunning them with his fists, head-butting incoming punches, and tossing furniture across the room with not much more than a shake of his hips. Furiously choreographed by the go-to guy for this sort of thing, Yuen Wo Ping, this lightning-round opening salvo amazes in a way few movie mortal combats manage anymore. And it's just the first of three or four gangbusters action sequences, all of which are unexpectedly stomach-clenching.
When the collar is on, Danny is just a forlorn little pup staring askance out the backseat window while his master barks at him. (If Li logged any research time hanging out at kennels, it's paid off. In non-attack mode, he lends the movie true heart.) One day, after a stunning car ambush, Danny roams off Bart's chain and ends up getting nursed toward normal mental health (he eats ice cream, he obsesses over his long-lost mother, he embraces pacifism) by Morgan Freeman's blind piano tuner and Kerry Condon's loopy teen. The goopy awww factor here gets awfully high, especially for a violent martial-arts movie, but the only real problem with these scenes — written by The Professional's Luc Besson, who also produced — is that they keep Hoskins off screen for a bit too long. His Bart is the king pit bull of the block, and he tears into the role as if it were a lamb chop. He's one of the best villains to saunter along since Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast.
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/movie/0,6115,1060116_1_0_,00.html
MOVIE GRADE
EW Grade: A-
Bounding out of the gate like a greyhound, Unleashed needs only its first 30 seconds or so to elevate itself well above the average action potboiler. Bob Hoskins is Bart, a Glasgow gangster with fireballs for eyes, and in the opening moments he snarls ''Get 'em!'' at Jet Li's Danny, his brainwashed strong-arm. According to the hilarious, risky chutzpah of the movie's bonkers conceit, Danny is a sleeping Doberman. Just take off his dog collar and he leaps into action, here first against a warehouse full of henchmen, tommy-gunning them with his fists, head-butting incoming punches, and tossing furniture across the room with not much more than a shake of his hips. Furiously choreographed by the go-to guy for this sort of thing, Yuen Wo Ping, this lightning-round opening salvo amazes in a way few movie mortal combats manage anymore. And it's just the first of three or four gangbusters action sequences, all of which are unexpectedly stomach-clenching.
When the collar is on, Danny is just a forlorn little pup staring askance out the backseat window while his master barks at him. (If Li logged any research time hanging out at kennels, it's paid off. In non-attack mode, he lends the movie true heart.) One day, after a stunning car ambush, Danny roams off Bart's chain and ends up getting nursed toward normal mental health (he eats ice cream, he obsesses over his long-lost mother, he embraces pacifism) by Morgan Freeman's blind piano tuner and Kerry Condon's loopy teen. The goopy awww factor here gets awfully high, especially for a violent martial-arts movie, but the only real problem with these scenes — written by The Professional's Luc Besson, who also produced — is that they keep Hoskins off screen for a bit too long. His Bart is the king pit bull of the block, and he tears into the role as if it were a lamb chop. He's one of the best villains to saunter along since Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast.
Littledragon
Above The Law
This Weeks Unleashed Box Office In Take.
1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) $108M $158M
2. Monster-in-Law (2005) $14.4M $44.2M
3. Kicking & Screaming (2005) $10.7M $34.2M
4. Crash (2004) $5.55M $27.6M
5. Unleashed (2005/I) $4.12M $17.9M
1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) $108M $158M
2. Monster-in-Law (2005) $14.4M $44.2M
3. Kicking & Screaming (2005) $10.7M $34.2M
4. Crash (2004) $5.55M $27.6M
5. Unleashed (2005/I) $4.12M $17.9M