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After a terrible tragedy, a martial artist (Jet Li) retreats to a remote village to gain a new appreciation for the important things in life, but when he returns to the city to reconcile his past with the present, he gets caught up in a duel to the death defending China's honor.

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Fearless is a brilliantly choreographed, beautifully filmed endcap to Li's quarter decade of epic martial arts glory.

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Fearless | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: B Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Fearless | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle No matter how you slice it, Fearless is Li in his prime. Rated: 3.5/5 Sep 30, 2006 Full Review Fearless | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Richard Roeper Ebert & Roeper I think this is a terrific film. Sep 25, 2006 Full Review Fearless | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Alberto Abuín Espinof A bad movie that doesn't even work as entertainment. [Full Review in Spanish] Jun 28, 2019 Full Review Fearless | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Joshua Starnes ComingSoon.net Part bio-pic, part wuxia, Fearless melds the best of both genres and in the process makes something greater than the sum of its parts, commenting both on its genre and human nature in general, both as they are now and what they could aspire to be. Rated: 7/10 Mar 29, 2011 Full Review Fearless | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Liz Perle Common Sense Media Jet Li's final fight; teens OK. Rated: 3/5 Jan 2, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Pretty good, I really enjoyed this. The fighting was great, the story was written well, and overall it was just a damn good movie. 4/5 stars. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/15/24 Full Review felipe g A história do mestre Huo Yuanjia é insana. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/09/24 Full Review Willie V Fearless was an incredibly moving film. The acting was great from everyone involved, even through the language barrier, and the martial arts and stunt performances were perfect. There were moments where I found myself visibly flinching at what was happening on screen. The film does an excellent job of capturing the intensity during every fight scene. The story was also very impactful. The themes of honor, tradition, and forgiveness were handled beautifully, and I found myself really invested in the journey of the main character and his struggles. The pace of the film was a bit slow at times, but it did not change the experience of an enjoyable and thought-provoking watch. If anyone is a fan of martial arts films or wants to watch something with a powerful message about the dangers of arrogance, this would be the film to watch. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/26/24 Full Review Nawt W The Qing dynasty and its copious catastrophes have provided China with a seemingly bottomless well of legendary martial artists. From Huo Yuanjia to Ip Man, the unassuming master will take down the 6'11 western beast in this Davis and Goliath retelling. And so goes the Fearless, but this time the plot is galvanized with a whole hour of very solid pride before the fall tale, which is honestly the best part of the movie, both in terms of narrative and fights. Regrettably, it also contains brief but appalling scenes with child actors, where anyone without any knowledge of Chinese could tell they are just reciting the lines with no proper direction. No direction was also given to the obligatory "evil western tycoon" characters. Which has always been par for the course, to be honest. In any event, almost all the dialogue is loaded with expository inserts, making a quarter of the movie quite melodramatic. Naturally, the story itself is just a myth, faintly based on Huo Yuanjia, so it might seem intrinsic in some scenes. The fights are quite something. The highlight is the restaurant duel, and honestly, it makes the challenges from the third act pale in both stunts and story significance. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/03/23 Full Review yash kukreti This is a absolute masterpiece... Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Absolute Masterpiece Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Ronnie Yu Director Jet Li Hua Yuan Jia Betty Sun Yueci Yong Dong Nong Jinsun Shido Nakamura Anno Tanaka Collin Chou Father
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Synopsis After a terrible tragedy, a martial artist (Jet Li) retreats to a remote village to gain a new appreciation for the important things in life, but when he returns to the city to reconcile his past with the present, he gets caught up in a duel to the death defending China's honor.

Director
Ronnie Yu

Producer
William Kong

Screenwriter
Chris Chow

Distributor
Focus Features

Production Co
China Film

Rating
PG-13 (Violence|Martial Arts Action Throughout)

Genre
Action, Biography

Original Language
Chinese

Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 22, 2006, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
May 23, 2016

Box Office (Gross USA)
$24.6M

Runtime
1h 43m

Sound Mix
Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby SRD

Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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