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Man of Tai Chi (2013) Story Line:
When the mysterious Donaka Mark (Keanu Reeves) offers him a "security" job, Tiger seizes the chance Tiger Chen is the sole student of his elderly master's Ling Kong Tai
Chi style. Whilst Tiger excels in the physical aspects of his training,
his master struggles to instill in him the philosophical aspects, and
fears for his character. Tiger harbours a determined ambition to prove
the martial effectiveness of the style, as he competes in the local
Wulin contest..Man of Tai Chi (2013).
to escape his tedious day job as a courier, but when he discovers that the "job" is to become a paid contestant in an underground fighting ring, he refuses to compromise his honour by fighting for money. However, he quickly relents when he discovers that his master's 600-year-old temple faces a demolition order, and realises that Donaka's money is his only hope of saving the temple.
to escape his tedious day job as a courier, but when he discovers that the "job" is to become a paid contestant in an underground fighting ring, he refuses to compromise his honour by fighting for money. However, he quickly relents when he discovers that his master's 600-year-old temple faces a demolition order, and realises that Donaka's money is his only hope of saving the temple.
In Donaka's fighting ring, Tiger is pitted against formidable opponents in brutal, no rules combat. Donaka is clearly grooming Tiger for some specific purpose, pushing him harder and harder. Tiger is well paid for his time, and showers his parents with expensive gifts, but his character begins to darken, and he becomes a more ruthless and cruel fighter. Before long, his brutality sees him ejected from the Wulin contest in disgrace.
When this public shaming tarnishes the name of Ling Kong Tai Chi, costing him the heritage protection order that was protecting the temple, Tiger realises the error of his ways, and agrees to work with Hong Kong detective Sun Jing Shi (Karen Mok) to bring down Donaka's deadly ring.Man of Tai Chi (2013).
On the night of Tiger's final fight for Donaka's organisation, he discovers that the audience of his fights have not only been watching his fights, but an entire movie of secretly-filmed footage from his life, designed to document the corruption of his character, culminating in his first fight kill, planned for that night. He refuses to fight his designated opponent, demanding to fight Donaka instead. He is able to stall his opponent long enough for the police to arrive and shut down the enterprise.
Only Donaka escapes, and later challenges Tiger himself in a one-on-one showdown in the courtyard of the Ling Kong Temple, where Tiger finally defeats him with a fatal application of the darkest secret of Ling Kong Tai Chi.
Man of Tai Chi (2013)Review:
When this public shaming tarnishes the name of Ling Kong Tai Chi, costing him the heritage protection order that was protecting the temple, Tiger realises the error of his ways, and agrees to work with Hong Kong detective Sun Jing Shi (Karen Mok) to bring down Donaka's deadly ring.Man of Tai Chi (2013).
On the night of Tiger's final fight for Donaka's organisation, he discovers that the audience of his fights have not only been watching his fights, but an entire movie of secretly-filmed footage from his life, designed to document the corruption of his character, culminating in his first fight kill, planned for that night. He refuses to fight his designated opponent, demanding to fight Donaka instead. He is able to stall his opponent long enough for the police to arrive and shut down the enterprise.
Only Donaka escapes, and later challenges Tiger himself in a one-on-one showdown in the courtyard of the Ling Kong Temple, where Tiger finally defeats him with a fatal application of the darkest secret of Ling Kong Tai Chi.
Man of Tai Chi (2013)Review:
Man of Tai Chi (2013), Reeves' feature film directorial debut, has the
same sometimes-awkward blend that Reeves brings to the table as an
actor. The film is super serious (as befitting the martial arts genre,
where everything is a matter of life or death), with moments of strange
stilted dialogue (also par for the course) and scene after scene of
thrilling physical combat, filmed with grace and certainty and no small
amount of awe for the athletes involved.
Tiger Chen, a
stuntman in the two "Matrix" sequels, plays the eponymous character,
also named "Tiger Chen". He is a devoted practitioner of the ancient art
of tai chi, working with a master named Yang in a beautiful temple. For his day job, Tiger works as a delivery boy,
driving packages around the city, and flirting with a receptionist at
one of his regular stop-offs. He lives with his parents. He does not
have ambition to "do anything" with tai chi, because the rules
underlying his apprenticeship with Master Yang say that those who
practice tai chi do not do so for money, glory, or even to win. But
during a public competition, his undeniable skill brings him to the
attention of a mysterious individual named Donaka Mark (Reeves). Donaka
lives in a cold man-cave of a penthouse, furnished in black leather and
chrome. He strolls around barefoot on shiny black marble floors, he
speaks only in terse commands. He has a security detail working for him
that would rival the NSA's. He reaches out to Tiger, offering him a
security job, when in reality it is a recruitment for a deadly
underground fighting ring. Man of Tai Chi (2013).
Tiger is flown to an undisclosed
location, put into an empty grey room with a mirror on one wall, as he
waits to see what will happen. A female voice commands: "Fight", and
from out of nowhere an opponent grabs Tiger from behind. Tiger is then
engaged in a fight for his life in that grey room with the big mirror,
and it is an Alice-through-the-looking-glass moment which will bear
fruit through the rest of the film: Like Alice, Tiger is catapulted from
one strange experience to the next. The normal rules of regular life no
longer apply.
| TITLE | Man of Tai Chi |
|---|---|
| ORIGINAL_TITLE | |
| YEAR | 2013 |
| RATING | 6.1 |
| GENRES | Action |
| DIRECTORS | Keanu Reeves |
| WRITERS | Michael G. Cooney |
| CAST | Keanu Reeves Iko Uwais Tiger Hu Chen Simon Yam Silvio Simac Karen Mok Steven Dasz Helene Leclerc Jeremy Marinas Sung-jun Yoo Michael Chan Qing Ye Brahim Achabbakhe Sam Lee Hai Yu Li Xingping Michael Tong Brian Siswojo Ocean Hou Alain Ngalani Hirata Yasuyuki Ni Haifeng 'Big Bear' Yin Chun Xiong He Jun 'Zha Ka' Han Feixing Guo Jiu Long Xia Zi Han Huang Jiang Xiang Zhou Min Liu Wen Huan |
| STARS | Keanu Reeves Iko Uwais Tiger Hu Chen Simon Yam Silvio Simac |
| PRODUCERS | Man-Yiu Lee Sharon Miller Lemore Syvan Noah Weinzweig Daxing Zhang |
| MUSICIANS | Kwong Wing Chan |
| CINEMATOGRAPHERS | Elliot Davis |
| EDITORS | Derek Hui |
| MPAA_RATING | R |
| RELEASE_DATE | 5 July 2013 |
| TAGLINE | No rules. No mercy. Pure fighting. |
| PLOT | A young martial artist's unparalleled Tai Chi skills land him in a highly lucrative underworld fight club. |
| PLOT_KEYWORDS | Martial Artist Tai Chi Reality Show Fictional Reality Show Police Station |
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