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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Must!, November 27, 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Dragons of the Orient (DVD)
While this seems to be mostly a patched together psuedo Jet Li biography, seemingly made from whatever Jet Li footage wasn't owned by some studio, the video's real worth lies in the large amount of stationary camera footage of style demonstrations. The video is only about 40% Jet Li footage but the other 60% is full of some of the best chinese martial arts routines I have ever seen performed by both men and women. There are at least a dozen mind-blowing demonstrations performed on a mat...like an Olympic exposition sport. If you hate wire work and want the real thing then you need to watch this.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
This is a movie?, August 28, 1999
By A Customer
Terrible. Okay, so Jet was in it, so it wasn't a total loss. The dubbing killed the film. It would have been much better if it was in it's original format. The fighting was okay. It was mostly demonstrations. Only about 25% of it was impressive. They showed alot of wushu segments, which is a good thing. The only problem is that it's so old that by today's standards it's pretty lame. It's still alot better than the Van Damme, Steven Seagal, and Chuck Norris stuff. But compared to the more recent Hong Kong stars, it pales. It's good for a laugh though. The dubbed "heeeya...ha hhooooyaa" and other such grunts were amusing but it quickly becomes annoying. It would have been 50 times better if they kept the original sound, edited out about 50% of the demonstrations, and added demonstrations from martial artists done sometime in the 90s. All of the footage was from the 80s and 70s it looked like. The actually quality of the video was poor, it was fuzzy. If it weren't for some pretty good fight scenes (from Jet's first movie...Shaolin Temple), the RECENT demonstrations from Terry Fang, that girl in red (she teaches in VA near Silver Spring MD...I know because my good friend's cousin goes there...that lady also competes at the national and international level, too bad it was such a poor demo...no butterfly twists, only one or two hoop kicks...short),and some of the older demos (unfortunately some were sped up, like the chain whip demo) then the movie would have been a total waste of time. If you're used to tame stuff from Van Damme and want to have a little taste (even though it's a pretty bad and poo taste) of real kung fu then check it out. But if you're a veteran Kung fu fan that watches Jet, Donny Yen, Yeoh, then maybe you'll wanna skip out on this one
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Jet Li At his Best, January 13, 2000
This review is from: Dragons of the Orient (DVD)
If you are into Wu-shu or Shoalin Martial arts, this video is a MUST HAVE! Sure the over dubbed english is a bit annoying, but they don't talk while demonstrating forms. I Think what made me give it a 4 out of a Five was the damn sound effects they dubbed in for the weaponz.Other then that, the talent these martial artists have is Truley amazing, and as for Jet Li... Astonishing! so what are you still reading for, go order it damnitt!
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