Product Details

• Actors: Jacky Wu, Billy Chow
• Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: Cantonese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Tai Seng
• DVD Release Date: June 21, 2005
• Run Time: 128 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000929VRC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,409 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Mainland Series Now Available, June 20, 2005

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Alaan W. Savoy (Lackland AFB, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tai Chi Master (DVD)

First of all this isn't the Jet Li version of the same title. It's actually the edited version of the "Master of Tai Chi" TV series that showed in Asia in 1997. With fight scenes done by the Yuen Clan, it's better than every effort they've ever done (that says a bunch, too). No doubt it's the best examples of Tai Chi ever seen on screen. I watched the whole 25 episode series in Chinese only (without understanding) and it was still highly enjoyable. Now it's finally availible in English and easier to find, even though cut down to two hours. Even for non Tai Chi fans, still here are the most intricate fight scenes ever put on film, as well as a great storyline without dragging too much.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jacky Wu and Yu Hai are back!, October 9, 2005

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Freth (Delaware, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tai Chi Master (DVD)

If you've seen Tai Chi 2 you know who Jacky Wu and Yu Hai are. Oddly enough, Tai Chi 2 didn't seem to have an originating film. Where the 2 came from I don't know.

Tai Chi Master is a compilation of a TV series starring both great martial artists. Yu Hai gets to show off his Tai Chi while Jacky Wu is a natural and learns Yu Hai's martial arts from watching. He gains such a high level of martial art skill that he realizes the philosophical aspects of the art and becomes wise for his age. A true Tai Chi master.

In this film Jacky Wu and Yu Hai aren't connected in any way, but their roles are so similar it will feel like the first movie that goes along with Tai Chi 2, even though the characters and plot are completely different.

Being able to see Jacky Wu and Yu Hai in action again is worth the money alone. As far as I know this is Jacky Wu's second film. Yu Hai, as you know, has a decent list of films... an established figure in martial arts movies. It's a shame he isn't in more films as good as he is. Watching him move is like watching art in motion.

I give this film 5 stars because Jacky Wu and Yu Hai are two of my favorite martial arts actors. Seeing them again is like coming home.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top Notch MARTIAL ART Choreographing!!, February 1, 2006

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Clifford Lynn (Mayfield Village, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tai Chi Master (DVD)

Tai Chi Master, note this is not the theatrical version with JET LI and Michelle Yeoh. This tv/movie has some amazing choreographing that rivals most of the martial arts on film. One thing that I liked was it had less 'wire fu' than the traditional yuen wo ping movies. The condensed tv program paces very quickly into the action and doesn't stop. Besides the amazing Tai Chi that Jacky Wu displays, he goes into battle with all kinds of masters from various styles including a drunken master (reminds me of how kung fu video games stages are). A must for martial art movie fans!!!! Tai Chi II is also sweet!!!!