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True Legend [Blu-ray] (2010)

Michelle Yeoh , Vincent Zhao , Yuen Woo Ping  |  R |  Blu-ray
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Michelle Yeoh, Vincent Zhao, Jay Chou, David Carradine
  • Directors: Yuen Woo Ping
  • Format: Blu-ray, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language: English, Mandarin Chinese
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: R (Restricted)
  • Studio: Vivendi Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: September 13, 2011
  • Run Time: 116 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0055CP9BI
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,018 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "True Legend [Blu-ray]" on IMDb

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A well-respected martial arts teacher and a good husband and father, Su Can's journey begins when his vengeful brother, Yuan, returns from war. Seeking revenge from a dark family history, Yuan, armed with the Five Venom Fist, destroys Su Can's family and ultimately his dignity. Reduced to a beggar, Su Can finds apprenticeship from Lord Wushu and adapts to a new form of martial arts, the Drunken Fist. At peace with himself, he regains his strength to reclaim his life and returns home to claim retribution and his family honor. Good versus evil, two skilled rivals battle to become the ultimate warrior.

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Very great action scenes. MWhitey  |  15 reviewers made a similar statement
Similar to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". happy shopper  |  5 reviewers made a similar statement
ENTIRE PLOT SUMMARIZED HERE - please skip if you don't want to spoil the story! Michigan Ted  |  2 reviewers made a similar statement
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20 of 25 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great HK movie August 30, 2011
Format:Blu-ray
I watched this movie a few months ago while I was on deployment. A buddy in my shop had a bootleg copy and at the time I had no idea what the movie was called. After googling the plot and some quotes I finally figured out it was True Legend.

Anyway I really enjoyed the movie as a whole. Great fight scenes and interesting story (although the story itself is pretty depressing). The background scenery and cinematography were amazing.

If you're a Yuen Woo-ping fan (The Matrix trilogy, Kill Bill Volumes I and II, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero, Iron Monkey, Drunken Master) or just like martial arts movies in general then I'd recommend checking out this movie.

I've got this pre-ordered now and I'm really looking forward to watching a legit copy on blu-ray.
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
I don't know how much of TRUE LEGEND is either `true' or which is more `legend', but I found the end result of Director Yuen Woo Ping's work to present the story as an incomplete parable - one where perhaps the viewer can draw inspiration from to seek out answers to questions regarding martial arts history - but certainly not a `definitive work.' Or, at least, I wouldn't hope so. I can only suspect that, if this is based on true events, there may be more story here than what made it to the screen this time around. While TRUE LEGEND has moments of great entertainment, it felt only half-baked to me, a somewhat mixed bag of effective acting, tremendous fighting, and excellent choreography. And I couldn't help from wondering what a more accomplished director may've been able to do with the material.

The biggest detraction to TRUE LEGEND is that the end result actually feels more like one, big, sprawling combination of two smaller, incomplete halves. By the conclusion, I found myself wondering if the project had originally started out as two films - a first flick with a planned sequel - that, for budgetary considerations, were merged together. The first half runs about one hour and ten minutes, and it deals with Su Can's conflict with a vengeful brother, Yuan; the second half runs about forty minutes, and it explores Su Can's nearly-accidental "discovery" of fighting which prompts him to modify his Wushu style combat into `the Drunken Fist' style. I say "nearly-accidental" because that's how, narratively, it's structured, with Su Can happening across a demonstration of this new style.)

On reflection, it's easy to see that the first half has plenty of meat-and-bones, though I'm not entirely certain as to how the film could've been expanded despite the fact that the lovely Michelle Yeoh was tremendously under-used here. Perhaps much of her character was left on the cutting room floor? There's no way to tell. Comparatively, the second half is spent almost entirely with fighting as Su Can finds himself battling (to the death!) China's invaders in scenes vaguely reminiscent of territory already explored spectacularly in IP MAN. Of course, the fight choreography is incredible - TRUE LEGEND arguably contains some of the best hand-to-hand contact put to film - but the story suffers as a consequence. These two halves are introduced and bridged by graphics which serve to `fill in the gaps' between Su Can's filmed adventures; it's a serviceable technique ... it just isn't all that interesting.

It's worth mentioning that one of the greatest strengths of the film - aside from the martial arts, of course - is the talent of the actors. As the Su Can, leading man Man Cheuk Chiu brings not only tremendous physical prowess to the role but also he almost exudes a classic `leading man' charisma; when he's onscreen, he owns the screen, and everything accompanying him bends to his obvious charm. As the nefarious Yuan Lie, Andy On snarls his way through scene after scene, doing his best to match Su Can's graciousness with equal parts venom; these two men are brilliantly paired for the respective roles of `good' versus `evil', and the film benefits greatly from their opposing chemistry. Xun Zhou is suitably lovely and demure as Su Can's wife and sister to Yuan Lie; she's photographed beautifully and is clearly seen as the inspiration to these two opposing forces. Like Helen of Troy, it's not hard to see how her loveliness brought these two men into conflict. The remainder of the players all perform suitably, though some feel underused (as was the aforementioned Michelle Yeoh), but they're most inconsequential to the film's narrative focus.

All in all, TRUE LEGEND is entertaining. Throughout, it's smartly photographed, well-staged, and flows gracefully - like a martial arts routine - from start to finish. It just felt more than a bit incomplete to me. I would rather have enjoyed a greater exploration of these characters - perhaps a handful more of the subtle moments explored between husband and wife Su Can and Yuen Ying - which may've ended up on the cutting room floor or were deemed unnecessary to the fight pace set by the film. A few other scenes could've pushed the creative envelope, and they could've gone a long way toward honoring the `truth' and `legend' implied by the film's title.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Schizo May 1, 2012
Format:DVD
This is a pretty strange flick. Part of it is very now and wow while other parts read like director Hark Tsui's "Zu Warrior" or "Once Upon a Time in China."

Here's the scoop. Su Can is a great warrior. He and his brother in law, Yuan Lie, finish a particularly grueling battle and Su wants to hang it up and start a school teaching the Wushu style of fighting. He takes his wife and son and heads off to the big city. Yuan, in the meantime, is starting to fume. He has always felt like a second fiddle to Su so he loads up on venom from various creatures and perfects a way to deliver it via the Five Fingers of Death. He now goes after Su and it leads to a really big mess.

This is a pretty wild ride. The opening battle uses a lot of CGI and looks as though it came from a poor man's version of "The Lord of the Rings." It then shifts to something more like "Zu Warrior" with the over exaggerated wire work, the white haired mystical dude and the "God" who will put Su through the paces to get him back up to speed after losing a fight with Yuan. I don't know where this genre is these days. I don't see enough of these to tell, but seeing a guy kick a big rock into pebbles isn't anything I've seen in "Hero" or "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon."

The story is pretty good but it takes an odd turn. It's two hours long but the first part ends in 90 minutes then veers off to an entirely different chapter where Su becomes an alcoholic and, through a changing socio-political condition in China, begins to develop the "drunken fist" method of fighting. It caught me way off guard.

I liked this movie enough. Good story and direction. Good sets and costumes with a decent score. Michelle Yeow is on hand but has a woefully small, underwritten part. Some of what is portrayed is supposed to be based on fact but the viewer can tell that great liberties were taken in the telling.

It's a fun watch, but if you're not a fan of the genre, you might end up going WTF?!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Film!
I highly recommend this movie as it's inspirational and moving. The action is great and I believe that this might have been the last appearance of David Carradine in an asian film... Read more
Published 2 days ago by Juan
4.0 out of 5 stars i like the movies, like the all action, if the movies in english even...
a lot of action but hard to understand, i would consider watch this movies again when this movies translate in english.
Published 10 days ago by khan
3.0 out of 5 stars Garbage story
Action was good but the story was like been there done that a thousand times before should just rented it
Published 22 days ago by tupac shakur
4.0 out of 5 stars cool movie
Lots of action and an interesting story line. At times movie felt a bit long. But otherwise very entertaining film.
Published 23 days ago by JD
5.0 out of 5 stars Great martial arts movie!
Classic story about revenge and redemption, the ending comes as a surprise, but overall I love this flick. The acting is top notch!
Published 1 month ago by AATAXI
3.0 out of 5 stars So so
I know they tried to make it like the old school movies but the style wasn't quite there. It was entertaining but not what I hoped for.
Published 1 month ago by Frank
5.0 out of 5 stars great buy
I love this movie anyone who likes kung fu movies this is a must see and it was in better shape than expected and shipped in about a week
Published 1 month ago by shay evans
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Martial Arts Film!
I enjoyed the story line and the martial arts in this movie is very good. The movie does stretch the laws of physics a bit, as does many of theses types of movies, however, it was... Read more
Published 2 months ago by A. Moufarege
4.0 out of 5 stars Riveting
An interesting mix of old wushu with the crouching tiger, hidden dragon movies. It takes you from a dynasty style China to a modern-day 1920's China. Read more
Published 2 months ago by SHSBIGSAM2004
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Kung-Fu Movie
Two thumbs up check it out for sure. Great story and great fighting this one is just what I was looking for.
Published 2 months ago by Benjamin Lopez
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