Fearless (2006)

Original title

霍元甲

Directed by

Ronny Yu

Genre

biographical film, martial arts film, historical film, drama film, action film

Country

Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 1,427 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a famous Chinese martial artist who fought to restore national pride during a time of foreign imperialism. It shows his journey from a young fighter to a respected master who faces powerful challengers from other nations.

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What happens

Fearless, also known as Huo Yuanjia (霍元甲) in Chinese, as Spirit in Japan and as Jet Li's Fearless in the United Kingdom and the United States, is a 2006 martial arts film directed by Ronny Yu, starring Jet Li. A Hong Kong-Chinese co-production, it is loosely based on the life of Huo Yuanjia, a Chinese martial artist who challenged foreign fighters in highly publicized events, restoring pride and nationalism to China at a time when Western, Russian and Japanese imperialism were eroding the country in the final years of the Qing dynasty before the birth of the Republic of China. Li stated that the film was his last wushu martial arts film, a point also made in the film's television promotions and other publicity, although he would do action films with martial arts in them and did not rule out historical epics with martial arts. Fearless was released on 26 January 2006 in Hong Kong, on 23 June 2006 in the United Kingdom, and on 22 September 2006 in the United States. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. At the 13th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards, it won the Film of Merit. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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