The directorial debut of Louis Leterrier is a tight, modest action drama full of crisp, high energy action, surprisingly affecting relationships, and some jaw-dropping stunts from the great Jet Li.
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‘The Forbidden Kingdom’ – Family-friendly martial arts fantasy on Peacock
Jackie Chan and Jet Li team up for the first and only time in this action comedy, an American take on the classic Chinese folktale “The Monkey King.”
‘The Expendables 2’ on Amazon Prime and Hulu
Sylvester Stallone gambled that there was an audience for old action heroes doing their thing on the big screen and brought a handful of them together for The Expendables in 2010. That was also pretty much the plot of the film — a crew of aging mercenaries go on a mission. For insurance, Stallone brought […]
‘The Expendables’ on Amazon Prime and Hulu
Sylvester Stallone has a spotty track record as a writer/director: passably effective at best, painfully misguided and lost in blind alleys of melodramatic kitsch as worst (Driven). He’s best at serving his own screen image (especially if already established by a previous filmmaker, as in the Rocky and Rambo sequels). With The Expendables (2010), he […]
‘Legend’-ary Martial Arts Comedy with Jet Li and Jackie Chan on Netflix
Jet Li became a superstar in Asia after taking the lead in the hit Once Upon a Time in China films, epic martial arts adventures set at the turn of the century and featuring Li as the real-life healer and martial arts master Wong Fei-hung, transformed into a modest, soft-spoken scholar who unleashes his unworldly […]