ckormos1 The Grandmaster of all martial arts movies, Liu Chia-Liang, died before this movie was made yet makes a cameo during a quick cut to a movie playing on a television set. Liu Chia-Liang added brief moments to his films that would seem unimportant or even out of place to the casual viewer. However, if you practice martial arts for more than a few decades and know the history and watch hundreds of other martial arts movies then you get the point. For example, a man does not say "Thank you" after his wine cup is filled but instead taps his fingers three times on the table. Some of us know exactly what that is all about but most watching the movie do not. The Grandmaster put moments like this into his movies for the real martial arts practitioners and the real fans of these films. Donnie Yen does the same thing in this movie. He shows he knows where he came from, where he is, and where he is going. Thank you, Donnie, I get it! Perfect 10/10 rating.

KineticSeoul This is a superb kung-fu flick that integrates generic kung-fu ingredients including a detective investigation revolving around murders and fighting. And the protagonist fighting for what he believes is right. But it does it well enough and entertaining enough to make it a worthy sit through. Donnie Yen is in his 50's and still killing it. The story is really comic book like, but I mean that in a good way for a movie such as this. Since it was immersive from start to finish, because of how they connected the story to the fight scenes. Even if there is quite a bit of plot holes. The plot is about this kung-fu killer that goes around killing other martial artist and the mystery surrounding the case and the motives why. It isn't a amazing story, even for a kung-fu flick standards but it works. And the actor that plays the antagonist role was the right pick in my opinion. He just does that believable expression of the man with nothing to lose who is filled with rage and has that psychotic vibe going for him. When it comes to the plot, they needed to pick the right actor to play the villain, because a lot of fight screen time is with him more than Donnie Yen. The fight choreography is very well done and brutal, you can actually see what is going on without any close shaky cam. And it still added the gripping feel to it. The cinematography is also crisp and clean, and really brings out the vibrant aspect of it all. Overall, this is a movie that is enjoyable. It isn't a mindblowing Kung-fu movie but it's still a kung-fu movie that shouldn't be missed if you like martial arts movies.7.4/10

sneakablez Very fun to watch specially if you like Kung Fu martial arts flicks. KungFu style and moves used here are very surprisingly jaw dropping stunts. It may look bit unrealistic but just for the fun and imagination that Kung Fu is a whole lot on a different level of fighting style you will definitely love it.If there's one thing I am missing on this movie is more challenging and long rival fights than easy to the top final match. Other rivals deserves something more too. Anyway but still this is really a good one from Donnie yen. A must watch.

fatherofchicks MOVIE The movie is story heavy which is a great thing. You get to know all about the protagonist and antagonist. The characters are fleshed out though we don't get to know anything about the victims who died, but all you get to know is that they were best at a particular martial arts.The fighting is solid, you get to see fists, legs, grapple, sword and my favourite MMA. Donnie Yen does fight in this, but the disappointing thing is we get to see more of the antagonist fight MORE in the movie rather than Donnie. He only fights at the beginning and towards the end:/ The fighting choreography is good, you get to see some of the moves CLEARLY, no camera cheap tricks. One of the moves I like was when the antagonist does this movie to Grapple's face+chest+stomach, that was indeed badass because the camera focuses pin point to what you need to see.This movie may not be as amazing as Flashpoint, or some other's favourite SPL. But definitely it is a well worth title, I can rewatch this over again. It is certainly a refresher because Donnie's latest movies have been disappointing: 14 Blades, Special ID, Wuxia, Monkey King, Ice Man -__- (some of them were not that bad but they can't be re-watched again). But this movie proved fans wrong.VIDEO video is very nice, they used a nice camera in this movie. I love the river village, you get to see the waters ripple so clearly and sharply. That is where the HD really shines. For everything was crystal clear and vibrant. But mind you, all other scenes were great in HD.AUDIO poor! I am using Tritton 720+ and I used Movie Mode. The audio which was in 5.1 DSA MA (however you spell it), was fine. The sound effects were nice however audio dialogue was poor. Because you couldn't hear what they were saying, you can hear, it is just that the audio effect is louder than speech audio. It felt like Matrix Bluray encoding:/EXTRAS terrible!!! completely terrible! No nothing! Just movie | subtitle/sound | scenes. a quick cash grab by Signature distribution company. greedy bastards!Verdict. if you have a multi region bluray, I say get the Asia version because that must have extras. If you only care about the movie, get this version. If you want your money's worth, I say you should WAIT until price drop to low!In fact I think I am starting to dislike buying UK release martial arts movies on Bluray, because they are cheap knock offs! Sony did an amazing job with Ong Bak 2 on UK Bluray release because the audio quality was better than Magnet's Ong Bak 2 Bluray release. Man of Tai Chi was a pis's poor terrible blur ray release in UK, it had no extras! Shame the US version is not region free.