Tai Chi Hero
“The Throwdown Continues”
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Yang Luchan's martial-arts education continues as family tensions and mechanised threats grow around him. The sequel increases the action within its playful steampunk world. Sammo Hung's choreography provides a foundation, though the film's many stylistic ideas do not always produce equally strong scenes.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 4/10
- Plot
- 8.5/10
- Effects
- 4.5/10
- Dialogue
- 6.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 7.5/10
“The martial-arts lesson has advanced to the heavy-machinery chapter.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 62
Synopsis and movie facts
Chinese steampunk martial arts blockbuster about the early years of Tai chi master Yang Luchan, the man who founded in the 19th century what has now become the most popular Tai Chi style in the world. The second instalment of the "Tai Chi" trilogy continues the journey of Yang Luchan, a gifted child with a fleshy growth on his forehead who helped save a village from a frightening army of steampunk soldiers bearing strange machines with the knowledge of Tai Chi that they entrusted him with.
- Released
- 2012
- Directed by
- Stephen Fung
- Running time
- 100 min
- Original title
- 太極２ 英雄崛起
Starring
- Jayden Yuan as Yang Lu Chan
- Yuan Wenkang as Prince Dun
- Angelababy as Chen Yu Niang
- Shu Qi as Mother Yang
- Stephen Fung as Nan
- Xiong Xinxin as Uncle Qin
- Shen Si as Brother Tofu
- Wei Ai-Xuan as Zhao Di
Research behind this pick
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- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 149085.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review welcomes the increased action but finds the execution less remarkable than the premise and choreography team suggest.
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