The Day Jet Li Almost Died Twice (in movies)

At last, after weeks of anticipation, I finally got to watch Fearless. This post contains major spoilers in the plot so I advice anyone who hasn't watched it to stop reading if they do not wish to know the said spoilers. But then again, there wasn't much of a plot anyway... Just punches and kicks!

The movie started out great. At the beginning, there were some chinese text to briefly explain the historical background of the movie (which was lacking subtitles, so a rough translation of it probably was.. Jet Li kicks ass). Then after that, BAKBAKAN agad! Out of nowhere, BAM! Everybody started fighting.. There were already 3 different fights barely 15 minutes into the film. I thought, man, this is going to be a great movie. Then disappointment.

Jet Li was a really bad guy in this movie (for the 1st half of the movie anyway). I want an ordinary movie with a stereotypical hero who beats the crap out of goons and thugs. Damnit, Jet Li should be a good guy! He had a change of heart at the 2nd half of the movie though. But still, I can't imagine Wong Fei Hung being a bad guy ><

Which brings me to my second rant... the transition from evil-li to good-li takes place in a farm. There's like 20 minutes of farming scenes in it. BORING! If I was the director of the flick, the village will be attacked by bears, then Jet li fights em barehanded (while the bears fight Jet Li bearhanded). Ah puns. Sorry =P

Lastly, he dies in the end. I was like, WTF?!? Kabo said it was predictable. But damn, this guy punches holes on concrete walls! How CAN he die?!? By one of the lamest way possible, Poison. You would think these kungfu masters have learned their lesson already. I mean 80% of kungfu masters had been poisoned.. It's one of the staples of kungfu flick: The really strong and unbeatable master dies by poison. But do they bring their own darn bottled water to fights? Nope! House tea lang palagi. ><;;

But still, all in all, it was a great movie. It's not a typical brainless fight flick. There's some pretty ummm "profound" moments in there including a conversation on the similarities of tea drinking and life or whatever. It has a half decent plot, although not entirely unique. I give it a 9/10.

So there. Jet Li dies in Fearless. (Death #1)

When I got back home, I watched a movie I downloaded, Fist of Legend. This is another Jet Li flick. (Yes, I'm bored). He needs to redeem himself by kicking more asses. Then as the movie nears the end, bang! They kill Jet Li again! Nooooooo......... Everything is going horribly wrong for the kungfu master today. But good thing his death was fake and was used to deceive the Japanese. Hurray! He survives. So there. It's now nearly 3am and I'm off to sleep.