Man of Tai Chi is a martial arts film starring Keanu Reeves. The film also marks Reeves’ directorial debut. The film’s narrative was partly inspired by the life of Tiger Chen, a stunt performer for the movies “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and the “Matrix” sequels.
The film premiered in 2013 with showings at the Beijing and Cannes Festivals. The film has been praised by John Woo, an acclaimed director of action films.
The film stars renown martial arts performers and includes:
• Tiger Chen as Chen Lin Hu
• Keanu Reeves as Donaka Mark
• Karen Mok as Sun Jing Shi
• Simon Yam as Superintendent Wong
• Ye Qing as Qing Sha
• Yu Hai as Master Yang
• Sam Lee as Tak Ming
• Michael Tong as Policeman Yuan
• Iko Uwais as Gilang Sanjaya
This is the story of a young martial artist (Tiger Chen) with amazing Tai Chi skills who comes to the attention of an unscrupulous underground Mixed Martial Arts fight promoter (Keanu Reeves). Can this young man live true to the Wu De (Martial Code of Conduct) he has been taught? Or will a drive for glory using his deadly skills cause him to abandon his morals and honor completely?
Man of Tai Chi has yet to receive an official U.S. release date but is expected in theaters the latter half of 2013. Man of Tai Chi has an amazing array of 18 fight scenes – about 40 minutes of pure fighting. Reeves is quoted as saying, “I wanted to make a good, solid kung fu movie. Good story, good plot – but let’s get some good kung fu going.”
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Man of Tai Chi Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMC66Jw52Dk#t=15
Movie Review: Man of Tai Chi
