A Dream!

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2000)

First off, I've only sat through about 10 martial arts films in my life. I
absolutely cannot stand them. When people talk about them, I find
myself wanting to burst their balloons and say something like,
"Yeah, they remind me a lot of pro wrestling." But if you feel the way that I do about martial arts movies---and
allow that to keep you from seeing this movie, you are really losing
out. I loved everything about this movie and I found nothing to
quibble about. -Dimensional, well crafted characters portrayed by "real" actors
who could mop the floor with most of Hollywood's acting talent and
I'm talking about their acting ability, not flying spin kicks.
-The effects were perfectly balanced with character and place and
the story never took a back seat to the wire dancing stuff. -The little actress who played Jen has more acting talent in her left
foot than the combined casts of Charlies Angels, Dude, Where's
My Car and Vertical Limit. Wait and see, some brilliant Hollywood
director will bring her to LA and cast her as the love interest in
MASH 2--- Go see this. Take kids. Take your parents. It proves once again,
what the best filmakers and playwrights have been trying to tell us
forever. It's all about story.