Good start, but then it gets ruined

Crappy film

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

In the 80's, Martial Arts movies where a lot more dominant in the market. It was mainly really good martial artists with poor acting skills.Then - slowly - came the choreographers and the CGI dudes and made every actor a martial artists. The acting got better, the fighting got worse.In Man of Tai Chi, we're back. There's a lot of respect for the martial arts in this movie. When there's a Tae-Kwon-Do fighter, he uses Tae-kwon-do moves. All fighters, except Keanu, knows their stuff.I wanted to see more of Iko Uwais (from The Raid), and I wanted to see less of Keanu, but it's still a solid 9 judged purely as a martial arts film.Would love to see Keanu Reeves diving into this and become the next John Woo.

WOW! Where to begin. Could the story have been a little better? Sure it could've. This is a martial arts film. With that being said, it was pretty awesome. Being a fan of martial arts films, of course I enjoyed this, but not just because it's a martial arts film. It's because compared to other films of this nature, this one has some pretty amazing fight scenes that, in my opinion, rival those of "Bloodsport". This is why I felt it was necessary to give this film an eight star rating. Keanu is a bonus, like icing on a cake. On the other hand, if you're not a fan of martial arts movies, this is definitely not for you. As stated above, the story is slightly lacking compared to great movies of other genres. However, if you compare this film to other martial arts films, the story is better than average. That's why I believe that if you're a fan of martial arts films, DO NOT PASS THIS ONE UP. It was refreshing to see fight scenes of this quality again. Enjoy

First of all congratulations to Keanu, Tiger Chen & all the team for making such a marvelous flick, bundled with fantastic fighting sequences, facial expressions, background music, multi-layered with a number of plots simultaneously & a feel of ascent throughout the movie till the end & climax - A Soft style in a Hard way! I really wondered on how Keanu Reeves worked out on so many plots & themes at the same time with too much delicacy. Some Matrix like moves, Kung Fu Hustle like ascending feel, Indian Movies like encounter with the heroine at the end as an afterthought; all co-join to make it worth a watch. The last four fights were just amazing, moreover the fight of Tiger Chen with Donaka (Reeves) led us to think that whether he (Donaka) was human or some evil character, with the only vulnerability to be killed by hidden spiritual force & not by ordinary hitting. I must rate it 10 on 10 definitely, but I wondered to see here IMDb's rating was bit low.

Warning. Some of what I'm writing below, could be considered spoiler!Well we all know that Keanu ranges from bad to appalling as an actor, and this is no exception! He goes from overacting to wooden in every scene he is in and after a while you actually start to cringe and frown as soon as you see him appear, in anticipation of what he will "deliver this time". His fighting skills are not completely horrible, but it's not enough to deliver a decent fight scene against even a moderate fighter in a non-important scene in the movie. To fight in the final showdown? Oh, dear Lord....no no no! The final fight, even though it was sadly predictable, turns into a yawn-fest and quite frankly I found myself laughing at how ridiculous his fighting and acting was here. The movie itself is a mish-mash. Keanu tries to put: culture, old vs new china, a "new" fighting style, a touch of love story, police corruption, illegal fighting with cameras and .....well it keeps on a bit more. Lets just say he tries to put in a lot of stories and angles into this movie, which is always hard to then tell properly, and in a fighting movie it gets almost impossible. The fighting scenes are OK, some are quite good, but the story leaves very much to be desired! It scratches the surface on a lot of subjects and leaves most of it hanging like broken webs in the wind. My expectation for this movie was quite low, so it didn't have to deliver much to make me pleasantly surprised, but it failed miserably.There's so many b-movies with way better fighting than this, and better acting too I'm afraid, so no....don't watch this unless you're a Keanu-fan. You'd be better of watching an old Van Damme or Jackie Chan movie for the 15th time =)