brilliant actors, brilliant editing

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Omg this is probably one of my favorite martial arts films of all time !!!!!!! this film stars Vanness Wu ( who is a famous singer in China, sooo even though this guy is not obviously the best actor or martial artist, you can tell that he try's really hard, and trained really hard in the martial arts for this film, and it shows), also the great Andy On is in this film, and he rips it (his awesome in this film !!!) ! added bonus, the legendary Ti Lung is in this film! Ti Lung ! One thing that really sets this kung fu film apart from most other kung fu films is you really really care and have emotional connections with the characters. I really fell in love with Vanness's character, and Andy On's character as well (you want them both to win, you can't tell who to root for ) . this film is sooo emotionally touching, and i think the fight scenes are bloody Giga awesome. Another thing i mucho love about this film, is that this film has a billion montages, like there are montages within montages ! me and my friends just love to joke about the excessive montages in this film, i love montages, and i think this film has some of the best montages ever.sooo ughh watch this film, some people don't like this film for some reason, don't listen to them, this film ripping mucho rocks super rocking awesome film !

This is a stereotype plot. A young fighter tries to enter a competition when he is not ready and is not selected to represent his fighting school. This leads to separation from the fighting school and naturally he finds a strange new master to teach him to fight.The fights are not of high standards. They are way too "simple" in a way that 1+1 is simple to every adult. The fighter has trained and enters the ring, but does not do what he trained and gets an ass kicking. The coach yells do this and do that with no success. And after some more of this ridiculous beating he suddenly does what he is told and hits his opponent once. This results in a turning point in the fight, although our hero has been taking a beating of his life up until that point. Think about the Rocky movies and you'll have a good point of reference of how much beating he really takes. The fights are also shot poorly.There final thing that screws this film up is the stupid romance. Cheesy music and awkward moments are not what I call entertainment.These guys really could have made some quality entertainment, but the director wasn't up to the task. Or the other crew in my opinion. Maybe they had a small budget, I don't know, but what matters in the end is that this movie is bad and deserves the rating of 3 out of 10.

This is a movie for teenagers. If they make more like it please let me know because I couldn't find anything today, I'll keep looking tomorrow. (THIS PART BECAUSE I HAD TO MAKE THIS LONGER??) (ok I started watching it several months ago and just finished it, maybe because I didn't want to read the subs or I've seen too many movies that start this way or better. The movie makes no apologies and neither does Daniel Lee. Again, if anyone knows more movies like this please let me know.) (OK I HAVE TO WRITE MORE STILL) (...maybe Siskel and Ebert made a mistake when they added the thumbs-up-thumbs-down parts to the reviews when people asked 'should i see it or not??' I think it was a really bad idea because reading more about the movie that you don't know you wanna see or not is a good exercise in academia and all people who watch movies should read really long reviews before...hand)

The premise is rather familiar: down on his luck fighter digs deep within along with the help of some quirky coaches to fight in an international kick boxing tournament. It's nothing we haven't seen before, but then again, it is always in the details.Star Runner in the grandest sense is a very typical movie, but the allure of Hong Kong and the fight sequences are still pretty solid. Throw in the ravishing Bond, and you get a pretty watchable movie. Overall, this film probably needed some better actors and some fine tuning in regards to the script, but at least it was still decent to view.