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Highly Overrated But Still Good

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Jet Li's latest martial arts epic is quite an unusual film, with an unwieldy premise that feels like three entirely different kinds of films all mixed together rather randomly. First of all there are the gladiator-style fighting set-pieces, in which Li typically battles opponents, sometimes in a ring; these extraordinarily violent moments offer all the action a kung fu fan could wish for. Secondly, there's a gangsterish sub-plot, in which 21st century Glasgow becomes a seedy London of the '70s, as Bob Hoskins and his cronies go around torturing and crippling various adversaries. Finally, there's the human drama, in which Li becomes part of a family consisting of a blind Morgan Freeman and his niece. The elements are disparate, but the final effect is an interesting movie.New director Louis Leterrier, who has proved his worth with this and TRANSPORTER 2, delivers the action with aplomb and Yuen Woo Ping's choreography also helps loads; these fights are fast, furious and exceptionally hard-hitting, with lots of broken bones and really crucial battles. The arena fight with a pacifist Danny and the battle with the bald assassin are particularly worthy moments, some of the best I've seen, and I can't wait to watch them again.The human side of the story is also well handled, rather better than it should be, and Freeman turns the minor role of the piano tuner into something special and moving, yet human at the same time. Condon is sweet as the girl who brings out Li's humanity, and the pair share some touching moments. Not so with Bob Hoskins, who chews the scenery as the spectacularly unpleasant mob boss; Hoskins is on top form whether he's raging in anger or telling one of his anecdotes. I guess I'm not the only one wondering what Hoskins and Freeman are doing in an action B-movie.Li himself is good, although I found him more sympathetic in KISS OF THE DRAGON; he's said he's giving up kung fu and becoming a 'serious' actor, but I'm not totally convinced that he's good enough to do that. Martial arts-wise, though, Li is spectacular, a real force of nature who tears up the screen time after time, bringing new levels of entertainment to the viewer. A couple of excellent car crashes add to the action quotient and the result is a watchable film that should satisfy most fans who can handle the violence.

this cracking kung fu action flick came out in 2005 with 1hr36mins of head pummeling martial arts action with jet Li in spell bounding form with an impressive cast of bob Hoskins and Morgan freeman as a blind man jet Li is Danny who is as a slave raised by gangster bob Hoskins to be violent fighting machine and a compete in a illegal gladiator style fight clubs when Danny has chance encounter with a blind piano player tuner ( Morgan freeman character) Danny experiences of true kindness for the first time and escapes he escapes from the underworld to live with the piano tuner and his family but the mob go looking for Danny but wont give up on their asset Danny must fight his way out of his old life to protect his new identity new family and shed his old life for good better than expected film 7/10

Bart (Bob Hoskins) is a vicious loan shark. He has trained Danny (Jet Li) as his personal attack dog. When people don't pay, he takes off Danny's collar which sends him into attack mode. Danny is befriended by blind piano tuner Sam (Morgan Freeman). When someone pump bullets into Bart's car, Danny escapes and finds refuge with Sam and his step-daughter Victoria (Kerry Condon). Danny learns to be human from them but Bart comes back into his life.I love the idea of Danny the dog and his collar. There are lots of great Jet Li fight action. He does well enough with the acting. It helps that his character is still learning to speak. I actually would prefer he speaks less in this movie. Also I'm not sure if they are trying to make Victoria the romantic companion. At 18, her character is a little young. It would have been better if she's in her 20s. It's a pretty good action movie with an intriguing premise.

Danny has spent his entire life in a cage, the only time he leaves is when his services are called upon by his boss. Danny is very good at one particular thing....fighting. But, Danny escapes one day and finds a family and relinquishes violence...however his old family arrive to take him back at any cost...Now Danny must apply everything he has ever learnt to protect the ones he loves.I am not a big Jet Li fan, more of a Donnie Yen fanatic and Jet Li's style has never connected with me, until I watched Unleashed. Unleashed combines great story-telling, with wonderful characters and sublime fight scenes in between and with actors such as Morgan Freeman and Bob Hoskins supporting Jet Li, the movie does not disappoint.The fight scenes are just brilliant, I could talk forever about them. The camera-work could be better, but Jet Li's speed perhaps makes it harder for anyone to follow. Overall this could be classified as a Kung-Fu movie, but its a drama at its core.