Tai Chi Master

1993 [CANTONESE]

Action / Comedy / Drama / Thriller

25
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 11563 11.6K

weisheit martial arts kung fu army buddhism monk

Plot summary

Falsely accused for cheating in a martial arts competition, two boyhood friends are banished from their Shaolin Temple and go their separate ways. As adults, they join opposing sides in a civil war. When one betrays the other, they settle their differences mano-a-mano.

Director

Woo-Ping Yuen Photo
Woo-Ping Yuen

Top cast

Jet Li Photo
Jet Li as Junbao
Michelle Yeoh Photo
Michelle Yeoh as Siu Lin
Jian Kui Sun Photo
Jian Kui Sun as Royal Eunuch / Liu Jin
Shun Lau Photo
Shun Lau as Master Jueyuan
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
884.71 MB
1280*714
Cantonese 2.0
NR
Subtitles cn  
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 12
1.71 GB
1920*1072
Cantonese 5.1
NR
Subtitles cn  
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 39

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by solri 8 / 10

Good Wuxia Fun

As a t'ai chi player, I watched this film hoping to see a lot of t'ai chi (I'd already started running scenarios in my head where the brash young Jet Li learns t'ai chi from Michelle Yeoh). In this respect, and only in this respect, I was disappointed, as this is not a t'ai chi film but a story about how t'ai chi came to be. In every other respect, I was supremely satisfied. This is first class wuxia, alternating crazy fights with goofy humour, with a little tragedy and philosophy thrown in. Of course this mix will probably be insufferable to anyone who isn't into wuxia, but if you like the kind of martial arts films where combatants call out the name of the move they're about to do, you'll love this. Incidentally, you'll notice the inspiration for a fight in Charlie's Angels in one of the early scenes: "And this one's called knocking you on the head."
Reviewed by Anonymoo-2 8 / 10

Cool, cheesy kung-fu fun

One of my favorite Hong Kong actors, Jet Li, does what I call his best film in "Tai Chi Master." Starring alongside Michelle Yeoh and a dozen other folks whose name I forgot, Li plays Junbao, a monk whose best friend betrays him and becomes a ruthless whacko. This leaves him only one option: grab a pole and start clubbin' baddies. While some parts are just too cheesy to mention, i.e. people flying around and some ridiculously hokey-looking effects (you can see the cable attached to a guy's back at one point), the best fights take place with just good ol' Jet Li, a pole, and an army of bad guys, where there is no room to fly around or do the ultra-powerful Buddhist Palms. Give Tai Chi Master a try. It's a love-hate thing for most people, and in my case, it's a love thing. This movie is one of the five best kung-fu flicks ever made, in my opinion.
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