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Yuen Woo Ping (The Matrix trilogy, Kill Bill Volumes I and II, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero) brings you True Legend, a heart pounding epic about the timeless battle between good and evil. Su Can's (Vincent Zhao) respectable life is obliterated when his vengeful brother, Yuan (Andy On), returns from war armed with the deadly Five Venom Fists. Weakened but not destroyed, Su Can learns a never-before-seen form of martial arts: the Drunken Fist. Armed with this new power, he returns home to honor his family through retribution by taking on his brother in a battle to become the ultimate warrior. Edit Translation

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  • Country: Hong Kong
  • Type: Movie
  • Release Date: Feb 9, 2010
  • Duration: 1 hr. 55 min.
  • Score: 7.4 (scored by 214 users)
  • Ranked: #6790
  • Popularity: #12766
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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The Butterfly
4 people found this review helpful
Apr 23, 2021
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Overall 6.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
Three fourths of True Legend played out like a 1970's kung fu revenge movie only with better special effects, sets, and music. There's the typical need for revenge, retreat and training and then taking on the Big Bad again theme. If the movie had stopped at the natural ebb of the story I would have rated it higher. Unfortunately, it went on another thirty minutes in what should have been a sequel instead of a fourth act or in my opinion, completely left out.

The actors all did a fine job with what they were given. Vincent Zhao handled his fight scenes well, but Zhou Xun was the heart of the movie. The child actor wasn't one of the stronger ones I've seen but he was mostly supposed to cry and yell so I can't lay it all on him. Gordon Liu who played Beggar Su in Young Vagabond made a guest appearance. Michelle Yeoh and Bryan Leung also make special appearances.

My problem with the story was with Su. At first he was unbelievably naïve to the point of endangering his family. At other times he was next to useless, self-absorbed, selfish, or short-sighted. Without giving away any spoilers, let's just say he was never going to make father or husband of the year. His wife, Ying, could see when danger was approaching and also when the time to act was. Her first thought was how to hold the family together and looking for ways for them to survive. For me, she was the real hero of the movie.

The fight scenes were good as one would expect from a Yuen Woo Ping movie when they weren't relying too heavily on CGI. In a 2 hour movie it would have been nice to have had a little more dialogue between characters and some character development. I wasn't given much of a reason to care about any of these people.

Most egregiously, the final act seemed completely unrelated to the rest of the movie in style and tone dragging out the story in what appeared to be more of a political statement.

The fighting in True Legend was exhilarating, if exhausting. It just needed a little more heart, and some better editing, to make it memorable.

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LeejLicious
3 people found this review helpful
Aug 19, 2013
Completed 0
Overall 6.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 5.0
This is a nice movie to watch, the acting is good and also the music. They really did fit the scenes. I also liked the parts where they fight, but sometimes they carry it on to long to a point that I found my mobile phone more interesting than the movie.
The movie was not predictable, and there are some unexpected things that you would not expect, that is what I really liked.
What I also didn't like were some unrealistic fights and the special effects

Overall this is a good movie to kill some time. The story is average but this is my opinion I believe if some others watch this, they might find the story better!

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  • Movie: True Legend
  • Country: Hong Kong
  • Release Date: Feb 9, 2010
  • Duration: 1 hr. 55 min.
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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  • Score: 7.4 (scored by 214 users)
  • Ranked: #6790
  • Popularity: #12766
  • Watchers: 423

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