Keanu Reeves' Man of Tai Chi

[Chaank]

I'd see this. As you guys have said he's no Dafoe but this is Kung Fu fella's, Kung Fu.opcorn

 

[Riceball]

For anyone interested, he chose to direct this film rather than be Ghengis Khan that Renny Harlin was set to direct. As crazy as that sounds, only one other actor was considered for the role and he was a white guy with blondish brown hair.

If you're talking about the casting of Ghegis Khan, I don't think that casting a white guy with blondish brown hair would be that big of a deal breaker for the role, it's not like there hasn't been precedence for the miscasting of Ghengis Khan in a movie before. Don't forget that they once cast the Duke himself as Ghengis Khan so what's another white guy playing a Mongol going to matter, if John Wayne can play an Asian then any old white guy can do it too.

 

[aeonpulse]

I was a bit disappointed to read that they won't be using the Bot & Dolly rig, but the trailer still looks cool.

 

[infymys]

Got to see an advance screener of it. It's your typical martial arts fare. The action and fight choreography are what you would expect from Woo Ping who actually has real martial artists to work with. The wire work is very minimal and doesn't suspend physics and reality too much when it is used.

My only gripe is Keanu Reeves himself in the film. The same monotone acting he's been doing in his last few roles (Constantine, Klaatu, Neo). Overall, I would give it a 7/10 just because I love anything Karen Mok is in.

Spoiler

It's basically a student who tries to prove himself. Loses his way and eventually redeems himself. And as I've stated earlier in the thread, I was hoping if Reeves did any fight scenes, he wouldn't be so stiff as he was in The Matrix. I was wrong. And speaking of such, there's also a Matrix moment in the final fight scene and I literally did a facepalm when I saw it.

 

[hydin]

This one looks like it's going to be fun

Chris

 

[dascoyne]

Sanjeev Bhaskar interviewing Richard E. Grant, "In Dracula were there any special acting techniques you used to keep from laughing at Keanu Reeves' English accent?"