I rarely watch martial arts films, mainly because one must sift through too many poor plots, poor editing, and poor acting to enjoy fight scenes that are too few and far between. Fists of Legend avoids all three of these, and the fight scenes, which would stand out in even the worst martial arts movie, here shine like diamonds. As an actor, Jet Li is convincing; as a fighter, this movie will show you ten times the acrobatic, physics-defying style that his appearance in Lethal Weapon IV only suggested. A brief word about my rating: I gave this film a seven (7), but only by comparing it to _all_ films. As a martial arts film, this is definitely a ten (10), on a par with Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon and Jackie Chan's Drunken Master II. My only criticism is that the movie does seem lengthy at times; but trust me: you'll be grateful for this the second time you watch it. And the third....
Review of Fist of Legend
