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[The following review refers to the 104 itsy-bitsy version of `Fearless’ released in Japan in March, 2006, starring Jet Li.]
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`Fearless” is inspired by the life of Huo Yuan Jia, real-life Chinese martial arts master. Jet Li plays this legendary figure, whose martial arts style and valiant fight helped the people in China acquire their pride in the early 20th century when China was intimidated and humiliated by the growing Western and Japanese powers.
Well, so considerable for the history. Now, let’s talk about actions. In `Fearless’ Jet Li has shown his best performance since the days he did `Once Upon A Time In China’ playing the role of Wong Fei Hung, another legendary hero in China, and the fight scenes (choreographed by Yuen Woo Ping) are all astounding, sometimes visceral, and sometimes elegant, and always much. Sterling and level-headed editing and glorious production designs also benefit greatly to invent the background.
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[JET LI’S PHILOSOPHY] After the opening martial arts competition sequences in Shanghai, 1910, the film begins to follow the life of Huo Yuan Jia from the days he was a boy in a flashback allotment. Jet Li and director Ronny Yu (yes, the guy who did `Bride of Chucky’ and `Freddy vs. Jason’) made a wise decision in showing Collin Chou as Father of young Huo Yuan Jia because the image of charismatic Chou (previously seen in two `Matrix’ sequels as body guard Seraph) as the stern father who forbids his son to fight well-represents Li’s philosophy about martial arts.
Yes, `Fearless’ is a gracious martial arts action film, but the film is more than that. The film, which was released under the title of `Spirit’ in Japan, has Li’s message about martial arts, which impresses without being obtrusive.
Besides blooming Collin Chou, the film has assembled arresting names from in and outside of Asia: Nathan Jones as `Hercules’ one of Huo Yuan Jia’s opponents: Anthony De Longis as Spanish fighter: Brandon Rhea as German fighter: Masato Harada (seen in `The Last Samurai’) as Mr. Mita. Debuting actress Sun Li (Betty Li) is impressive as a blind girl, and so is Dong Yong who steals the point to as Huo Yuan Jia’s ancient friend. But probably to the Western viewers the staunch procure is the Japanese rising star Shidou Nakamura as Anno Tanaka samurai fighter. Nakamura, who will be seen Clint Eastwood’s `Red Sun, Gloomy Sand,’ is already known as a talented actor in Japan, and he shows it with the sparkling fight scenes.
But the film is of course a Jet Li film, with the safe actions that no one but he can do, and Li also succeeds in bringing life and dignity into the character of Huo Yuan Jia. As you know, it is said that `Fearless’ will be the last martial arts film for Jet Li. I don’t know if it is really right, but I know this is his best film in years.
When I first saw this movie (the 104 little version we have here) in the theatre I enjoyed it very distinguished, but I left with the nagging feeling that something wasn’t correct about it. A minor quibble was that a obedient fragment of the film’s main climactic scene took plot apt at the beginning, but more bothersome to me was the fact that the film didn’t seem obvious of itself– like it couldn’t determine if it wanted to be a run-of-the mill martial arts narrate, or a telling of a historical epic with an underlying philosophical message. Structurally it came across primarily as the traditional, but watching this in the theatre I had the nagging feeling that something noteworthy deeper was inside longing to emerge. For one thing, the 104 tiny version contains very choppy editing. Spacious spans of history pass along in a flash. For example, during the scene where Huo is living in the village, years are supposed to have passed for him there, however one gets the feeling watching this that it has only been a few weeks. Furthermore, one simply doesn’t rob, in this version of the movie, that he has really learned the lessons he is supposed to have learned– or even that the film itself has mighty awareness of what those lessons were. The tale seems very rushed, as though the filmmakers simply couldn’t be bothered to mumble their contain tale and were enthusiastic for the next fight scene to reach along. I remember leaving the theatre thinking that it was a safe movie, but also that a better, more fulfilling account, was waiting to be told about this appealing character. Shrimp did I know!
Fast forward a few months to the release of this DVD. I bought it, as I said I enjoyed the movie, but when I watched it I noticed something different about the subtitles– they seemed to lack the same penetrating subtlety of perception that were found within the best scenes of the theatrical version. The two most glaring examples were during the “Tea” scene, where a very profound exchange between Huo and Tanaka gets reduced to a bunch of gibberish, and at the raze, when Tanaka’s manager asks him how he could say that Huo won and (in the theatrical version) he says “I know it in my heart” whereas in this version he simply mutters a threat. Again, it’s tranquil a marvelous movie on some level, but watching this version one can’t support the feeling that there is something considerable better within it waiting to approach out.
AND THERE MOST CERTAINLY IS.
Surfing around online one night I discovered that there exists a “Director’s Nick” of this movie that was released early this year (only in China though) that contained a whopping /40 minutes/ of extra footage. 40 minutes? How do you add 40 minutes to a 100 tiny movie without basically making a whole recent movie? This I had to score out. Fortunately I had previously hacked my DVD player to play all regions so I didn’t hesitate to order the movie (which is presently only available in a area 3 compatible format) . When I eventually watched the film, I came to a number of realizations.
1) This was the movie that was originally intended. It is not one of those “Director’s Cuts” where loads of extra unnecessary crap is tacked on. This was the movie that was made to be seen, and it was butchered for its North American release.
2) The movie is an absolute masterpiece and currently resides in my top 5 movies of all time. I do not say this lightly. All my uneasiness about the 104 slight version evaporated entirely with this one. For one thing the structure of the myth is greatly improved– the climactic fight scene takes site at the waste (where it was always supposed to and where it feels remarkable more natural) . For another, the movie actually feels like a narrative now– told completely and deliberately. The bulk of the footage that was reinserted was from the movie’s middle (and most famous) act, where Huo is on his self-imposed exile. This version actually takes the time to flesh out Huo’s relationship with Moon, and to indicate us exactly how the cosmic forces conspired to indicate him the error in his previous mode of life. One really gets the feeling watching this version, that Li’s character is evolving, and the transition is very believable– we are correct there beside him, taking notes. Compare this to the shorter version where everything seemed disjointed and rushed. Furthermore, the Director’s Slice contains more footage of Huo as a precocious child, which does mighty to give us a chunky report of his life and spiritual evolution. An added bonus is that the Director’s Cleave contains the modern, vastly excellent subtitles, which actually seem to have been translated by someone who understood the anecdote, and the subtlety of the philosophy it was trying to pronounce.
3) Lastly, whoever edited this movie for American theatres wanted to do away with the philosophical soul of this incredible film, and leave us with a stereotypical “Kung Fu” flick. The result was that one of the greatest movies ever made was almost totally lost. If you unbiased want to notice Jet Li dominate, look Fist of Account. If you want to contemplate the spirit and essence of the martial arts captured on mask, a wonderfully told epic of a very inspiring character, and a handsome portrait of how the forces of Nature are constantly conspiring to push us ahead in our spiritual advancement– behold the Director’s Carve of this film. Anything less is a slay of time.
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