Review of Man of Tai Chi (2013) by Anthony D — 18 Jul 2014

Review:

Keanu Reeves really tried to make an authentic Oriental movie with the mixture of English and subtitles, but the leading character didn't really have that much screen charisma and Keanu Reeves didn't really play a baddie that well. Basically Keanu Reeves is the head of an underground Fight Club and he decides to take on a delivery boy because of his fight skills. After making some money, the boy decides that he wants to leave the fighting game but Reeves doesn't want to lose his prize fighter. The whole concept was a bit weak and the acting by the cast was pretty terrible. Some of the fighting scenes wasn't that bad but it's the leading character that really let's the movie down. All the way through the movie he has this dead look on his face which lacks emotion. I lost the plot at the end when the big showdown was underway and then it all came to a holt after that one move. Maybe it was the inner "Chi". Anyway, it's a very average movie that's watchable but nothing that amazing. Average!

Round-Up:

This really didn't seem like a movie from Keanu Reeves because of his inverted style of acting and personal life. I'm surprised that he chose to play the flashy underworld fight club boss after playing the hero in so many of his latter movies like the Matrix and The Day The Earth Stood Still. It's good to see that he still has some of his karate skills which he picked up from the Matrix, but I think that he should try and use them in the American movies because his transformation into the oriental world isn't working too well. I'll give him some props for trying though. With all this aside, I honestly think that it was his chose of actors that really let this movie down, and the script could have done with a little work. I honestly wasn't expecting that much from this movie as I hadn't heard that much about it, so I wasn't totally disappointed.

Budget: $25million.

Worldwide Gross: $5.5million (Terrible!).

I recommend this movie to people who are into there oriental Kung Fu movies about a delivery man who becomes big in the underground fighting game. 4/10.