Review of Unleashed (2005) by Maineutral R — 01 Nov 2013

The film can be very bipolar at times. The first 40 minutes are rude and action-packed. The next 40 are emotional and human development of Danny with his new family and the other 20 minutes are...the climax, pretty much.

The film tells the story of a rude fighter called Danny, who works for his "uncle". He wears a collar that keeps him calmed, but once removed, he unleashes his though fighting skills, killings included. In one of their money-recovering missions, Danny is left alone for some time, there he meets Sam, a blind but very nice person that teaches him the beauty of a piano. An car accident apparently kills his uncle and his henchmen, but Danny survives and later is found again by Sam, who take care of him from that moment on and now lives with him and his adoptive daughter, Victoria. The rest is pretty much Danny learning the piano, to cook, his past and to think of Sam and Victoria as his new family.

Jet Li acts a bit akward at the emotional moments, but leds to unintentional hilarious moments. Morgan Freeman is as charming as ever and Bob Hoskins delivers as the crude uncle. The movie suffers from pacing problems, familiar affair and not as action packed as other Jet Li movies, but the overall experience pays-off, giving the characters ultimately a hard time, but a happy ending ultimately.

I don't know if reccomend it or not, but I could say you should give it a try, you might like it, it's very entertaining.