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A Historian’s Review of Jet Li’s Fearless: Who was the Real Huo Yuanjia 霍元甲?

August 31st, 2006 · 9 Comments

I just finished the movie Fearless (霍元甲) Jet Li’s self-proclaimed final wushu film. The movie itself is not bad (Not that I’m much of a movie critic). It’s about equal parts Fists of Fury and Rocky IV (compare the final fight scenes) with a dash of Raging Bull and an inexplicable Dances with Wolves [...]

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