Fearless 霍元甲

Not bad for an biography, considering that there is little information about this person, Huo Yuan Jia, and considering that Huo did not even lay his fingers on the foreigners he was portrayed to have fought with in the film.
Nevertheless, I feel that the expansion of the film on Huo's biography was done neatly. I mean, with such little background information available, I must applaud for the producers' bravery and courage to produce such a film to be presented in the form of a biography.
However, I feel that there is a slight lack in the amount of action present in the film. The highlight of Huo's entire life is his duel with the martial art experts from 4 different countries. Instead, most of the actions in the film come from Huo's fight with Master Chin, one of his arch-rival whom had beaten up one of Huo's disciples. On the other hand, there was little to for us to wow about between his fights with the foregin martial arts experts.
Generally, it is still quite a good film to watch, except that don't expect too much action in the movie.
Rating: 7 / 10
P.S. I don't understand why this movie was rated NC-16, because unlike what the impression that trailer has given to the audience, the violence featured was mild. Perhaps the "grossiest" (if there is ever such a word) part of the movie would be how Huo dislocate/break Master Chin's shoulder blade, and how Huo, in another fight, dislocate/break his challenger's elbow.
P.P.S. Huo founded the Jing Wu Martial Arts Federation (精武体操会), and Bruce Lee's 精武门 came from this federation. So, you can say that Bruce Lee owns his success to Huo Yuan Jia. Just a little random trivia I think that might be useful to you.
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