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Kickfighter

Titre original : Zhong hua ying xiong
  • 1988
  • 12
  • 1h 32min
NOTE IMDb
5,7/10
2,2 k
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Kickfighter (1988)
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  • Réalisation
    • Jet Li
  • Scénario
    • Yeung-Ping Sze
    • Jia Er-Ge
  • Casting principal
    • Jet Li
    • Erkang Zhao
    • Jia Song
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  • NOTE IMDb
    5,7/10
    2,2 k
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    • Réalisation
      • Jet Li
    • Scénario
      • Yeung-Ping Sze
      • Jia Er-Ge
    • Casting principal
      • Jet Li
      • Erkang Zhao
      • Jia Song
    • 27avis d'utilisateurs
    • 10avis des critiques
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    Jet Li
    Jet Li
    • Jet
    • (as Jet Lee)
    Erkang Zhao
    • Zhang
    • (as Zhao Er-Kang)
    Jia Song
    • Na
    • (as Song Jia)
    Kurt Roland Petersson
    • Captain Hans
    Paulo Tocha
    Paulo Tocha
    • Bailey
    • (as Paulo H. P. Tocha)
    Keith Anthony
      Kaiming Chen
      Wing Cho
      Wing Cho
      Cam Clarke
      Cam Clarke
        John DeMita
        John DeMita
        • Jet
        • (voix)
        Peter Doyle
          Dongyu Fan
          Zhanghe Gao
          Jessica Gee-George
          Jessica Gee-George
            Yan Geng
            Grant George
            Grant George
              Kerry Gutierrez
                Dean Harrington
                • US Marine
                • Réalisation
                  • Jet Li
                • Scénario
                  • Yeung-Ping Sze
                  • Jia Er-Ge
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                bad_habitt

                same soundtrack as no retreat no surrender 2

                whats with that? it was made after this movie so would that mean that it stole its soundtrack from this movie? and if so, i'm amazed as the nrns2 soundtrack is my favorite ever.

                apart from that i thought the movie was pretty cool. nothing too amazing. jet li is a pretty short martial artist and therefore very quick but i don't think he has the screen presence of a loren avedon or mathias hues.

                check it out but pay careful attention to the great soundtrack.

                My vote - 6\10

                GREAT SOUNDTRACK!
                hayabusa-1

                The best Defence is not to make a bad film

                `Apart from using his advanced Kung-fu skills, Jet Li demonstrates an incredible US boxing style, a completely different fighting style in this movie.'

                The above is a direct quote from the back of the DVD box of `Born to Defence'. It is also a bold faced lie. The closest Jet Li gets to American boxing in this film is when he puts on a pair of boxing gloves and steps into a boxing ring in the middle of a seedy bar. All similarities between American boxing and Jet Li's style end there. The closest you'll see to a boxing style is Jet Li kickboxing, which is much more of a Thai style than an American one.

                With the hype the DVD box gave to Jet Li using an American boxing style this was a bit of a letdown. For fans of Jet Li wanting to see him stick, jab, and shuffle, I highly suggest the movie `Fist of Legend', as there's a scene in that movie where Jet Li actually DOES show off a good flyweight style of boxing. `Fist of Legend' also happens to be the best Jet Li movie I've seen to date; and outclasses and outshines `Born to Defence' in just about every aspect of filmmaking.

                `Born to Defence' was the directorial debut for Jet Li. It also marks the last time he directed a film. I found it interesting that this film was in Cantonese as opposed to Mandarin. If you watch this movie on DVD I highly recommend watching it in the Original Cantonese with English subtitles as both the Mandarin and English dubbing on the DVD are really, really bad! So bad at times the dubbers completely miss dubbing in lines of dialogue as you're watching the actors lips move in complete silence. As a director Jet Li keeps this film simple, it's Jet Li's character (ironically named Jet in the English dubbing) against the evil bullies of the U.S. Navy. `Jet Li vs. The U.S. Navy Bullies' would be a very apt title for this movie indeed.

                The martial arts in this movie are poor as compared to other Jet Li films I've seen. The film also lacked a certain cohesion as well. Several key fight scenes are interrupted by very poor editing. In no fewer than 2 fight scenes the camera cuts away from Jet Li at a critical point in the fight. When the camera cuts back to Jet, we join the fight already in progress; the action picks up in real time, instead of picking up where the cut left off. In a martial arts film, the spotlight should be on your superstar, and any cuts to background actions should not result in the audience missing out on what could have been a great fight scene. For the lack of cohesion in the fight scenes, and my disappointment with the alleged boxing style this movie fails to deliver, I give it 4/10 stars.
                5ace52387

                Not that this is a good movie, but it's got redeeming traits.

                Born to Defend isn't a good movie by any means. The villains are crazily exaggerated, and the Chinese were just too victimized. I know the American military has done a crapload of bad stuff, but there's only so much a viewer can take. I'd be alright if the movie portrayed them as evil people rather than Satan spawn. candy's supposed to be sweet, that's why we like it, but it can be sickening if it's too sweet. Most movies have a villain, and it generally helps the movie, but if that character is taken overboard, it just gets redundant and disgusting.

                A Chinese person watching this movie must be some sort of masochist. I wouldn't want to see how terribly any foreigners victimized me. An American watching this movie must be a bit horrified, and a bit annoyed at how evil the navy is. Overall, it's not entertaining.

                What i'm conflicted about is this: Why is it that such interesting action sequences are put in such a bad movie? I will say that while it is not edited well, and it's not of the highest quality in terms of lighting and camera work, The action scenes in "Born to Defend" are some of the best in any Jet Li movie. It's fast paced, contact is hard, and Jet Li moves like never before. The characters actually have very dramatic reactions to blows. The display of pain is well done. The characters also get winded when hit hard; that's something you don't see much in a movie. I'm not saying the fight scenes are realistic, no, far from it, but it's more dramatic with the sense of mortality it gives the characters.

                A lot of people say Fist of Legend has Jet's best work. I believe this movie to be superior in terms of action. Jet Li is far too stiff in fist of legend, and he doesn't really seem to get hurt, even after being hit 30 times by a guy who can break bricks. Born to Defend features a very fluid Jet Li who's clearly very fragile, as any human is anyway. The fight scenes are also not over the top. You won't 2 people simultaneously jumping 10 feet into the air and then kicking each other both in the face.

                While i can't bear the movie, many of the action scenes completely avoids my peeves with the genre.
                6BA_Harrison

                A disappointing martial arts movie directed by, and starring, Jet Li.

                Jet Li directs and stars in Born to Defend, a fight-packed martial arts movie set in China shortly after the end of the second world war. Li plays Jet, a soldier returning from the war who begins working with his pal (and ex-lieutenant), Zhang, helping with his rickshaw business. But when his wartime buddy is hospitalised in a fight with an American, and the rickshaw is trashed by a gang of US Navy bullies, Jet seeks revenge…

                I love the majority Jet Li's movies, so it is a shame to report that this one is a bit of a letdown action-wise, and also extremely xenophobic; every American is portrayed as a drunken, brawling, womanising, murderous thug without any redeeming features whatsoever, whilst the Chinese are (mostly) seen as hard-working and honourable people. I realise that foreigners are often used as bad-guys in this kind of movie, but the 'racism' in Born to Defend is taken to a ridiculous level which is totally unacceptable (and I'm not even an American).

                The fight action, although plentiful, doesn't live up to the standard that fans have come to expect from a Jet Li movie, and the fact that the hero gets his butt kicked for the majority of the running time makes the film even more disappointing. Jet's incredible martial arts skills take a back seat, with most of the early fights being boxing matches (with only a few kung fu kicks thrown in to occasionally spice things up).

                The finale sees events improve somewhat with a terrific showdown between Jet and his enemies in a factory, but it is a case of too little, too late.

                Jet handles the direction well and it is a shame that he hasn't tried helming a movie since; maybe his debut's lack of business at the box-office knocked his confidence—a shame, since he shows promise behind the camera, with an impressive explosive battle at the beginning and some lovely rain drenched scenes later on.

                Die hard Jet Li fans will probably want to check this out regardless, but casual viewers beware—this is not one of his better efforts.

                5.5/10 (which I will generously round up to 6 for the IMDb rating).
                10kelsci

                A martial arts movie that has something more.

                I stumbled onto this film being shown 5/14/2006 on Spike TV. The stunning production work caught my eye in the opening battle scene. The color photography throughout this film is first rate. The film is entertaining from beginning to end. According to IMDb, this is the only film Jet Li has directed. His direction is first rate. This is a Chinese version of a film of soldiers fighting and coming home from the war, in this case World War 2. The film primarily focuses on the exploits of one soldier returning to a town where his buddy, a lieutenant in the marines, lives. He becomes involved in the life of his friend, the friend's daughter and the goings on in their town. The town is occupied by some American sailors who like to run roughshod over the Chinese occupants. Conflicks take hold. There is a style in this movie of words that I cannot find, but it is entertaining and at a very high level than the few pictures that I have seen out of China. There is a wonderful "gritiness" throughout the movie. Two scenes that demonstrate this is the group of Chinese soldiers playing their little wind instruments marching down the street and the fight scene in the driving rainstorm in the bar. Great movie!(added 05/15/2006-The style of this film for some reason reminds me of GUNGA DIN).

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                  This is the only film Jet Li has directed to date (2020).
                • Gaffes
                  The US service members don't make sense in the context of the film, beyond minor mistakes, like incorrect uniforms, beards, Vietnam ribbons, and black service members at at time when the military was racially segregated. One officer is obviously Chinese but wearing large sunglasses to hide his appearance.

                  The setting is the city of Qingdao, in Shandong shortly after the war with the Japanese. There weren't Army or sailors there, like in the film, but instead there was a contingent of US Marines under Operation Beleaguer, who where originally staged there to assist with the invasion of Japan but after the war secured an airfield and pivoted to disarming the surrendered Japanese there and repatriating them back to Japan.

                  There certainly weren't sailors driving jeeps through towns, without guns, acting like they own the place, and picking fist fights with random Chinese people. In fact, the Chinese Communist forces were very well established in Shandong and the greatly outnumbered Marines were not only on a state of alert but they had several armed skirmishes with the People's Liberation Army until they left in 1949.
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                • Date de sortie
                  • 16 février 1988 (Hong Kong)
                • Pays d’origine
                  • Hong Kong
                  • Chine
                • Langues
                  • Anglais
                  • Cantonais
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