Member David Rees Posted April 20, 2013 Member Share Posted April 20, 2013 Here is the first short trailer for Man Of Tai Chi...looks interesting RtOTSyjiU60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member massa_yoda Posted April 20, 2013 Member Share Posted April 20, 2013 Actually looks decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member BaronK Posted April 20, 2013 Member Share Posted April 20, 2013 Should be moved to the Modern section. Fatal Contact, Extreme Challenge, Bloodsport, Danny The Dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member OpiumKungFuCracker Posted April 20, 2013 Member Share Posted April 20, 2013 I don't know man, looks very Meh to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Keung Posted April 20, 2013 Member Share Posted April 20, 2013 "Let..the show...begin" That made me cringe. But, I'll probably still watch it, even if it's just for Simon and Karen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member peringaten Posted April 20, 2013 Member Share Posted April 20, 2013 Dude in it looks like he understands his Chinese martials, good body mechanics at 0:53 imo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TibetanWhiteCrane Posted April 20, 2013 Member Share Posted April 20, 2013 That Tiger guy looks cool, the rest looks awful. And that last stilted line delivery was just laughable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted April 20, 2013 Administrator Share Posted April 20, 2013 Other than the final line, I thought the trailer made the film look very promising. I'm ready to check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member makone Posted April 20, 2013 Member Share Posted April 20, 2013 Looks ok to me. Agree with everyone else tho , that last line was awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member rdenn Posted April 20, 2013 Member Share Posted April 20, 2013 the lead looks like he isnt do much tai chi, looks decent enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Keanu, bless him, is a wooden actor. Let's hope he's a better director, though the trailer looks strictly DTV formula to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member mpm74 Posted April 21, 2013 Member Share Posted April 21, 2013 Keanu, bless him, is a wooden actor. Let's hope he's a better director, though the trailer looks strictly DTV formula to me. Totally agree. Really cool to see a known Hollywood name make a "DTV formula" flick though. When he says "Let the game begin"... almost seems like he's making fun of himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member David Rees Posted April 21, 2013 Author Member Share Posted April 21, 2013 Also noticed no sign of Iko Uwais in the trailer although he is a co-star in the film as far as i know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member popsjnr Posted April 21, 2013 Member Share Posted April 21, 2013 looks okay to me could have done with longer clips of action but I was pretty impressed thank god coz i thought it would be along the lines of Man With Iron Tits ..I mean Fists, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member RogueWarrior Posted April 21, 2013 Member Share Posted April 21, 2013 Whoa, I know Kung Fu! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted April 21, 2013 Member Share Posted April 21, 2013 I'm leaning towards the "looks promising" side. Keanu Reeves has said he really wanted to emphasise the action and this trailer doesn't highlight an awful lot of it. That makes me think there could be lots more to see. What I did see didn't look too bad, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShaOW!linDude Posted April 21, 2013 Member Share Posted April 21, 2013 I'm intrigued, though I'm seeing a good bit of wire-assisted maneuvers. Still, I like Keanu and will certainly give his first effort at directing a watch, especially considering he's a fan of the MA genre. The trailer for this already looks loads better than the one for MWTIF. (Um....shouldn't this thread be in the '85-Present category?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member RogueWarrior Posted April 22, 2013 Member Share Posted April 22, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member reason108 Posted April 23, 2013 Member Share Posted April 23, 2013 Before I ask who did the fight choreography, I will say that everything shown looks so "borrowed". Maybe, RZA gonna lose some sleep tonight. But, yeah, its got STV written all over it. Amazing what can get in the theater if you have the right connections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TheGrimReaper Posted April 23, 2013 Member Share Posted April 23, 2013 It certanly has some crisp looks, however Yuen Woo Ping is on board as action directior, for now I have mixed bag felings towards it. I'll give it a try after release, and will see the true qualities (if any). Keanu is a solid wood (although I liked Speed) no doubts about it, but after seen this clip I felt like watching the Matrix once again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted April 23, 2013 Member Share Posted April 23, 2013 Before I ask who did the fight choreography, I will say that everything shown looks so "borrowed". Maybe, RZA gonna lose some sleep tonight. But, yeah, its got STV written all over it. Amazing what can get in the theater if you have the right connections. Yuen Woo-Ping is the martial art director, but the fight choreography was done by Chad Stahelski and Jon Valera. Stahelski was Reeves' stunt double on The Matrix. They designed the fights with Woo-Ping's supervision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShaOW!linDude Posted April 23, 2013 Member Share Posted April 23, 2013 I thought Tiger Chen had a hand in choreographing some of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member blue_skies Posted April 30, 2013 Member Share Posted April 30, 2013 this proof of concept looks far more exciting than the trailer in my eyes and I hope we see more like this than the wire assisted moves from the teaser. I still have huge reservations with Keanu being the lead villain, still I hope it successful and I will no doubt eventually see this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted May 24, 2013 Member Share Posted May 24, 2013 Twenty five hi-res stills here... http://www.filmofilia.com/man-of-tai-chi-images-151822/ I'm just thankful there's no Rza cameo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Gaijin84 Posted June 14, 2013 Member Share Posted June 14, 2013 I agree with the general sentiment - looks like rehashed ideas, too much like Danny the Dog. Now if they had Tiger Chen just use Tai Chi for his only art and make it look effective, now that would be interesting. But from the limited clips I don't see any Tai Chi being utilized, looks like a mish mash of arts... grappling, etc. It'll get a theater release, but will probably not stay long unless it's breaking new ground that people haven't seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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