Genre:
Action
Director:
Keanu Reeves
Starring:
Tiger Hu Chen, Keanu Reeves, Karen Mok, Simon Yam, Iko
Uwais, Yuen Woo Ping
Release Date:
Friday 01 November
Man of Tai Chi is a 2013 Chinese-American martial arts film
directed by and starring Keanu Reeves. The film is Reeves's directorial debut.
Man of Tai Chi is a multilingual narrative, partly inspired by the life of
Reeves' friend, stuntman Tiger Chen.
Plot
Tiger Chen is the sole student of his elderly master's Ling
Kong Tai Chi style. Whilst Tiger excels in the physical aspects of his
training, his master struggles to instill in him the philosophical aspects, and
fears for his character. Tiger harbours a determined ambition to prove the
martial effectiveness of the style, as he competes in the local Wulin contest.
When the mysterious Donaka Mark (Keanu Reeves) offers him a
"security" job, Tiger seizes the chance to escape his tedious day job
as a courier, but when he discovers that the "job" is to become a
paid contestant in an underground fighting ring, he refuses to compromise his
honour by fighting for money. However, he quickly relents when he discovers
that his master's 600-year-old temple faces a demolition order, and realises
that Donaka's money is his only hope of saving the temple.
In Donaka's fighting ring, Tiger is pitted against
formidable opponents in brutal, no rules combat. Donaka is clearly grooming
Tiger for some specific purpose, pushing him harder and harder. Tiger is well
paid for his time, and showers his parents with expensive gifts, but his
character begins to darken, and he becomes a more ruthless and cruel fighter.
Before long, his brutality sees him ejected from the Wulin contest in disgrace.
When this public shaming tarnishes the name of Ling Kong Tai
Chi, costing him the heritage protection order that was protecting the temple,
Tiger realises the error of his ways, and agrees to work with Hong Kong
detective Sun Jing Shi (Karen Mok) to bring down Donaka's deadly ring.
On the night of Tiger's final fight for Donaka's
organisation, he discovers that the audience of his fights have not only been
watching his fights, but an entire movie of secretly-filmed footage from his
life, designed to document the corruption of his character, culminating in his
first fight kill, planned for that night. He refuses to fight his designated
opponent, demanding to fight Donaka instead. He is able to stall his opponent
long enough for the police to arrive and shut down the enterprise.
Only Donaka escapes, and later challenges Tiger himself in a
one-on-one showdown in the courtyard of the Ling Kong Temple, where Tiger
finally defeats him with a fatal application of the darkest secret of Ling Kong
Tai Chi.
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References.
External links:
"Main Page." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 5 Nov. 2013. Web. 5 Nov. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page>.
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