Once Upon a Time in China. any of the ones that he's not in blow (4 and 5?), and the series that actually goes to the americas aren't that good too.
i also liked Bodyguard of Bejing.
I just saw The Legend yesterday, Wow that Movie has some insane martial arts fight scenes, non stop action, way better than I expected and one of my favorites now.
The Jet Li film I like the best was Kiss of the Dragon, really cool film.
I bought a copy of the Enforcer and have yet to watch that.
What are your favs?
Once Upon a Time in China. any of the ones that he's not in blow (4 and 5?), and the series that actually goes to the americas aren't that good too.
i also liked Bodyguard of Bejing.
Once Upon a Time in China was a good one as was the second. Didn't bother catching the rest of the series yet though.
The Legend is pretty decent and I don't recall much of the sequel.
Twin Warriors is a personal fav because I am a sucker for good wire work. Enjoyable movie.
Fist of Legend is probably my favorite Jet Li flick the reason why is that it is all Jet Li and his talent, no wirework and the fight scenes were good.
Black Mask is a cool one to check out (Black Mask 2 isn't Jet Li).
As far as his American films go... here is my prefrence from fav to least....
Cradle 2 the Grave
The One
Kiss of the Dragon
Romeo Must Die
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Damn, Ashen. It must be only you and me who like Bodyguard. Majority of HK film fans hate it
For me its definately one of best Jet's films. Sure it doesnt have crazy fighting of his wire-fu efforts like Fong-sai-uk or Once Upon Time in China, but I liked the romance and that music. Plus it had few very cool action sequences, Jet got to use gun alot, and his Ngai Sing (who played Seraph in MR) was a bad guy, and him and Jet had a very cool fight at the end.
Fist of the Legend is another Jet masterpiece. Awesome fights, almost no wire work and good direction.
If talking US films than definately Kiss of the Dragon. While the storyline is not the best, the fights were great, and Jet was just plain deadly.
The One gets alot of hate, but I like it. Jet as evil Yu Law was awesome and I liked the action scenes.
Cradle 2 the Grave was ok as well, and I loved the fight between Jet and Mark Dacasscos, even though it wasnt all it could have been.
Korian, Enforcer is US release of Jet's My Father the Hero. Many people like it(and if you like wire fighting you might dig it as well), but I was severely dissapointed by it. Not a big wire fan.
Also, If you havent seen it yet, rent Meltdown(US release of High Risk) - Now thats a fun Jet Li film, which is pretty much a HK version of Die Hard, but with alot of action and fighting thrown in. Very entertaining movie.
Also Swordsman II, I think it was released here as just "The Legend of the Swordsman", one of the best fantasy martial arts films ever made. The first Swordsman film, though it doesn't have Jet, is also excellent.
The One
Kiss of the Dragon
this is why i liked it. i'm a fan of his martial arts films, but i like seeing a change of pace from time to time too.Jet got to use gun alot
Black Mask and The One = Awesome.
Kiss of the Dragon = Garbage.
Fist of Legend is by far his greatest movie.
my fav JET LI FILMS:
Once Upon A Time In China 1 (1990)
Once Upon A Time In China 2 (1992)
Swordsman 2 (1992)
Once Upon A Time In China 3 (1993)
Fong Sai Yuk 1 (1993)
Fong Sai Yuk 2 (1993)
Last Hero In China (1993)
Kung Fu Cult Master (1993)
Tai Chi Master (1993)
New Legend of Shaolin (1994)
Fist of Legend (1994)
Bodyguard from Beijing (1994)
well there you go... these films are in their asian titles...
hate the fact that they rename them to some thing totally different....
as far as the rest of the Once upon a time in china series..... Vincent Zhao Wenzhuo (Chiu Man Cheuk) who took over for Jet (in parts 4 & 5)was freakin awsome in the role and his wushu technique is amazing!
to me , his hong kong movies are so much better than his U.S. movies...
if you guys have a asian dvd store in your neighborhood.. or if you live in NYC... i highly reccomend that you go down to chinatown.. go to canal st and elizabeth street and just look for any stores that sell dvds and vcds.. you can usually get these dvds for about 12 bucks each...
sometimes cheaper...but be warned that even tho these are all region dvds... they are in Cantonese with english subtitles.... (they way they should be.. i hate dubbed)
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