Tai Chi Hero
2012 · Movie · NR · 100 min · ★ 6.1 · 42% critics
A young Tai Chi prodigy continues his journey after helping protect a village from an invading force of steampunk soldiers and strange machines. As new threats and old grudges close in, he must prove himself, deepen his training, and help the community hold together under mounting pressure.
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Details
- Original title
- 太極２ 英雄崛起
- Years
- 2012
- Release date
- 2012-10-25
- Language
- CN
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 42/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (111 votes)
About
You’ll enjoy this if you want a stylized martial-arts adventure with steampunk gadgets, comic-book energy, and occasional humor, similar in spirit to The Yinyang Master or Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon; Not for you if you need tight plotting and nonstop action.
Pros: imaginative steampunk mash-up; striking locations and sets; playful genre humor | Cons: slow pacing; hard-to-follow story; too few standout fights
Themes
- martial arts
- tai chi
Cast & crew
Jayden Yuan
as Yang Lu Chan
Yuan Wenkang
as Prince Dun
AngelaBaby
as Chen Yu Niang
Shu Qi
as Mother Yang
Stephen Fung
as Nan
Xiong Xinxin
as Uncle Qin
Shen Si
as Brother Tofu
- WA
Wei Ai-Xuan
as Zhao Di
Eddie Peng Yu-Yan
as Fang Zi Jing
William Feng
as Chen Zai Yang
Directed by Stephen Fung