True Legend

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True Legend

R

Released May 13, 2011

1h 55m

Action

History

Drama

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A wealthy man goes bankrupt and becomes a patriotic hero of the streets.

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Justin Lowe

The Hollywood Reporter

Diverting but unmemorable martial arts feature unlikely to become a classic.

Jun 17, 2011

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Somewhere between masterful and messy, Yuen Woo-ping offers lots of kinetic kicks, but his CGI work deserves a kick in the pants.

Rated: 2/4

Jun 17, 2011

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Jesse Cataldo

Slant Magazine

Opting for craziness over coherence, True Legend at least expends its energy in the right place.

Rated: 2/4

May 21, 2011

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Ed Travis

Hollywood Jesus

This marks maybe the first ever film about Drunken Boxing to take a serious dramatic approach and it was a fun film with heavy fantasy elements.

Apr 9, 2020

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Amy Curtis

We Got This Covered

Great fight scenes and diverse martial arts make for a very entertaining film.

Rated: 6/10

Mar 25, 2013

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Jay Antani

Cinema Writer

suffers from an erratic narrative pace, shoddy characters and an overuse of digital gimmickry, all of which create the impression of an ersatz epic spectacle

Rated: 2/4

Jan 27, 2012

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Maxime H

A rewatched it and man the story is fantastic, the choreography are on point if you're okay with the style, watch this if you haven't !!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/27/23

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Gianmarco R

Unbelievably Chinese-style film with a unique and beautiful style of acting and directing and a truly beautiful plot of redemption. Everything in this movie is beautiful from the acting to the atmosphere to the sets. Nothing is left to chance and the plot, even if it is not very original, is still very valid and well written

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/11/22

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Liam D

A cool movie this drama is a fun and enjoyable Action film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/22/20

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Audience Member

Some spectacular fight scenes are on display in a run-of-the-mill vengeance plot.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

Started out promising, but devolves into a mess, with terribly done CGI, some awkward wire-fu, and nonsensical plot. Just when you thought the movie should have ended, it goes on for another 40 minutes.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Audience Member

LOve fOreign films with sO much actiOn!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Synopsis

A wealthy man goes bankrupt and becomes a patriotic hero of the streets.

Director: Woo-Ping Yuen
Producer: William Kong, Zhenyan Zhang
Screenwriter: Chi-long To
Distributor: Indomina
Production Co: Edko Films, Shanghai Film Studio, Focus Features
Rating: R (Sequences of Battle Violence|Brutal Fighting)
Genre: Action, History, Drama
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Theaters): May 13, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Runtime: 1h 55m

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