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True Legend

Play trailer Poster for True Legend R,  2011,  1h 55m,  Action/ History/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 63% 38 Reviews Tomatometer 55% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
63% Tomatometer 38 Reviews 55% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
A wealthy man goes bankrupt and becomes a patriotic hero of the streets.

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Justin Lowe The Hollywood Reporter Jun 17, 2011
Diverting but unmemorable martial arts feature unlikely to become a classic. Go to Full Review
Liam Lacey Globe and Mail Jun 17, 2011
2/4
Somewhere between masterful and messy, Yuen Woo-ping offers lots of kinetic kicks, but his CGI work deserves a kick in the pants. Go to Full Review
Jesse Cataldo Slant Magazine May 21, 2011
2/4
Opting for craziness over coherence, True Legend at least expends its energy in the right place. Go to Full Review
Ed Travis Hollywood Jesus Apr 9, 2020
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. Go to Full Review
Amy Curtis We Got This Covered Mar 25, 2013
6/10
Great fight scenes and diverse martial arts make for a very entertaining film. Go to Full Review
Jay Antani Cinema Writer Jan 27, 2012
2/4
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 Go to Full Review
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Finn L Feb 25, 2017 Some spectacular fight scenes are on display in a run-of-the-mill vengeance plot.
Rey R Apr 11, 2011 When it comes down to fight choreography, Yuen Woo-Ping is a legend that none can compare too. However, he should have closed the doors to his work; True Legend doesn't surpass anything he has done in the past. It's almost like his Iron Monkey, but with less magic to the fight scenes we all know he is capable of displaying. You'll find some familiar faces in the film like Michelle Yoeh and the late David Carradine, but not even Jackie Chan (if he was in the film) would do any justice to this drunken style flick. See more
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Cast & Crew

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Woo-Ping Yuen

Director

Wenzhuo Zhao

Su Can

David Carradine

Anton

Michelle Yeoh

Sister Yu

Cung Le

Militia Leader

Jay Chou

God of Wushu

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Movie Info

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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