Review of Fist of Legend

"Fist of Legend" is a remake of the Bruce Lee masterpiece, "Fist of Fury." The time, the setting and the story are quite similar but there are a couple of noticeable differences. Jet Li as a representative of the Chinese people, is having a secret relationship with a Japanese local girl. In addition, he receives instruction in the martial arts from a Japanese teacher. All of this tells me that the hatred between the two peoples isn't so black and white as in the Bruce Lee version. The plot needed improving though. It is quite a hard film to follow at times as there is a lack of continuity from one scene to the next. Having said that, this is still a good martial arts movie. Jet Li has the necessary hard-edged charisma as the avenging student. The fight scenes are ridiculously speeded up and end up looking unrealistic.