Fist of Legend (1994)

Jet Li is so fast, he doesn’t run; he teleports—Sonic’s still waiting for a second lap.

CinemaVoid 🏴‍☠️

"You are wrong, young man. The best way to knockdown an opponent is by using a pistol. The goal of practicing martial arts is to maximize people's physical capability. If you want to reach this state, you must understand how the universe works." - Fumio Funakoshi

jwoomer93

Fist of Fury for the 90s, replacing the more zen (and less brutal) violence of Bruce Lee with an ultra-fast, bone breaking, Jet Li as choreographed by Yuen Woo-Ping -- shouldn't come as any surprise that this still contains some of the best fight scenes ever committed to…

Justin LaLiberty

really amazing how china defeated japan by crane-kicking their general in the spine

comrade_yui

Asian cinema on fire! Fist of Legend is where young Jet Li proves he’s a star. With each quick hard knuckled slap or an injury inducing high-kick, Li honored martial arts icon Bruce Lee with an accomplished and stylish remake of Fist of Fury. This 1994 action movie is…

King #adoptdontshop

Weak plot and sound design but hot damn there are some awesome fight scenes in Fist of Legend.

Iamblakeman

Fist of Fury remade by the director of The Medallion, starring Jet Li with choreography by Yuen Woo-Ping? Sounds cool.  I like Jet Li a lot; he’s a genre legend for a reason. But he’s not the showman and presence that Bruce Lee was, thus Fist of Legend couldn’t quite…

More_Badass

A cross between an Akira Kurosawa film and Hong Kong action. The action was definitely the most entertaining part.

gregs1999

I’ve seen [Fist of Legend] a bunch of times, but I do believe that initial VHS viewing was of the film in its original Hong Kong cut. Each subsequent time I’ve seen it, the film has been Miramaxed: new English-language friendly opening and closing credits, a completely new…

Sean Gilman