Man of Tai Chi movie poster

Action Movie Fanatix Review: Man of Tai Chi

I had high hopes for Man of Tai Chi. It seemed like a passion project for Keanu Reeves, who I have a lot of respect for despite him not being the greatest actor in the world. Unfortunately Man of Tai Chi ended up being yet another run of the mill “forced to fight” movie in the already crowded genre. The ever so slight alteration that is made is that the guy being “forced” to fight is actually starting to like it. A bit interesting… I’ll give it that but it never goes deep enough to make this tweak mean anything.

First (Official) Poster and Images From Keanu Reeves’ MAN OF TAI CHI.

Man of Tai Chi is Keanu Reeves’ directorial debut.  He is also the film’s antagonist.  Tiger Chen stars alongside Karen Mok, Simon Yam and Iko Uwais.  And Yuen Woo Ping will have fight choreography duties.  Keanu Reeves has gone on record to state that the film will have 18 fight scenes and over 40 minutes of fight time.  WOW!!!  I…

Keanu Reeves’ MAN OF TAI CHI

Keanu Reeves is directing a martial arts film called Man of Tai Chi set to star Tiger Chen as the hero and Reeves himself as the villain.  Reeves intends for this to be a true martial arts movie as evidenced by his statement below. “There’s 18 fights. We’ve timed it out. It’s about 40 minutes…