Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 129
Fresh: 84 | Rotten: 45
Jet Li gets to emote in some emotionally awkward scenes, but the gritty fight sequences come through in what is Li's best English language film.
Average Rating: 5.9/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 16
Jet Li gets to emote in some emotionally awkward scenes, but the gritty fight sequences come through in what is Li's best English language film.
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Two men cut off from the world in different ways become unlikely friends and protectors in this offbeat action drama. Danny (Jet Li) is a physically powerful but emotionally stunted man; never given any sort of proper education, Danny has learned little in his lifetime but how to fight, and his minder, Bart (Bob Hoskins), treats him more like a guard dog than anything else, using him in illegal no-holds-barred brawls that earn Bart plenty of money but only reinforce Danny's violent alienation.
R, 1 hr. 42 min.
May 13, 2005 Wide
Oct 11, 2005
$24.4M
Focus Features
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An intriguing little action thriller, a half-and-half story divided between sequences of vicious violence and quiet, wryly comic scenes of newfound domesticity.
It's the same stuff that as we always get where like the henchman come up to him one by one.
The film contains enough quiet, reflective moments for us to become aware how preposterous the central conceit is, and that keeps us at arm's length. For a movie that strives to be in-your-face, that's too far away.
A nice, violent little film about the redemptive powers of art and love.
A film that could use a little less conversation, a lot more action.
The movie would work better with fewer elements.
This is by far Jet Li's best English language film, and one of the finest of his career, not because of the thrillingly choreographed fight sequences but because of its well constructed story and Li's riveting performance.
Li's fighting sequences are unique for their street fighting style of realism and brutality...
Martial arts mixed with melodrama -- not for children.
Li's dramatic turn is no match for his fists of fury.
a dog of a movie, better not unleashed on any discerning viewer.
We're treated to some impressively percussive fights.
Unfortunately, the fight scenes (and there are several) are very frontloaded.
An irritating excuse to glorify senseless slaughter!
Has a "been there, done that" feel, as if writer/co-producer Besson has returned to this concept one time too many.
Freeman is better than his role, and Hoskins is a powerful presence. Li almost pulls off a psychologically complex role. But in the end, Unleashed is a muddled film.
Para cada bom filme que escreve, produz ou dirige, Luc Besson realiza outras dez porcarias. Esta é uma delas (e nem mesmo as boas seqüências de luta podem salvar um roteiro absurdo, esquemático e com personagens unidimensionais).
Unleashed is a must-see for Jet Li fans -- he's so good in it, in the end he even prevails over the movie's boldly improbable and distracting plot.
"Unleashed" is definitely Jet Li's best English film. Man, are there some pretty awkward moments in this. The follow up to most of the fight scenes is very drab and very rarely does the drama actually have an impact, but the action fight sequences are incredibly satisfying. I liked the gritty cinematography also. Only
August 16, 2011Super Reviewer
an excellent action film with solid fight sequences and a touching although bizarre story.
January 9, 2007
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