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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. Read critic reviews
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Crime boss Bart raises orphan Danny with no knowledge of anything other than how to fight, using him as an enforcer when debts must be collected. Planning to enter Danny into a fight tournament and retire with the prize money, Bart disappears after a deadly drive-by shooting. Danny flees and takes shelter with piano tuner Sam. Away from Bart's abusive control, Danny learns how to live like a human and begins investigating his past.
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Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Some Sexuality|Strong Violent Content)
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Genre: Action, Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: Louis Leterrier
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Producer: Luc Besson, Steve Chasman, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Jet Li
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Writer: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Box Office (Gross USA): $24.5M
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Runtime:
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Distributor: Focus Features
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Production Co: Current Entertainment
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Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, Surround
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Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)
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It been a while since I've seen a movie with Jet Li in it, so I decided to pick up Unleashed and to my shock, it was actually good, and it wasn't from Asia. Unleashed is about a man raised into behaving like a dog, escapes from his captor to start a new life, who seeks to reclaim him because of his unnatural martial arts skills that are triggered when unleashed. The story works, but it held back by some slow pacing. These so call "awkward emotional scene", aren't really that awkward I think. You know what I consider awkward, watching Return To the Blue Lagoon which has child nudity, now that's extremely awkward. So back on track, the story works and you actually care about the characters unlike Jet Li other English language films (Dolph Lundren in The Expendable is a good example), but it does suffer from the fact that a Piano plays a huge part in the movie and a grown man is treated and acting like a dog. The action sequences are well considering it's a American Martial Art movie. I'm not saying American Martial Art movies are bad, it's just when you have "actors" like Steven Seagal never getting hit doesn't exactly mean good action sequences. Luckily like other smart Martial Art actors including Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, Jet Li does get hit which gives some credibility to the action sequences. Also, I have to say Jet Li English in this is actually good as his acting always is. The supporting cast is great, though I still find Bob Hoskins as a villain not that menacing he still does a good job in his role. Unleashed is a great American Martial Art movie with a good and weird story that works with good action sequences. If you're in the mood for a good or unusual Martial Art movie, you can't go wrong with Unleashed.
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"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 one thing: why was there nudity in this movie? It was so unnecessary.
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Ignoring the absolutely ridiculous premise... Is it just me, or is it a little disturbing that Li "performs best" as a socially awkward man-child who has less lines than the entire supporting cast? Honestly, I'd rather be thrown into another adrenaline pumping "brainless" action flick than watching a humble blind Freeman steal the show as Li tries so painfully to feint innocence in this contrive attempt at "emotional depth" But hey, the actions still there and grittier than ever. Unfortunately, it happens to explode without the consistency and balance you wish it did throughout the downtime and that? That's just bad storytelling/directing.
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I was a bit worried about watching this film as I thought it would just be another western kung fu film, it wasn't though and I found myself very pleasently surprised. Unleashed really comes through as a story of self discovery and the most enjoyable parts of the film the ones in which Danny (Jet Li) comes to terms with a normal life, not just one of fighting.
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