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Cast

Jet Li
as Huo Yuanjia

Shidô Nakamura
as Anno Tanaka

Betty Sun
as Moon

Yong Dong
as Nong Jinsun

Paw Hee Ching
as Yuanjia's Mother

Yun Qu
as Grandma

Nathan Jones
as Hercules O'Brien

Masato Harada
as Mita

Brandon Rhea
as German Fighter

Anthony De Longis
as Spanish Fighter

Jean Claude Leuyer
as English Boxer

Mike Leeder
as Referee

Collin Chou
as Yuanjia's Father

Jon T. Benn
as American Businessman

Sun Li

John Paisley
as English Businessman

Philippe Millieret
as French Businessman

Chen Zhi Hui
as Chin

Scott Ma
as Zhou

Yi Shixiong
as Liu Zhensheng

Chen Fusheng
as Xu Dashan

Zheng Shiming
as Xia Xiang

Lu Yuhao
as Huo Yuanjia as a Child

Zhu Qilong
as Nong Jinsun as a Child

Shang Yapeng
as Zhou as a Child

Wang Xue Qi
as Gui

He Ju
as Town Idiot

Xu Ailing
as Jade

He Sirong
as Chin's Wife

Sze Ma Yin
as Chin's Daughter

Li Jun
as Judge

Qian Yi
as Phony Westerner

Ma Jing
as Yuanjia's Disciple

Wei Binghua
as Yuanjia's Disciple

Zhao Tieying
as Yuanjia's Disciple

Xu Yonghai
as Yuanjia's Disciple

Song Shuo
as Yuanjia's Disciple

Liu Licheng
as Ah-Qiang

Sun Leqiu
as Accountant

Shu Jian
as Short Twin Brother

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• Nov 30, 2012

  Jet Li makes an exceptional performance in his final martial arts epic. Fearless is captured elegantly and is an emotional as well as action-packed picture. The film definitely puts a glorious conclusion to Jet Li's martial arts classics. 4/5
  

  Eugene B Super Reviewer
• Apr 29, 2012

  Exquisitely lavish is a good way to describe this Jet Li film, I thought this was some kind of silly action flick or another historical ancient Chinese dynasty film with more semi bald Chinese blokes mixed with a fantasy element, but boy was I wrong. Turns out this is actually a biopic of a famous martial artist by the name of Huo Yuanjia as we follow his life of training in the art of Wushu. I was slightly dubious as I started to watch this as many Eastern martial arts films tend to be very over the top with their fight sequences and use too much mystical hocus pocus over realism. To my joy this film is very down to earth and a very solid steady epic which clearly has had allot of time and effort put into it. The first thing that hits you is the attention to detail on everything, the sets and costumes look beautiful down to the last tiny prop, all the cast look authentic for the era and the acting is most definitely top dollar. The story is slowish but never dull as you are slowly fed much Eastern wisdom and philosophy that really is a joy to hear. Li's soft calm voice is perfect with this in his role as he portrays the arrogant fighter in his prime, a man coming to terms with the beauty of life, kindness and honour and finally a wise compassionate mentor...but never at any point is Li an unlikeable person. As for the fighting...the real crux of the matter for many, its pretty darn fine basically, what you have here is some stunning fast fluid and realistic fights displaying Wushu in its finest form from Li. I was so pleased not to see lots of obvious wire work or cgi nonsense to interfere, that's not to say there is just a small amount of wire work to add a small element of magic but it just about works without ruining your suspension of disbelief. There is a strong 'MMA' undercurrent in this film also of course, the whole point was how Yuanjia challenged foreign fighters from all over the world and different disciplines to demonstrate and prove Wushu. This entails fights against boxers, lancers, kickboxers, fencers etc... and is possibly the first example of 'MMA', I have no clue whether it was or not but it certainly seems so which is interesting. I have to give much kudos to this film and its direction from Yu, I was pretty surprised this came from Yu seeing as his previous films don't come close to this type of epic offering. I also must admit to not being a Jet Li fan and find many of his films too similar plus he really looks quite mean facially if you ask me hehe got evil eyes, never the less this film is damn high quality with superb work in every area making it a visual treat with stoic performances.
  Phil H Super Reviewer
• Apr 02, 2012

  Everything is a bit cliche and under-acted, but is that really the point of a movie like Fearless?
  Jeff L Super Reviewer
• Jan 17, 2012

  There's a lot of martial arts movies that come our way -- they could have dazzling fight sequences, long takes of great choreography, or even poor action sequences, but almost all of them have one thing in common: poor storytelling (except Ip Man 1 & 2). "Fearless" doesn't exactly manage to completely trump the martial arts epidemic, but it's better than most, coupled with great choreography that rivals with the few greats. The story is entertaining, not much more beyond that. Near the end, it begins to hit the cheesiness line. However, the action sequences has incredible camerawork and editing that makes it incredibly gripping. You'll have a great time with "Fearless".
  Albert K Super Reviewer

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