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Movie Review by New York Post

If action’s your thing, then the Chinese-Hong Kong martial-arts epic “True Legend” is your movie.

After a 14-year break from directing — during which he provided kung-fu choreography for Quentin Tarantino and Ang Lee — Yuen Woo-ping returns to helming with this gung-ho tale of revenge set during the 19th century.

Su Can (Vincent Zhao) wants only to live peacefully with his wife, Ying (Zhou Xun), and their son, Feng.

Those plans are upended by Su’s evil foster brother, Yuan (Andy On), who has armor sewn into his skin. (“I am invincible,” he proclaims.) Yuan also is able to absorb the venom of snakes and spiders and use it against opponents. (What a guy!)

Movie Review by Daily News

Martial arts saga about feuding stepbrothers. At the Regal E-Walk (1:55). R: violence.
The breathtakingly intricate action sequences begin immediately and rarely falter in the latest epic from Hong Kong icon Yuen Woo-ping.
The plot, on the other hand, is utterly simple. In 19th century China, stepbrothers Su (Vincent Zhao) and Yuan (Andy On), are locked in a battle of revenge: Su’s father killed Yuan’s. Su just wants a united family, but Yuen won’t be satisfied until he and his loved ones are destroyed. Fortunately for us, this requires battle after battle, each designed to top the last. (Though a cameoing Michelle Yeoh gets little to do.)

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Movie Review by NJ.com

The clichés were as corny — and obligatory — as the fortune cookie after your two-from-column-B dinner.

The wise elder and a rash younger apprentice. Bust-down-the-walls battles in a busy noodle shop or beautiful Shaolin temple. Tortured subtitles, gravity-defying leaps and secret martial-arts moves (“Aha! But now I will defeat you with my Flying Tiger Kick!”).

And “True Legend” brings it all back.

A silly and yet often enjoyable action film, the movie isn’t so much a winking homage to those late-’70s Hong Kong exports as another entry, complete with rival brothers, a magical sage, a deadly new martial-arts technique and an against-the-odds final battle.
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