Jet Li's Fearless (Huo Yuan Jia)

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 27 Dec 2005, 09:56

WOW that looks very cool 8)
This could be great. Expect a HK DVD in 2006 then..

I didnt know Ronny Yu was directing.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 27 Dec 2005, 10:02

According to IMDB the languages in the movie are English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Jon T. Benn (from "Way of The Dragon

) and Michelle Yeoh make appearences.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 22 Jan 2006, 19:15

Hey,

Possibly bad news:

From Imports forum:

Michelle Yeoh has been edited out completely from Jet Li's latest martial arts epic Fearless. The film has also been shortened by 40 minutes.

Fearless was originally about two and a half hours in length, but after small test screenings, several professionals in the field suggested shortening it. They felt the movie was a little too wordy and advised deletion of an Olympics theme, seen as not central to the movie.

In the movie, Michelle Yeoh played an Olympic committee official. Jet Li incorporated the role into the story because he would like Chinese Kung Fu (Wushu) added as a competitive event in the Olympic games. He intends to show the extensive and profound art of Chinese Kung Fu in the film.

Director Ronny Yu eventually trimmed Fearless from 143 to 103 minutes, also cutting an action scene featuring Li and a Thai fighter.

With Fearless now less than two hours long, Michelle Yeoh doesn't have a single frame in the movie. Because of the editing, Jet Li went to Hong Kong especially to apologize to Michelle Yeoh. The actress expressed her understanding regarding the deletion and said that she is still willing to co-star with Jet Li next time.

Thats a shame its cut but oh well.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 22 Jan 2006, 21:59

Yeah I read that over at the DVD Forums, very sad to loose Michelle but fingers crossed on uncut deleted scenes on the DVD.

I can see another Hero all over again

Tom2681 wrote:Can someone please change the title of the thread now that we know the actual title?

This has been done right?

Tom2681 wrote:The english trailer is quite scary ("Jet Li's Final Martial Art movie")

Scary indeed.

grim_tales wrote:According to IMDB the languages in the movie are English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

What's odd about that? The British were there by then.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 22 Jan 2006, 22:18

Grim changed the thread title in december already. Thanks Brad.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 22 Jan 2006, 22:28

I thought so but the question mark remains. I'll fix that now.

I just saw the English trailer, oh man this looks good.

I hear Jet is going to make a film with Jason Statham, he's playing a bad guy. Surely this and the Tekken film with have him playing a martial artist???

Fearless AKA Once Upon a Time in China 7

. It looks almost identical, not that that is remotely a bad thing.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 23 Jan 2006, 10:57

I'll be snapping the HK DVD up for sure

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 23 Jan 2006, 12:20

Me to on day of release.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 23 Jan 2006, 12:37

Do you know when its released Brad?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 23 Jan 2006, 13:50

Nope.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 23 Jan 2006, 13:55

I'm thinking late March, early April.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 23 Jan 2006, 13:58

How come?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 23 Jan 2006, 14:17

That's HK Theatrical release (26/01/2006) + ~2 months.

That's usually how it works in Hong-Kong.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 23 Jan 2006, 15:25

OK fair enough

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 23 Jan 2006, 16:00

To try and stop piracy they get them out quick but they can't do it to quickly as the cinema run needs to finish.

p.s - Is that a cat or chicken Tom? It looks like cock to me

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 23 Jan 2006, 16:12

p.s - Is that a cat or chicken Tom ?

Always a cat.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 23 Jan 2006, 17:12

I sense a new quiz thread coming on

Is it supposed to be a cat or wolf now?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 31 Jan 2006, 03:57

http://fearlessthemovie.com/video/music_video_high.mov

Filename speaks for itself.

*Downloading now*

OK this is freakin' amazing ! 8)

Huge OUATIC-like fights, razor-sharp editing...
I have great expectations for this film.

P.S: Don't you just love Jay Chou's gay beijing opera voice ?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 03 Feb 2006, 23:37

About the DVD:

I don't have a reliable source (so don't quote me on this one), but I've heard that Ronny Yu has announced that there would be 2 DVD editions.

-1 with the HK cut of the film.
-Another, one month later with the full cut (including the Michelle Yeoh scenes).

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 03 Feb 2006, 23:41

Tom2681 wrote:About the DVD:

I don't have a reliable source (so don't quote me on this one), but I've heard that Ronny Yu has announced that there would be 2 DVD editions.

-1 with the HK cut of the film.
-Another, one month later with the full cut (including the Michelle Yeoh scenes).

So basically, your EXAT words, as quoted above, are that Fearless will also be released UNCUT!? Cool, cant wait. Hope you're right, Tom.

I got a phonecall tonight from a chinese friend who had downloaded the mandarin version of the movie, and he was very excited about it. (which kinda explained why he called me, cause we hardly ever talk anymore...

)

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 03 Feb 2006, 23:45

he was very excited about it.

Yep, I keep hearing lots of good things about this film.

Hope you're right, Tom.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 25 Feb 2006, 14:05

According to this article:

http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/005221.html

The HK DVD will be released on March 11. It will probably be the theatrical version and will have English subtitles

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 25 Feb 2006, 23:04

Cool can't wait. AFAIK there will only be one cut with maybe deleted scenes later (I really hope so).

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 28 Feb 2006, 20:52

The Edko DVD doesn't have english subs:

http://www.dddhouse.com/dddhouse/en/ind ... uctID=5274

*Slashes his wrists and hangs himself...*

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 28 Feb 2006, 21:57

:twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

WHY, WHY, WHY?

It's got to be deliberate. Who are the Western distributors? I'm sure whoever they are they've put a stop on the all powerful English subs.

Whose the next likely country to release this with subs? Korea I guess (on some over flated DVD).

Does anyone know when the likely Korean DVD release date will be?