5/5 The Tai Chi Master
  by Jusuf Hariman (Australia)
From the legendary action director of THE MATRIX trilogy, KILL BILL 1 and 2, and CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, Yuen Wo Ping, comes this epic kung fu adventure starring Jacky Wu (TAI CHI FIST, THE LEGEND OF ZU)! Wu is Yang, am ambitious martial artist who leaves home to learn Tai Chi. But Chan, the Tai Chi master, refuses to teach Yang because he is not a member of the Chan's family. With the help of Chan's dauighter, however, Yang was able to learn to learn Chan's Tai Chi secretly. When Chan is kidnapped by the ruthless Lord Tun (Billy Chow from Jet Li's FIST OF LEGEND), Yang must use his newly learned Tai Chi kung fu to defeat his formidable opponent, but not before he fights Lord Tun's seven kung fu masters first.

5/5 The Tai Chi Master DVD is Masterful
  by David M. Van Roeyen (Peoria, IL)
It's a pretty sweet movie...looks new and seemed to be made with not completely professional cameras, but the movements and philosophical points of view on Tai Ji are some of the best I've ever seen in a movie. - A student, www.peoriakungfu.com

4/5 Great If you want to see Tai Chi and Bagua in a movie
  by Bobbybagua (UK)
This is basically an edited-down to movie length version of the TV series and therefore suffers from several continuity problems from a story point of view. Having said that, the fight scenes more than make up for the patchy story and if like me you have been longing for some more authentic looking tai chi and bagua in a movie then this is well worth getting hold of.

5/5 What more can a fan want?
  by T. Walton (Newport News, VA, USA)
This movie has definitely moved into my top 10 movies of all time. A lot of people complain about the photography and how the movie is shot, but I love it. It makes the movie seen very real.

The acting is awesome, not too many corny actors and jokes no one really gets. I was blown away by the acting and the humor of the movie. The fight scenes in this movie take on a whole new high. The movie does a great job with giving you background education on Tai Chi.

I definitely love this more than the Jet Li version which is still good as well. If you are thinking about this movie think no longer and just get it, it is that good, so good I decided to give it my 1st review on Amazon.

3/5 abridged too far
  by Mantis Lake (Detroit, MI USA)
If you can get over the photography style of Chinese television, and assuming you enjoy kung fu flicks in the first place, you will likely dig this. The photography bugs the crap out of me but I think I'm in the minority. I can tolerate it. What really makes it work though is the choreography of director Yuen Woo Ping. Way less wires than he usually employs, which is a big plus in my book. If only he could merge this type of choreography with cameras that shoot movies made to be shown on the big screen instead of this videotaped look.

This is the condensed version of a TV series that has Wu Jing, in an "old-school" time frame, wanting to learn Tai Chi from a man named Chan, who cannot teach outside of his extended family. The women in his family cannot learn either. This is why Chan passes his daughter off as a dude. She helps Wu Jing learn by having him hide and watch her father practice and teach. Billy Chow then kidnaps Chan and a whole lotta fights ensue.

Wu Jing and Billy Chow are both very good. As is the older gentleman who played Chan. I have become quite a Wu Jing fan recently. Dragon Dynasty will release "Fatal Contact" later this month and I suggest you see it. Not much on plot, but the fights in that are some of the best I've seen. He's reason enough to see this one as well.

2003