Newsweek looks at Jet Li’s latest, and more

Speaking of Jet Li, Newsweek International offers this short overview of Jet Li’s latest film and his overall career, as well as a comment or two on the current state of kung fu cinema: In an age when talented mainstream actors like Chow Yun Fat and Ziyi Zhang can dance their way through spectacular action scenes with the aid of wire work and computer animation, action stars like Li and Jackie Chan — who made their names through sheer physical prowess — are being crowded out. Via

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