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List Price: $9.99 | | Label: Dimension
Salesrank: 31259
Released: June 20, 2000 |
| Our Price: $57.75 |
| Used Price: $3.28 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Two young men--Jun-Bo (Jet Li) and Chin-Bo (Chin Siu Ho)--were taken in as boys by the monks of the Shaolin Temple, the famous school for martial arts. Jun-Bo is thoughtful and kind, but is easily swayed to misbehavior by the bullying, rebellious Chin-Bo. Their disobedient ways finally get them evicted in disgrace (after a fight with the entire school), and they wander to a nearby town, where they meet two attractive women, Miss Li (Fannie Yuen) and Siu Lin (Michelle Yeoh, a.k.a. Michelle Khan), who are part of a rebel band fighting a corrupt overlord. Chin-Bo's lust for wealth and status leads him to join forces with the overlord. Chin-Bo's treachery drives Jun-Bo insane; Jun-Bo's gradual recovery leads him to develop the discipline of tai chi, with which he ultimately topples the overlord. This plot summary of Twin Warriors doesn't do the movie justice; hardly 10 minutes go by without another spectacular fight sequence--and one of the great things about Hong Kong action movies is that women can often fight as well as the men. Early on in the movie, Siu Lin is searching for her lost husband; when she finds him, she gets into a knock-down, drag-out fight with her husband's new wife. It's unfortunate that the English language script is poor; though the characters are broad and melodramatic, they don't have to be as goofy as the dubbing makes them. Even so, it's a strong outing for Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh, two of Hong Kong's action superstars. --Bret Fetzer
Twin Warriors Reviews:
same movie different name 
2009-11-16 - this movie i found out i allready had but it named something else, so i watched it again because im a jet li fan :)
twin warriors review 
2009-11-05 - My husband and I first saw this movie on T.V., placed orders with several video stores, always on back order, after one year of this, with several different stores; I finally tried amazon.com, OMG! we were watching it by weeks end. :)
Excellent quality!
One of all time great Kung Fu films
2009-10-20 - As a fan of the genre, I have seen most of the great Kung Fu films dating back to 1970s. This movie, until Jet Li's Hero came out, was my favorite Kung Fu film of all time.
As with most good Kung Fu films, this movie focuses not on the action. Instead, the movie focuses on human relationships between two lifelong friends who grow up together. One chooses power, wealth, and pleasure. The other chooses to maintain his chosen path as a monk. Their paths inevitably collide, leading to climatic Kung Fu fights between two of the best Shaolin pupils.
Although Jet Li's action sequences were great, it was his acting that made his performance stand out. Jet Li plays the role of a betrayed friend brilliantly. Jet Li looked genuinely sad when his friend joins the Army by making fool of himself to impress the Army leader. When his character becomes enlightened with the principles and forces of Tai Chi, Jet Li's facial expressions and movements also change.
When this movie was released in 1993, the action sequences were extraordinary. Now, they seem rather ordinary by today's standards. But there is plenty to enjoy. The Shaolin monk fight sequences in the temple still ranks as one of the best Kung Fu fight sequences of all time. The dual between Jet Li and his nemesis friend is also very cool. Their fight scene is made more interesting by the fact the one is slightly better than the other and the better one uses a dynamic power style that the other can't counter. Both pleads to the other to join forces with them, leading to even more drama than otherwise seen in a Kung Fu action.
Please do yourself a favor and watch ONLY the Chinese dubbed version with English subtitles. The English dubbed version of this version called "Twin Dragons" massacred the movie by using of terrible English dubbing and by removing most of the wonderful Chinese background music. If you want to watch a Kung Fu film, you are far better off watching it in its original form with English subtitles.
I highly recommend this film to anyone who wants to watch a good Kung Fu film that has compelling characters and story.
origin of Tai Chi
2009-08-16 - this is a "must" for Chinese martial-art fans:
1-excellent Jet Li film portraying his skills as actor and martial arts.
2-development of his Shalin beginnings into Tai Chi.
3-philosophy of Tai Chi revealed.
4-another Michelle Yau performance in support of Jet Li
Jet at his best
2009-08-14 - This is one of the all time Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh Movies. I liked this movie from years ago, and you will too.
