Though known for his agility and electrifying presence, Chinese martial-arts legend Jet Li apparently didn't feel those qualities were useful in his directorial debut. Fortunately, he retained them as the star of this xenophobic junk. In 1945, Allied Forces soldier Jet (Jet Li) returns to the Chinese village of Tsing Tao and discovers that not all G.I. Joes are liberators. Crushed by post-war vicissitudes, Jet's beloved Lieutenant Xiang is now a rickshaw driver. Worse yet, the occupying Navy regards Jet's hometown as a sort of plantation and treats the residents as their slaves. The foreign devils bet on Caucasian gobs to pummel locals like Jet in matches where the Y...
Released:
1986
Rated:
R
Length:
91 mins