The Best Film In The World

...is, of course, Fist Of Legend.

Fist Of Legend actually continues the story of Fearless, because Jet Li plays a student of the (real-life) character he plays in Fearless out to avenge the (spoiler!) poisoning of his master. Confusing, I know.

Anyway, it's also a remake of Bruce Lee's Fist Of Fury, but it's about ten million times better because:

a) It isn't nearly as jingoistic: Jet's got a Japanese girlfriend, and both master Funakoshi and the man who ultimately saves everyone else are Japanese...in contrast to FOF, where anyone Japanese is a total shit.

b) It's got a bit in it where Jet Li punches a man in the face twice with his left hand, then fakes like he's going throw a right, except that he just waves instead and clocks him with another left. It's more exciting than it sounds.

c) It's got a bit where Jet's former best friend trips him over and instead of falling on his head, Jet drops into what Capoeiristas will recognise as a flawless au batido, which I spent about two months trying to 'do'.

d) It's got another bit where Jet does a spinning tornado kick over a belt that's actually part of a chainwhip form that I really can 'do' - in real life and everything - which makes me very proud.

e) It's got the line, 'To say that Master Funakoshi is the best is to speak of his cultivation, not his expertise in killing', in it.

Watch the subtitled version if you can, by the way. The dub removes all the political undertones and sort of breaks it.

God I love kung fu.