Tai Chi 0
Director: Stephen Fung
Writer: Kuo-fu Chen
Cast: Yuan Xiaochao, Angelababy, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Eddie Peng, Qi Shu, Daniel Wu
Part of: /slash Filmfestival (Secret Society Screening)

Plot:
Yang (Yuan Xiaochao) has a special tai chi gift. Whenever somebody hits the horn on his head, he becomes absolutely unstoppable. But hitting the horn also has its drawbacks and could be lethal for Yang. After he’s been used as a secret weapon all his life, Yang learns about this and heads to Chen village to learn their way of tai chi, which might be the only thing that could save him. But Chen village doesn’t teach outsiders. Plus, it really has its own problems as it is threatened by rail development.

Tai Chi 0 is a whole lot of fun. It’s not perfect, but it is an enjoyable mix of steampunk aesthetic and kung-fu movie, with a healthy dollop of humor –  what’s not to like about that?

There were a couple of things I did not like that much about the movie. It did have some lengths, for example. And the fight choreographies were nice but could have been more impressive. Also, the plot was pretty much completely predictable, but that didn’t bother me much.

But there were many more things that I did like. The way it uses computer game design and structure was really funny, as were the labels it used throughout the film. I thought that was creative and very funny.

And the inclusion of the steampunk stuff was really cool, too. The machine they had looked pretty damn amazing. And the soundtrack was good, too. I especially liked the spliced in Tchaikovsky. More soundtracks could do with added Tchaikovsky.

Put altogether, it was not the greatest film in the world but it was extremely enjoyable.

Summarising: Fun.