Video Review

The Jet Li Collection (1999)

Reviewed by Ty Burr | Feb 19, 1999
EW's GRADE
B

Details Release Date: Feb 17, 1999; Movie Rated: Unrated; Genres: Action/Adventure, Foreign Language, Mystery and Thriller; With: Jet Li

Okay, Hong Kong superstar Jet Li was easily the most electrifying thing about Lethal Weapon 4. So where do you go from there? The three-film boxed set The Jet Li Collection includes the lightning-paced, very funny 1993 period fight-fests Fong Sai Yuk and Fong Sai Yuk II — possibly the only martial-arts films where the hero's mother joins in the fray. But the third title's a ringer: 1988's Dragon Fight should have deferred to 1994's Fist of Legend, where Jet aims for Bruce Lee's crown and comes damn close. Would someone cast this guy in a movie without Joe Pesci, please? B

Originally posted Feb 19, 1999 Published in issue #472-473 Feb 19, 1999 Order article reprints

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