Posted on 12/30/2004 8:51:34 AM PST by ishm
Hollywood action star Jet Li played a real life hero by saving his daughter and himself from the killer tsunami that wreaker death and devastation on South Asian shores.
Li and his daughter were vacationing in a resort near the Maldives when the 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Samatra early Sunday.
Hong Kong's 'Apple Daily' newspaper reported that the martial arts star and his daughter were in their hotel lobby when a wall of water surged into the building.
Li managed to hang on to a floating piece of furiture, sustaining a foot injury, but managed to save his daughter and escape otherwise unharmed.
The 'Lethal Weapon' star then called his agent and informed him that he had managed to escape from the dealy tsunami.
Me too.
"Hey -- got a great idea for a script . . . "
Hope I don't spoil it too much for ya, but I thought it was a blatant rip-off of Crouching Tiger, Li's rep came down several notches in my book for resorting to such derivative fare.
Watch it with lowered expectations, so you won't be as disappointed as I was!
On another thread, another FReeper and I were talking about some great Poles, and I brought up director Krzysztof Kieslowski as an example of a genius director of great movies. Then he reminded me that another Pole, Andrzej Bartkowiak, is reaponsible for those awful Jet Li ghetto movies ("Romeo Must Die" and "Cradle 2 The Grave"). But then Bartkowiak has done some good movies ("Prizzi's Honor" "Falling Down" "The Devil's Advocate"), so I'm conflicted.
Good one, Ben!
Hey 1john2 3and4,
Oh no, don't tell me he starts flying around treetops defying gravity. I understand Jet Li is well versed in nearly 30 different styles of martial arts. It would be a shame to replace his true talents with the impossible. I appreciate the warning. ;-)
I have awareness of his name from ads but never seen his films.
He didn't just change it, he obviously typed the piece out himself. There are no spelling mistakes in the real piece.
Li's reputation went down in my book with this one. First Jackie Chan shills for the commies, now Jet Li tries to outdo Leni Riefenstahl...
Yeah, apparently I was wrong about his obscurity.
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