Dragon Tiger Gate Reviews

boring,unrealistic as it gets

ok so the stories dont seem to matter in films like this as we want martial arts action more anyhow,but the fight scenes sucked.

With Tony Jaa now proving that we are all sick of wires and cgi in martail arts movies it seems a shame that Donnie Yen hasnt adapted to it.

I would say he hasnt adapted to it as he cant do what he appears to be able to do,I am sick of special effects,Long live Tony Jaa now thats a martial artist that really really entertains us.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Kung Fu Guide to exaggerate pub fights

Although it's packaged as a Donnie Yen (of SPL, Seven Swords and Blade 2 famed) movie, not many people aware (not even Empire nor Timeout mags critics) this is actually a high profile adaptation of a long running comic book series in Hong Kong, about three young men's mission to seek revenge on the destruction of their family and their home - a kung fu temple called Dragon-Tiger-Gate.

So....Comic-book-heros - tick. Comic-book-like-all-evil-villians - tick. Character depth - non existent. Storyline - missing.

But for those of you who actually looked for fights, Dragon Tiger Gate delivers, big time and plenty of them... the Chinese restaurant fight that literally kicked start the movie is a serious action treat, there are plenty of slow-mo and repeat cuts of Donnie's pose and fights. The highlights being the 1 on 20 fights in the sushi bar between Donnie and the baddies (you know they are baddies because they wear black t shirt) and after that, you might as well treat the rest as a kung fu guide to exaggerate pub fights.

Very colourful (a saturated tone from start to finsh) and rather silly 90 mins. DTG reminded me of the 80s Hong Kong movie. Easy to read, fun to watch. All-hell-break-loose-action.

My Rating

Well i guess i am lucky, i ordered this film from Japan already and this film is by far the best kung fu film that i have seen, go get it!!

Customer Review

I've seen quite a few movies in this genre, but I would not describe myself as a particular fan of the style - I just want to see good movies. Overall this felt like an HK action film trying to be like The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded, which is strange as they took most of their style from HK pictures in the first place.

The fight scenes were impressive, but I found them to be quite repetitive - a big gang of bad guys trying to beat up a seemingly invincible good guy in the middle - the scene in the restaurant almost made me think I was watching Neo and the multiple agent Smiths all over again. Also lots of posturing and posing with the arm out, wiggle the fingers in a "come on" gesture - over used somewhat.

I was not aware that all martial arts good guys had to have a long swathe of hair brushed over their right eye, usually blowing around in the wind, but apparently that's the case according to this film. By the time the third guy (Turbo) turned up with the most over the top version of the style of the lot, I was almost reaching for the off button...

There were good points in the film, and I do understand the comic book origin, but I have to agree with another review that once all the hocus pocus magic punches etc started I was starting to lose interest. Also how come the good guys who could fight 200 badies at the start can't land one punch on the top bad guy? Ah well I'm probably thinking about it a bit too much.

In the end it's really just another example of the type - fantastical fight sequences with lots of slow paced, non linear and fairly uninteresting over the top acting and plotting trying to hang it all together. If your main interest is seeing some great Kung Fu and you don't mind skipping the rest of it, probably worth seeing. If you want a story and decent acting, well you probably won't be reading this review in the first place...

"BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF ANYONE YOU SEE!!*

Very funny dialogue from one of the bad guys in the film!

The effects in the film were brill! Ok, ok it is obvious wire-works were involved but was worth the watch and made the main character fighters superhuman! After all, the film was derived from a Chinese comic! Donnie Yen (Dragon Wong) needs to come out of the shadows and take on America in a main role. Only time will tell...

The fight scenes were very well choreographed (thanks to Donnie!) and certain scenes very matrix-esque!

I definitely recommend this film to martial arts fans who don't mind a good dose of SFX and fight scenes that last!

PROTECT THE GATE!!

ps. I think i need to grow my hair again...

Ha saw!!

Brilliant must see kick ass kung fu movie. Special effects are superb and fight scenes are very well put together.. If you like Tony Jaa style fight scenes then this movie is a must!!!

Kung Foo fighting

Dispite the film being based on a comic book series, I found this quite enjoyable. Its a tale of revenge, though it takes a while this to manifest itself through the general punch everything that moves themes in the early part of the film.

If your looking for fight sense, beautifully filmed then this is by far one of the best films for you - the sense balance delightfully on that magical edge 'Thats not possible..is IT?'

It makse the western attempts at proper fignt films look like childsplay.

absolutely amazing

Im not normally into movies like these but this is a must see, if only for the truly gymnastic martial arts. this is mainly a donnie yen movie but still his skills have to be seen to be believed, pls rent this movie- YOU WONT BE DISAPPOINTED

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Dragon Tiger Gate

Forget the special effects and all other not raelistic stuff like punching trough the walls.It still take years of hard work and practice to have such skills.Thats whot is really worth watching and it guarantees a very good entertainment to fans of a action movies.

Dragon Tiger Gate

Complete rubbish, I love watching any old and even dubbed fighting films ....but Dragon Tiger Gate is a waste of time,