That's the turn-on, the power trip. Read full review Not enough focus on the cinematography, but there are some interesting tidbits here. You watch him transform, … The Making of Man Of Tai Chi (HD, 8 min.) Man of Tai Chi review. While weighed down by digressions and contraptions, Man of Tai Chi is an adequate and ambitious effort from a first-time director, who could have enhanced his on-screen philosophical arguments with a bit more depth and done with a touch less of the admittedly riveting man-to-man melee. Man of Tai Chi is a film that I am ecstatic about the fact that it exists, but it has a few flaws that keep me from loving it as much as I would like to. Keanu channels the many martial arts films of old, learning from the true masters. At TIFF 2013, Matt reviews Keanu Reeves' martial-arts action film Man of Tai Chi starring Keanu Reeves and Tiger Chen. This is Tiger Chen's picture all the way. Donaka understands that tai chi is not the usual fare in the martial arts underground, and he gets off on the fact that Tiger has sold out. It has some truly amazing martial arts and […] Man of Tai Chi – the directorial debut of Keanu Reeves is interesting to say the least. Reeves isn't in the film all that much, and there are a couple of extremely stiff scenes of dialogue, but he does get a very impressive fight scene with Tiger near the end. Set in modern Beijing, MAN OF TAI CHI marks Keanu Reeves' directorial debut. At TIFF 2013, Matt reviews Keanu Reeves' martial-arts action film Man of Tai Chi starring Keanu Reeves and Tiger Chen. Hardly as woeful as you might assume, the directorial debut of The Matrix star is capably entertaining, especially if you don’t mind watching an ornate video game. Plot: A young martial artist’s unparalleled Tai Chi skills land him in a highly lucrative underworld fight club. Posted on April 29, 2014 by Dirac "Man of Tai Chi" Chinese Theatrical Poster. Review: Man of Tai Chi marks the directorial debut of Keanu Reeves and if this movie is anything to go by then Mr Reeves has found his true calling. Man Of Tai Chi is one of the best martial arts films after Gareth Evans's The Raid. But it displays passion by the fistful. Yes, it's irreverent at times, but Man Of Tai Chi exudes confidence in its silliness, too, never actually treating the subject of martial arts as light or inconsequential. - This is a fairly standard making of featurette that includes interviews with Reeves and Chen, but also a few quick glimpses at Yuen Woo Ping's process.