I generally like Donnie Yen's work, but I'm not sure what's going on here.
I know there's a little bit of a cultural gap between Chinese and US filmmaking. This movie goes beyond those gaps.
Within a standard run time, Big Brother attempts to be a martial arts movie, inspirational underdog story, war story, man against organized crime movie, comedy, drama, second chance story, and what else....
The dialogue is clunky. There are seear words that don't work within the seemingly intended tone.
There are scenes of nudity that are awkward and out of place.
Performances by the struggling students are rushed and don't really have realized conclusions.
Donnie is supposed to be an inspirational teacher, but never teaches class. Instead he acts more as a guardian angel for the students.
The plot lines set around combat are way out of place.
I'm all for seeing Donnie Yen doing what he does best, but just commit to that in a fluid story line.
If they want to flex Donnie's muscle within a dramatic performance, then commit to that instead.
This movie just tries to do way too many things.
Oh, and what's with the soundtrack? Is that China's version of K pop on display? If so......just don't.
I know there's a little bit of a cultural gap between Chinese and US filmmaking. This movie goes beyond those gaps.
Within a standard run time, Big Brother attempts to be a martial arts movie, inspirational underdog story, war story, man against organized crime movie, comedy, drama, second chance story, and what else....
The dialogue is clunky. There are seear words that don't work within the seemingly intended tone.
There are scenes of nudity that are awkward and out of place.
Performances by the struggling students are rushed and don't really have realized conclusions.
Donnie is supposed to be an inspirational teacher, but never teaches class. Instead he acts more as a guardian angel for the students.
The plot lines set around combat are way out of place.
I'm all for seeing Donnie Yen doing what he does best, but just commit to that in a fluid story line.
If they want to flex Donnie's muscle within a dramatic performance, then commit to that instead.
This movie just tries to do way too many things.
Oh, and what's with the soundtrack? Is that China's version of K pop on display? If so......just don't.