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Lynxan1

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This is one of those films that is far more about watching Jet Li kicking some but, this is one of the best for him doing that. On that alone I'll give it a good score thought the story is only ok for the most part

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Posted aug 5, 2008 8:25 pm pt

Akatsuki398

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Jet-Li's Unleashed is favored with it's dangerous stunts and fast-paced punches and kicks.Unleashed is what it's cooked up to be.

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Posted jul 18, 2008 3:28 am pt

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I've watched many a martial arts drama and this one was great. Jet Li shows why he is not just an awesome martial arts actor, but he's a great actor as well. It has a great story that goes along with it too. Don't treat someone like a dog for too...
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I've watched many a martial arts drama and this one was great. Jet Li shows why he is not just an awesome martial arts actor, but he's a great actor as well. It has a great story that goes along with it too. Don't treat someone like a dog for too long, they will bite back.

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Posted feb 13, 2008 3:02 pm pt

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Suffers from the odd cliche(sp) here or there, but it's generally one of Jet-Li's best english speaking films. The fight scenes were very entertaining, and Morgan Freeman and Bob Hoskins were good, considering the material they had to work with

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Posted dec 28, 2006 7:53 am pt

• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  91
  Bounding out of the gate like a greyhound, Unleashed needs only its first 30 seconds or so to elevate itself well above the average action potboiler.

  by Gregory Kirschling | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film Threat
  
  80
  One of the best Sunday Afternoon action flicks since the glory days of Schwarzenegger.

  by Michael Ferraro | Read Full Review »
• [+] LA Weekly
  
  80
  The most enjoyable film Besson has had his name on in eons.

  by Scott Foundas | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
  80
  Pierre Morel's diving, spiraling camera keeps pace with Yuen Wo-ping's rapid-fire fight choreography, all smartly directed by Louis Leterrier.

  by Andrea Gronvall | Read Full Review »
• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
  75
  The simple, unpretentious storytelling of Unleashed is a rarity in the glut of underwritten and overproduced action films that dominate American screens today.

  by Sean Axmaker | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  75
  Ingenious in its construction.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
  75
  When Danny takes off his collar for the last time, Besson's plan becomes clear: You may have paid for an hour and a half of escapist entertainment, but he just provided something much better.

  by Peter Hartlaub | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
  70
  The infinitely silly, unconscionably entertaining action film Unleashed earns most of its juice from the martial-arts star Jet Li.

  by Manohla Dargis | Read Full Review »
• [+] Salon.com
  
  70
  Pathos isn't a cheap gimmick when it comes from the soul, and Li knows how to channel it, through his brain, his limbs and his heart.

  by Stephanie Zacharek | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Hollywood Reporter
  
  70
  An action picture with the emotional simplicity of a bedtime story, painted in the grimy colors of the London underworld.

  by John DeFore | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
  
  70
  Besson doesn't need dialogue to convey his worlds' nuances, because there are none, especially in Unleashed, which achieves such a sustained pitch of hysteria that it makes past masters of melodrama like Douglas Sirk, John Woo, and Sam Fuller look positively austere by comparison.

  by Nathan Rabin | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
  67
  Unleashed suffers from a surfeit of sentimentality at times (blame Besson for that), but it's Li's first major Western role of any depth and he acquits himself admirably as both mad dog and melancholy master.

  by Marc Savlov | Read Full Review »
• [+] Baltimore Sun
  
  63
  While Bresson's insistence on juxtaposing brute force with sublime grace isn't subtle, it is effective.

  by Chris Kaltenbach | Read Full Review »
• [+] ReelViews
  
  63
  The film contains enough quiet, reflective moments for us to become aware how preposterous the central conceit is, and that keeps us at arm's length.

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
• [+] Rolling Stone
  
  63
  Li is action poetry in motion. Damn them for spoiling our popcorn fun with salty tear-jerking.

  by Peter Travers | Read Full Review »