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  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary In legendary Chen Village, everyone is a martial arts master, using their powerful Chen Style Tai Chi in all aspects of their lives. Lu Chan has arrived to train, but the villagers are forbidden to teach Chen Style to outsiders, and do their best to discourage him by challenging him to a series of fights. Everyone, from strong men to you...

Directed By: Stephen Fung

Written By: Chia-Lu Chang, Kuo-Fu Chen, Hsiao-tse Cheng

  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 1 h 40 m

Tai Chi Zero

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
52
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings
4.0
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Summary In legendary Chen Village, everyone is a martial arts master, using their powerful Chen Style Tai Chi in all aspects of their lives. Lu Chan has arrived to train, but the villagers are forbidden to teach Chen Style to outsiders, and do their best to discourage him by challenging him to a series of fights. Everyone, from strong men to you...

Directed By: Stephen Fung

Written By: Chia-Lu Chang, Kuo-Fu Chen, Hsiao-tse Cheng

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
52
38% Positive
5 Reviews
54% Mixed
7 Reviews
8% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
52
38% Positive
5 Reviews
54% Mixed
7 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review

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75
Oct 19, 2012
Tai Chi Zero is loads of fun to watch, especially a battle in which watermelons, bananas and other fruits and veggies serve as flying weapons.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
67
Oct 18, 2012
It won't linger in the mind longer than it takes for the credits to roll, but it's a lot of fun while it lasts, and we're genuinely looking forward to part 2 at this point.
By Oliver Lyttelton FULL REVIEW

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4.0
14% Positive
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43% Mixed
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43% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings
4.0
14% Positive
1 Rating
43% Mixed
3 Ratings
43% Negative
3 Ratings

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ZombieWhosoever
Aug 1, 2013
Despite its lousy script, Tai Chi Zero has an unyielding amount of nonsensical fun and excitement, and full of intentionally hysterical characters that overshadow any miscues, providing sufficient kung fu entertainment.
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Toffenuff
Dec 13, 2014
I didn't expect to like this movie, but I do. Silly, fun, and with some nice fight sequences, this film struck me as very odd at first because of some anime-style or comicbook-style visuals, a silent movie sequence, and a dash of steampunk. There are some notable martial arts actors and actresses in this movie as well, although their presence doesn't help much to bolster the film in terms of substance since there isn't much here. If you like ridiculous characters, silly antics, and decent martial arts fights, I suggest giving this a go.
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63
Oct 18, 2012
Tai Chi Zero, the first film in a planned trilogy, will leave hard-core fight enthusiasts wanting. But it's a droll, pleasant diversion all the same.
By Tirdad Derakhshani FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 20, 2012
Often more distracting than diverting with its everything-goes aesthetic - there are strains of steampunk, manga and silent film comedy, with video-game touches.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 18, 2012
Fast and mostly fun, the movie also seems compulsively too much, throwing everything it can think of at you, lest it fail to entertain.
By Rachel Saltz FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 18, 2012
All this manic invention is great fun for a while, until Tai Chi Zero falls apart on the rocks of the eternal verities: story, acting, direction.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
30
Oct 20, 2012
Manages the curious feat of being at once relentlessly energetic and almost continually uninvolving; the title more or less sums up the amount of pleasure to be had here.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
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Xborn74
Jan 10, 2013
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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koolaid0101
May 26, 2013
This is the perfect movie to run in the background for the eye candy, but the story is Soooo weak. Again, a director that cannot find any balance between FX and content, confusing content with FX. Just a piss poor script that on first viewing, effectively kills time.
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Broyax
Dec 29, 2016
Je suppose que le film de kung fu doit se moderniser lui aussi afin d'être dans l'air du temps, il doit se kikooliser, abuser des effets spéciaux à la mode comme les "super ralentis" et se vautrer dans l'humour concon tandis que le scénario inexistant tente de meubler ce foutoir filmé entre deux ralentis n'importe comment ! Normalement, les Chinois ne devraient pas sombrer dans ce genre de conneries et respecter un minimum la tradition, "leur" tradition reconnue d'innombrables films de kung fu depuis des lustres ! Hélas il semble que tout ait une fin en ce (très) bas monde et que même les films de kung fu finissent par être tout pourris et absolument navrants. Alors, balayons cette enfamie sous le tapis et faisons comme si nous n'avions rien vu, ça vaudra mieux !
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Production Company Diversion Pictures, Diversion Pictures, Huayi Brothers & Taihe Film Investment
Release Date Oct 19, 2012
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline See the extraordinary life of founder of the Yang style Tai Chi.
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Awards

Hong Kong Film Awards
• 5 Nominations
Golden Horse Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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