Unleashed

Unleashed (a.k.a. Danny The Dog) is a gangster-fairytale-martial arts-drama about a man who not only was never given the chance to grow up, but was raised as a dog. I've seen hundreds of martial arts action films and I have no problem saying that Unleashed is easily one of the best English language martial arts action films of all-time! Not only was the action on point but the acting was actually good. Morgan Freeman does a decent enough job (not his best work) but Bob Hoskins blew me away as the wicked uncle! The biggest surprise though was the dramatic chops of Jet Li! He displays a childlike innocence in this role that makes you actually care what happens to him so you end up truly feeling for his character. He gives a stellar emotional and physical performance as an actor, everything from his posture to his emotionally expressive, soulful eyes. He takes you on a journey from animalistic pit-bull-like ferocity to docile puppy-like innocence, curiosity, and vulnerability. You experience moments of humor, drama, & edge of your seat-brutal action sequences! I know some people were put off by the quieter sections of the film when the studio marketed it as some sort of non-stop action flick, but the truth is this movie has heart... Which I find refreshing for this type of film. Simply put, Unleashed was off-the-chain! P.S. Just a WARNING: I own the dvd and when you first put it in it gives you a choice between the Unrated & Extended versions of the film... DO NOT WATCH the extended version for the first viewing! The extended sections ruin the fight scenes with poor video and audio quality, I don't even think they added sound effects.

Say something about Unleashed, but this film is a thrilljoy for those that love martial arts movies with a kickass color tone and a terrifically well executed stunt coordination and this is one of them.

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Attention : production Besson Ãtonnante! Et pour cause, Danny the Dog n'est pas un film entièrement tournà vers l'action. En effet, le long-mÃtrage se veut touchant et naïf question sentiment. Et quand on voit le personnage que je joue Jet Li (un orphelin transformà en chien d'attaque pour les comptes d'un mafieux), on se prette au jeu. On va même jusqu'à dire qu'il y a quelque chose dans ce Danny the Dog, qui provoque un certain intÃrêt. Mais bon, production Besson oblige, il y a donc des sÃquences d'action façon jeu vidÃo, des invraisemblances scÃnaristiques et un casting inÃgal. NÃanmoins, cela reste l'un des "Besson" les plus abordables (Louis Leterrier a quelque chose à montrer!).

Hands-down the best action scenes in any Jet Li movie ever. Hands-down the goofiest and least believable plot ever (and yes I'm counting Kiss of the Dragon and Once Upon a Time in China and America... they come in 2nd and 3rd :P). The result is quaint and reasonably watchable action-trash.