14 years after The Matrix, Keanu Reeves tries something he’s never done before

Keanu Reeves has been an ultra-popular actor for decades, a hugely popular star who excelled in classics such as Point Break, Dracula or Speed, and of course in the cult sagas The Matrix and John Wick. But we tend to forget and maybe even ignore: Keanu Reeves They made a movie!

The movie that Keanu Reeves He directed Man of Tai Chi, a martial arts film that hit theaters in 2014, in which he played the villain. Story ? This is Chen Lin-Hu (Tiger Hu Chen), a talented tai chi fighter, a caterer in the ring, who is offered an overpaid fight by a wealthy businessman in Hong Kong. In order to save his master’s temple and recognize tai chi as a martial discipline, the young tiger turns a blind eye to the legality of these encounters and falls under the yoke of Donaka Mark.Keanu Reeves), his strange and mysterious benefactor.

Keanu Reeves At first he should not realize The Tai Chi Man. But after eight years of working with the actor, the story, script and characters Tiger Hu ChenHe felt he was the perfect person to step behind the camera.

A bit of matrix air!

this The Tai Chi Man Dubbed, please, some John Woo, a little taste matrix. Keanu Reeves For this occasion, he was indeed surrounded by choreographer Yuen Wu-ping, who created the stunts for the first three films of the saga. and the main actor of the film, Tiger Hu ChenHe was a sports coach Keanu Reeves On the same three films!

Filmed entirely in China The Tai Chi Man Exuding a love of martial arts films and B-movies, this action-packed work is punctuated by spectacular battles, Keanu Reeves did not pass for his first achievement. What if you find that little nugget?

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From The Matrix to 47 Ronin: Martial Arts by Keanu Reeves