Fun peppers his cast with Hong Kong action film royalty while filling the screen with crazy titles and text overlays, which almost distract from the problems with the way he and writer Chia-lu Chang have unfortunately structured their film.

| Jul 3, 2018

Fight scenes in Tai Chi Zero deliver the epic awesomeness of a true kung fu movie, but they are leavened with Jackie Chan-style silliness.

| May 23, 2018

It's one of the strangest films I've ever seen, but Tai Chi Zero is also without a doubt one of the absolute best.

| May 9, 2017

Sort of a kung-fu film through a 'Scott Pilgrim' lens, it is a slight but stylistic romp.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 11, 2013

Lavishes much care on the scenario, but the nonstop CGI could be a drawback for purists.

Full Review | Nov 13, 2012

It's meant either to aggressively defy convention or to distract moviegoers from a story that is pedestrian and predictable.

| Oct 27, 2012

A love triangle and some Steampunk machinery add interest, and Fung's spunky inventiveness makes this worth seeing.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 25, 2012

The true gist is a kung fu movie for the modern age: jam packed full of the hyper kinetic stimuli of an ADHD generation.

| Original Score: 68/100 | Oct 22, 2012

And although disappointed by this first part of the trilogy, there was enough to hold my interest to make me at least willing to give part 2 a chance.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Oct 19, 2012

An energetic martial-arts romp with a stylish steampunk twist, Tai Chi 0 assaults the viewer with frenetic fight scenes, audacious video-game-inspired graphics, and nearly enough goofball humor to have it qualify as a comedy.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 19, 2012

"Tai Chi Zero" is often more distracting than diverting with its everything-goes aesthetic - there are strains of steampunk, manga and silent film comedy, with video-game touches.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | 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.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 19, 2012

A martial-arts adventure with more video-game and comic-book DNA than the traditional kung fu flick, "Tai Chi Zero" is good, if empty-headed, fun.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 19, 2012

Exhausting to watch, Tai Chi Zero is all flash and little substance.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 18, 2012

"Zero" is the first part of a trilogy. Part two, titled "Tai Chi Hero," is due in January. The legend is off to a promising start.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 18, 2012

Essentially a live-action anime, it sweats rivulets of Tarantino-era digital anxiety from all pores-every kick, punch, pan, and zoom exaggerated for maximum impact.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 18, 2012

Splashy but ultimately an empty bauble...By the halfway point you'll likely be more exhausted than exhilarated.

| Original Score: C | Oct 18, 2012

Fung is enjoying himself so much that he doesn't want the movie to end - and his delight is infectious.

| 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.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 18, 2012

Hyped as a steampunk kung fu movie that revolutionizes the genre, Tai Chi Zero spends most of its time spinning its wheels.

| Oct 18, 2012