Jet Li is a fantastic fighter. But you wouldn't be able to tell from watching this film if you've never seen him before.
Forget the weak plot (The plot is supposed to be weak in a movie like this. It usually exists to bridge the action sequences, so I give it leeway.). The way most of the fight scenes are shot do not showcase Li, in fact they actually seem to showcase how frenetically hip the director is at shooting movies `Hey look Ma! I shot a music video with Jet Li in it!' Cut the crazy camera angles, pull the camera back, shout `Action!' and just let Jet fight. It sounds overly simplistic, but that's how it should be done. The director seems to realize this in time for (most of) the last fight, but by then you'll wish you had rented `Fist of Legend' or even `Romeo Must Die' instead.
Forget the weak plot (The plot is supposed to be weak in a movie like this. It usually exists to bridge the action sequences, so I give it leeway.). The way most of the fight scenes are shot do not showcase Li, in fact they actually seem to showcase how frenetically hip the director is at shooting movies `Hey look Ma! I shot a music video with Jet Li in it!' Cut the crazy camera angles, pull the camera back, shout `Action!' and just let Jet fight. It sounds overly simplistic, but that's how it should be done. The director seems to realize this in time for (most of) the last fight, but by then you'll wish you had rented `Fist of Legend' or even `Romeo Must Die' instead.