If you are into Taekwondo as a sport then this is an ok movie for you, however this movie is not focused on the sport, it's focused more on the characters and their friendship between.
Two friends Liu Li and Yang Hui has trained in Martial art since childhood, they found love for Taekwondo as adults and getting ready for the Olympic Games. But their new Trainer Han Bing is too brutal in the training which makes Liu Li question her dream of being the best, and it get worse when her friend Yang Hui injured her foot so badly that she may not compete in the Olympic, what shall they do?
The development of characters is strong in this movie, the two girls feels like close friends and the actor who play the role Han Bing feels realistic, at first he seems like brutal guy but when one of his students get hurt he shows emotion and even guilt of his methods, the acting makes this movie great. And the cinematography is spot on as used with celluloid camera (that sadly ended with digital in 2004) is amazing to look at, and the icing on the cake is they actually filmed the final scene in the Olympic Games in Sidney Australia 2000.
Two friends Liu Li and Yang Hui has trained in Martial art since childhood, they found love for Taekwondo as adults and getting ready for the Olympic Games. But their new Trainer Han Bing is too brutal in the training which makes Liu Li question her dream of being the best, and it get worse when her friend Yang Hui injured her foot so badly that she may not compete in the Olympic, what shall they do?
The development of characters is strong in this movie, the two girls feels like close friends and the actor who play the role Han Bing feels realistic, at first he seems like brutal guy but when one of his students get hurt he shows emotion and even guilt of his methods, the acting makes this movie great. And the cinematography is spot on as used with celluloid camera (that sadly ended with digital in 2004) is amazing to look at, and the icing on the cake is they actually filmed the final scene in the Olympic Games in Sidney Australia 2000.
