Many interviews and reviews came out today for Man of Tai Chi in anticipation of the film’s theatrical release on Friday. Here are the links for those who are interested.
Geoff Pevere wrote ‘With Man of Tai Chi, Keanu Reeves makes his first foray into directing’ for The Globe and Mail.
Michael Atkinson wrote ‘A Keanu Reeves Bromance in the Clichéd Man of Tai Chi‘ for The Village Voice.
‘Man of Tai Chi Review’ in ChCh.
Maggie Lee wrote ‘Action dazzles, script does not, in ‘Man of Tai Chi” for The Monterey Herald.
Mark Daniel wrote ‘Keanu Reeves returns to action in ‘Man of Tai Chi” for the Toronto Sun. Note: Mark Daniel’s piece is being carried by many papers.
Update: ‘Man of Tai Chi: Keanu Reeves and Tiger Chen Show Their Chops’ by J.B. for j.b. spins. Thanks Joke!
Update X2: Matt Prigge interviewed Keanu Reeves for the Metro. The piece is running in all of it’s affiliate cities. There is a great studio shot of Keanu with the interview. You can read it here.
Update X3: Genevieve Valentine wrote ‘With ‘Man of Tai Chi”, an action director is born’ for the Philadelphia Weekly.
Update X4: Robert Levin wrote ‘Keanu Reeves makes directorial debut with ‘Man of Tai Chi” for amNewYork.
Kristian Lin wrote ‘Tiger Burning Bright’ for Weekly.
John Lekich wrote ‘Spectacular fight scenes makes Man of Tai Chi truly memorable’ for Straight.
Update X5: John Semley wrote ‘Keanu Reeves, Dudes, I’m a director’ for NowToronto.
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky wrote ‘Man of Tai Chi’ for the A.V. Club.
Update X6: Many thanks to Joke for the links!
Steve Gow wrote ‘Tai Chi, Man’ for FastForwardWeekly.
Roger Moore wrote ‘Keanu corrupts the ‘Man of Tai Chi’ ‘ for The Kansas CIty Star.
Update X7: Mark Jenkins wrote ‘Tai Chi Master: Keanu Reeves Takes the Director’s Chair for NPR.
Dave Canfield wrote ‘Keanu Reeves and Tiger Chen Talk Man of Tai Chi and the Meaning of Martial Arts Films for Twitch.