| Coming from primarily an action director (Corey Yuen) and producer Wong Jing, it's surprising that My Father Is Hero (the title on the Hong Kong print but normally the film is referred to as My Father Is A Hero) tries to be equal amounts family drama and action. The former actually registers as slightly admirable, much having to do with some flashes of warmth between Jet Li and Tse Miu (in the last of four movies he made during this time). Also the gorgeous Anita Mui is on board to lend actual dramatic acting credit and despite heavy handed melodrama, viewer care is there at a basic level.
Of course, a humane story in combination with over the top action and equally overblown villains (Yu Rong Guang in such a cartoonish turn, it becomes genuinely funny) can't really gel together but that's ok. Corey Yuen and Yuen Tak gives us plenty of exciting and wonderfully staged action, all culminating in a creative finale. As henchmen and rather underused, we see Ngai Sing and Ken Lo. Damian Lau, Blackie Ko and Corey Yuen also appear. |
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