The Master (1989 film)

The Master traditional Chinese is a 1989 Hong Kong martial arts film written, produced and directed by Tsui Hark, and starring Jet Li, Yuen Wah and Jerry Trimble. The project was filmed in 1989, but it was not released until 1992 when the success of Once Upon a Time in China made Li a major action star.

Jet Jet Li arrives from Hong Kong on the airport bus. When he arrives at Taks store to resume as Taks Kung Fu student, he finds the store shuttered and three thieves steal his bag. He chases their car on foot through the streets and eventually catches them. The thieves are so impressed with Jets physical skills they beg him to be their master. They take Jet to their home an abandoned municipal building but theyre attacked by a larger gang. Jet reluctantly steps in to defend his new friends, but their home is set on fire.Johnny and his gang are closing down kung fu schools and making a name for themselves. Jet meets May Crystal Kwok, a bank worker responsible for the loan on Taks store but neither knows where Master Tak is. Jet finds himself in the middle of a robbery at a carpark. He finds himself fighting beside Johnny, but Johnny recognizes him from one of Taks pictures and makes it clear he intends to kill both Jet and Tak. Anna and Jets friends get beaten up, so Jet trains his friends to defend themselves. Jet is eventually reunited with Tak, but Tak claims hes no longer interested in either teaching Kung Fu or doing herbal medicine. ........

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