Unleashed - Serve no master

I am quite a fan of action movies of all kinds, but I also like movies with martial arts, so, when I saw that Jet Li starred in this movie, I knew there was bound to be some good action.Unlike his other movies, Jet Li shows us a new side of himself, an emotional and dramatic one. Besides being a very good action movie, this piece of cinematic art is also a very intriguing and thought provoking drama. Danny (Jet Li) is treated like a slave by his master, Bart (Bob Hoskins). Bart’s final goal is to turn Danny into the ultimate fighting machine. So, he treats him like a dog, putting a collar around his neck, in order to keep him calm. But when he takes the collar off, Danny goes into a frenzy and kills anyone within his sight. After a car accident, Danny is wounded, and is taken into care by a blind piano tuner, Sam (Morgan Freeman) and his stepdaughter Victoria. But when Bart finds him again and wants to take him back, Danny will fight with all his powers in order to save his new found family. THe movie has a happy ending: Danny is finally completely free from his former master, and he will now enjoy a new life along with his new family.This movie impressed me very much. Even if this is highly unlikely to happen, the fact remains that there is still severe cruelty among other people, but I think that what this movie is trying to show underneath all its action and fighting scenes is that even someone who doesn’t have any form of contact and understanding of this world can be brought back on tracks with the help of love and support.The acting is very good, Jet Li shows a new face in this movie, turning from the cold hearted martial arts fighter into a somewhat more sensitive man, and this is what makes him the perfect actor for this part.All in all, the rushing adrenaline scenes, the martial arts as well as the drama implicated make this movie an outstanding feature of cinema.My rating: 9/10

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