Ever since his parents left him in charge of their boss master Dao and perished in the line of duty, little Tiger wanted to become a travel guard, just like them. And if there's something he's really good at, he's a fast runner, so Dao is happy to let him run errants every now and again. Thing is, Tiger also has a talent to get into trouble, sometimes at the expense of everything else. So master Dao is about to cut him loose - which is when one of his clients asks for Tiger especially after holding his own against Black Bones and the Dark Fury organisation. And the offer Dao receives is beyond what he could turn down realistically. But since Tiger's only 11 years old, Dao teams him up with Yang, once a hero who has since taken to drinking. And at first, neither Tiger nor Yang are happy about their respective other, but their adventures together soon make them value one another's strengths - and with what Dark Fury is to throw onto them, they really have to depend on one another before too long ...

Now to call Run Tiger, Run! a masterpiece would be taking things too far, since the film mostly relies on genre tropes of martial arts cinema and beyond. to tell a story that's not all that unusual. But that said, Run Tiger, Run! is also a lot of fun, film that might be a bit predictable but uses this to rush the audience from one action setpiece to the next, but not without forgetting its characters and character arcs, which all ultimately results in a very entertaining piece of genre cinema.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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