Witty choreography juices the pedestrian plot of "Fearless," an earnest and technically accomplished biopic in which action star Jet Li flexes his limited dramatic muscles to portray kung fu master Huo Yuanjia. Fearless," reportedly the final film Li will make in the traditional wushu style, did excellent business when it opened earlier this year in East Asia, besting the opening weekends of "Hero" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Western audiences less well-versed in the legend of the Chinese hero can't be expected to respond as well -- the film was originally slated to open Aug. 4 in the U.S. and changed to Sept. 22 -- and might be left frustrated by the shortcuts director Ronny Yu Freddy vs.

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