The normal rules of regular life no longer apply.ĭonaka, of course, is watching through that mirror. Tiger is then engaged in a fight for his life in that grey room with the big mirror, and it is an Alice-through-the-looking-glass moment which will bear fruit through the rest of the film: Like Alice, Tiger is catapulted from one strange experience to the next. A female voice commands: 'Fight', and from out of nowhere an opponent grabs Tiger from behind. Tiger is flown to an undisclosed location, put into an empty grey room with a mirror on one wall, as he waits to see what will happen. He reaches out to Tiger, offering him a security job, when in reality it is a recruitment for a deadly underground fighting ring. He has a security detail working for him that would rival the NSA's. He strolls around barefoot on shiny black marble floors, he speaks only in terse commands. Donaka lives in a cold man-cave of a penthouse, furnished in black leather and chrome. But during a public competition, his undeniable skill brings him to the attention of a mysterious individual named Donaka Mark (Reeves). He does not have ambition to 'do anything' with tai chi, because the rules underlying his apprenticeship with Master Yang say that those who practice tai chi do not do so for money, glory, or even to win. For his day job, Tiger works as a delivery boy, driving packages around the city, and flirting with a receptionist at one of his regular stop-offs. He is a devoted practitioner of the ancient art of tai chi, working with a master named Yang ( Yu Hai) in a beautiful temple. Tiger Chen, a stuntman in the two 'Matrix' sequels, plays the eponymous character, also named 'Tiger Chen'.

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