Fearless

Finding a movie that seemed to fit with the Marxist theme was pretty complicated. I spent a majority of my weekend trying to complete this task. Hours and Hours of watching movies was a serious test of my dedication to do well on this response.
Jet Li’s Fearless seemed to fit the Marxist theme, the Chinese resembled the Proletariat, downtrodden and exploited by there English colonizers. The English, represent the Bourgeoisie they are educated, wealthy, and bit by bit taking over the Chinese way of life.
Fearless was about a Kung Fu Master who has to balance his ego and pride against maintaining Chinese values against the English/ Anglo Saxon influence that is moving rapidly across China. The English host a martial arts competition in hopes of proving that the Chinese no longer have skillful warriors, this in turn will lower the Chinese spirits and make them all the more easier to control without any resistance. The English want the Chinese to be more like them and lose roots of their Chinese heritage. This is seen when Jet Li’s character comes back to his town after being away for some time, he finds that English troops now occupy his village, also his best friend who was a proud Chinese business owner has changed how dresses, he now dresses like and is looking to sell his Business to the English.
This relates back to Marx and the idea of everyone becoming the same, becoming a homogenous unit, everyone is like the other. This movie can also relate to Gramsci and the idea that the lower class intellectual want to become more like the educated upper class intellectuals, in this case the English.
At the end of the movie Jet Li is assassinated by a Japanese investor who will lose everything if the Chinese were to be triumphant, unfortunately his plan failed Jet Li characters death, unite the Chinese who have a new found pride in themselves and their culture.