Genre: Martial Arts/Action
Director: Kevin Tancharoen
Writer: Jack Ryder
Cast: Lewis Tan, Jessica Henwick, Michelle Yeoh, Jay Hernandez, Ralph Fiennes, Dave Bautista
Plot: We see young Suhi Chang and Meisha Hoo being trained by Mrs. Chan (Michelle Yeoh) in martial arts while a young Takli watched them and tried to imitate them definitely lacking the skill the other two have. Suhi always used to run off during the practices into the jungle. One day when he doesn't return from the jungle Mrs Chan, Meisha and Takli go looking for him where they find him lying with a Tiger Cub which obeys him.
12 years later we find Suhi Chang (Lewis Tan), now a drunkard living in the city near liquor shops getting into constant fights with everybody. His fights lacked the motivation but his skill still kept him intact. His punches would land without any heart behind him but they were enough to defeat his opponents. Once in a month either Meisha (Jessica Henwick) or Takli (Jay Hernandez) would come to persuade him to come back to their village to which he always decline and goes back to his drinking.
In their village, Mrs Chan teaches kids in the arts of Martial Arts where Meisha helps her. Takli keeps himself busy with small chores of village. One day Lakh (Dave Batista) and a group of people come into the village. They live in isolation from the villagers and kept to themselves. Mrs Chan notices that many of the villagers are leaving the village and most of them look beaten and battered. One day all the villagers are called to village center by Lakh and his people. Where Lakh revealed that their village has been bought and they have a week to empty the village. A lot of villagers protest, Lakh and his people start beating them and silence them. Their ruthlessness in fighting scares almost everybody.
When everybody leaves Mrs Chan decides that she won't be bullied to leave and she stays there. A few men come to take her out but she fights and defeats them. She is determined in her fight. With the help of Meisha and Takli she builds some type of resistance against Lakh and his men.
A mysterious man (Ralph Fiennes) comes to the village and talks to the villager and finds about the problem they are facing. He thinks that he can help them with their problem. He arranges a meeting between Lakh and Mrs Chan and him as the negotiator. In the meeting, Meisha accompanies Mrs Chan. Lakh says that his partner has acquired the village for personal and business reasons and he will do anything to get the land. While Mrs Chan also states that she will not clear their home and neither the other villagers. Things heat up between them with no one from them ready to compromise where the man tries to calm their nerves. Suddenly two men surprise attack Meisha and knock her out. Mrs Chan starts fighting Lakh after that. She gained the upper hand in the fight with sheer will and determination as she was going to land the knock out blow she is shot from behind by the man. Who reveals himself to be Ralph Hayes and he is Lakh's partner. He was annoyed that the village was not cleared in the due time and came here to solve the problem. Ralph reveals that the village is sitting on top of lots of valuable minerals because of the forest. Takli sees and overhears everything from a hidden distance. He escapes so he can inform the others. The villagers lose their hope after listening about Mrs Chan death and starts leaving the village. Takli goes to the city to inform Suhi about the events that occurred.
Meisha awakes in store room and knocks out the guards that were there to watch her. She comes out and sees that she is behind a old mansion. She scouts the are and sees that it is heavily guarded and assumes that Lakh must be here. She escapes and tries to go back to her village.
Suhi is devastated listening the news of his mother death and hits Takli saying why he didn't protect her, Takli reminds there was nothing he can do, he is not as skilled as Suhi and others. Suhi sadly says whats the use of this skill when he couldn't use them to protect his loved ones. He remembers how his father also died when he was not there for which her mother blamed him which lead him towards this drunk life. Now alcohol is his oxygen and he can't live without it. Both of them leave for their village.
Takli and Suhi reach the village where they see some Lakh men, Suhi gets enraged seeing them and starts to go towards them, Takli stops him saying that they will not do any good rushing into them and they need to asses the situation. While they hide on the outskirts of the village where they see a tired Meisha going towards the village. They meet and discuss what they both know.
Meisha comes with a plan that they should slowly bait members of Lakh and Ralph in to the woods and then defeat them there. Takli becomes the bait and enters the village and make some gang members follow him, he bring them in the woods where Meisha and Suhi waited for them. Suhi a student of Tiger Kung Fu used his strength and attacked his opponents while Meisha a student of Leopard Kung Fu used her strength and speed to take care of their enemies. Their eyes filled with revenge they cut through their opponents. A few more skirmishes like this put Ralph on his toes. He sends Lakh to the village to check it out.
Lakh enter the isolated village with his men, they fan out to find the people who are attacking them. Slowly Suhi, Meisha and Takli take out men of Lakh. Lakh meets Suhi and they both engage in a fight while Meisha is confronted by three guys. Meisha starts to take them out quickly as possible. Suhi enrages and starts attacking Lakh with brutal punches. As Suhi was overpowering Lakh his lackeys come from behind and hold Suhi, Lakh stands up and starts beating up Suhi. Lakh takes out a knife and was going to stab Suhi suddenly a Tiger jumps on the lackeys and attack them and mauling them seeing this Lakh runs. The tiger licks and lies behind Suhi who sees the tiger and just smiles.
Lakh calls his men and tells them that they will be leaving the village as they have done too much work for Ralph without the big reward and he can't afford to lose more men. Takli hears this and tell this to the gang.
Suhi and Meisha checks out the mansion and they see the security has reduced highly. They plan that they will attack the mansion in night. They quietly enter the mansion from a wall which was not guarded. They in stealth mode map the mansion to find Ralph. While trying to find Ralph there presence doesn't remain a secret and they are being hunted, The tiger takes out a group of people behind the gang while Meisha stands guard so Suhi and Takli can go ahead.
Meisha uses her punches as swiftly as she can with targeting the soft and vulnerable body parts. Her loyalty to her master can be seen through her way of fight, it was as if the spirit of Mrs Chan was fighting through her. Suhi and Takli finds the chamber in which Ralph is hiding which is guarded by 5 people and they both engage with them, they soon find it hard to fight with higher number of opponents but soon Takli kicks starts connecting revealing that he has been tying to learn the rare Kung-Fu Dragon form and is successful today. Takli takes care of the guards while Suhi enters the chamber where he finds Ralph to be alone.
Suhi goes straight towards Ralph who tries to beg for mercy saying he was here only for money and doesn't wanted blood to be shed and that he will pay Suhi to let him live but Suhi is clouded by emotions with the images of her mother teaching him and his friends. Suhi starts punching Ralph eventually killing him while being lost in his thoughts. After some time Suhi comes out with the body of Ralph seeing that the remaining men of Ralph flees.
Suhi, Meisha , Takli and tiger goes back to the village while the tiger goes back to the jungle. Takli asks what is next for them to which Suhi replies that Lakh will also need to pay for his sins.
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