History YMMV / ManOfTaiChi

* InformedWrongness: Tiger Chen is disqualified when he utterly demolishes his opponent in the kung fu tournament with his newfound rage, breaking all of his limbs in quick succession. While the viewer can easily get what the scene tries to say of Chen's development, the execution itself makes no sense: from what we see in previous matches, the tournament is full-contact and allows all of the moves Chen did here, so there should be no conceivable reason to DQ' him for injuring an opponent that had not surrendered and before the referee stopped it (not that those had any time to do so given the speed of the mauling, but that's absolutely not Chen's problem).

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler:Tiger]] unleashing the DangerousForbiddenTechnique on [[spoiler:Donaka]] ultimately killing him. Was he pushed to his breaking point and resorted to a killing blow when out of options (and bleeding heavily)? Or was it an AccidentalMurder committed by a man who had only just figured the technique out and couldn't properly regulate the power?
** Or could the reason for the difference have been [[spoiler:Donaka]]? Could Tiger have [[spoiler:survived the technique earlier]] because he wasn't a [[spoiler:psychopathic killer]] like [[spoiler:Donaka]] was?

** The trailer recapitulating Tiger Chen's life shown in the [[spoiler:RealityShow, complete with MagicalSecurityCam]].

* RewatchBonus: Some of Donaka's actions make a lot more sense on a rewatch. When he first notices Tiger, he tells his cameraman to "start the content" which only makes sense [[spoiler: after the finale and RealityShow twist]] is revealed. He also tells his accountant that they have a contender, which makes a lot more sense when you realize that Donaka is responsible for Tiger's school going bankrupt.
* SpecialEffectFailure: Inspector Sun's car crash is very noticeable CG and isn't convincing.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Gilang Sanjaya, the Indonesian fighter played by Creator/IkoUwais, has an unfortunately small role. While he does have small moments of character that let him stand out from the other fighters, his fight is mostly Tiger deflecting blows and trying to call the fight off, a request Gilang accepts.

** Again, perhaps surprisingly, Gilang. He seems a more decent guy than the rest of Donaka's fighters, and actually stops fighting when he sees his opponent doesn't want to. It's difficult not to feel sorry for him when he is shown quietly tilting his head while being arrested, knowing he will probably be thrown in jail with the rest of the psychos.

* DiagnosedByTheAudience: Donaka Mark. He's doubtless a sadistic sociopath, but there seems to be something else wrong with his psyche as well. He's emotionally stunted, speaks only in short commands, repeats himself often, and is rather awkward in general.