Unleashed (2005)

This 2005 film stars Jet Li as Danny, a man with the mindset of a little boy, who was taken from his mother and raised to be a vicious attack dog for a London loan shark

This is one of my favorite movies. Jet Li is one of my favorite actors

Summary

-A boy is stolen from his mother by a loan shark and raised to be a vicious attack dog. He escapes his master and attempts to start a new life with a blind piano tuner and his daughter

Cast

-Jet Li: Danny

-Morgan Freeman: Sam

-Bob Hoskins: Bart

-Kerry Condon: Victoria

-Vincent Reagan: Raffles

-Dylan Brown: Lefty

-Tamer Hassan: Georgie

-Michael Jenn: Wyeth

-Phyllida Law: Distinguished Lady

-Carole Ann Wilson: Maddy

-Jaclyn Tze Wey: Danny's Mother

Did You Know?

-Initially, Morgan Freeman's character Sam was not meant to be blind at all. He had heard about a piano school where the students were blind. The school had a high reputation and the scholars had developed their hearing. Freeman was inspired to make his character blind because he felt it would be easier for Sam to "see" the child in Jet Li's character Danny, not the brutal killer he was forced to become

-At the start of the movie, Bob Hoskins actually cut Jet Li's hair, as his character would have done

-During a break in filming, Bob Hoskins, still wearing his white suit covered in fake blood, went to a local Starbucks for coffee. Customers recognized him and he spent 10 minutes signing autographs before going back to the set

-In addition to being a highly skilled martial artist, Jet Li is also a highly proficient piano player. He has showed his proficiency of playing the piano on numerous occasions. There are videos online of him playing the piano beautifully

-In the supermarket fight scene, one of the shoppers in the background is executive producer Luc Besson, who was on set that day visiting

-The role of Bart, played by Bob Hoskins, was originally intended for Albert Finney. But he dropped out to do the 2003 film Big Fish. Other actors considered for the role of Bart included Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Michael Caine and Brian Cox, all of whom turned down this film

-The dog collar Danny wears is an actual prototype of a dog collar designed just for this movie. It includes a retractable chain that Bart keeps under his control to keep Danny under control