This week's blog is about the new Donnie Yen joint entitled Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zen. If you didn't know this movie is a follow-up to the 1995 television series Fist of Fury (which also starred Yen). Both this movie and the TV series were based on the 1972 Bruce Lee classic, Fist of Fury.I am not going to get into a whole plot summary, but rather tell you how I felt about the film. Donnie Yen to me is like the Denzel Washington/Russell Crowe/Robert Deniro of the martial arts genre. While dudes like Tony Jaa make movies with idiotic story lines that sometimes make no sense, Yen keeps making flicks with action and substance. To tell you the truth, I expected more action in this movie. But the intricate story line kept my attention. And there are more than a few beautiful Asian honeys in it, so that is always a plus!!
During the few fight scenes, Yen does not disappoint though. He also served as fight choreographer for the film and he told the media that he included elements of Jeet Kun Do as a tribute to Bruce Lee, the original Chen Zen.
Here is a small taste of what Yen has to offer:
Yen also stated that he used Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and elements of Wing Chun to choreograph the scenes for this flick.
I am going to give Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Yen Four Fists. Donnie Yen rarely disappoints me (pause) because he knows how to make a kick ass fight scene and always seems to pick the movies with the dopest story lines. This movie could have gotten the Five Fist classic status if it had a few more fight scenes in it, but it is most definitely still a must see. Also through a little research I found out that Zhang Ziyi was originally supposed to play the female lead.
That would have definitely given this movie classic status as well. She is fine!
That's it for this week, sorry for the two week absence. I have crazy busy. I got some ideas for the next couple of weeks so keep checking back in.
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Peace & Blessings,
The Sage
I could not agree more with your analogy of Donnie Yen. Once again, The Sage comes through with another great post. Keep up the good work for all of us that our true Kung Fu Flick Enthusiasts!
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ReplyDeleteNice, I've been keeping an eye for my copy of this flick too. The video store by my house says that they'll get it within the next couple weeks with English subs. I think the version they had was just in Chinese, which I understand, but why bother if a better version will be out in a couple weeks?
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