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Legend of the fist the return of Chen Zhen [= Jing wu feng yun]
2010
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"Playing the hero first portrayed by Bruce Lee in Fists of Fury, Donnie Yen reprises his own performance as Chen Zhen in this breakneck kung fu thriller set in Shanghai during its occupation by the Japanese during World War I. Seven years after his supposed death, legendary fighter Chen Zhen resurfaces in the city in disguise. He immediately begins settling old scores – with both the Japanese and the Chinese mafia who’ve been corrupting the city." - (Alert)

Seven years after being presumed dead, Chen Zhen returns in disguise and befriends a local mafia boss in an attempt to infiltrate the gang. - (Baker & Taylor)

Playing the hero first portrayed by Bruce Lee in Fist of Fury, Donnie Yen reprises his own performance as Chen Zhen in this breakneck Kung Fu thriller set in Shanghai during its occupation by the Japanese during World War I. Seven years after his supposed death, legendary father Chen Zhen resurfaces in the city in disguise. He immediately beings settling old scores — with both the Japanese and the Chinese mafia. - (Well Go USA Inc)

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Ostensibly a sequel to the 1972 martial arts classic Fist of Fury, with Donnie Yen in the role created by Bruce Lee, this colorful film is set in the decadent splendor of 1925 Shanghai, where Japan and Britain vie for control of China, and Chinese gangsters cash in during the chaos. Starlet Qi Shu wobbles through the role of Kiki, a perpetually drunk chanteuse, but Anthony Wong maintains a level of modest dignity as the Triad nightclub owner Liu Yutian, who befriends Chen Zhen (Yen)—a patriot posing as an underworld figure. Unfortunately, director Andrew Lau's Legend of the Fist is not so much a coherent movie as it is a collection of cannibalized ideas and influences, from a World War I platoon movie to Casablanca to the old TV show The Green Hornet. Even the martial arts action sequences feel shoehorned into the film, while the frantic editing and swooping camerawork chop up Yen's moves beyond recognition. A strange and ultimately unsatisfying hybrid that is at times quite gorgeous but never adds up on a narrative level, this is an optional purchase. (S. Axmaker) Copyright Video Librarian Reviews 2011.

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