Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen

Great film, plenty of action and substories.

Like the story,martians arts in it are grear

First of all, I am 67 years young. This means I am not a techi, ok. It will probably take 30 minutes to write this little bit. Did I tell you I love Kung Fu ? Donnie Yen is great in his movies & I have bought a lot of his movies from you. The,' Legend of the fist ' was so good though out the whole movie. I fell in love with the leading lady,Shu Qi . She was also did her part excellent. By the way, I want you to give me a look at her movies. Thank you.

Having recently refreshed my knowledge of Southeast Asia and never seen a Donnie Yen feature, this was an exciting introduction to the martial artist in a in between-wars landscape of political intrigue. I found the art direction as compelling as the political characters of this action drama. Opening in World War I, Donnie Yen (as Chen Zhen) leaps and somersaults bullets to thrilling effect and then moves the action to mainland China where the story gets complicated by nationalist and imperialist maneuvering, pivoting upon the action at the night club "Casablanca," reminiscent of Rick's café from the same film title. Of course there is a love interest that begins to take shape in the nightclub songstress, Shu Qi (as Kiki) before she reveals her true loyalty. When the Japanese leaders exhibit brutal opposition, a lone, masked warrior (Yen)rallies the Chinese people. Too much like 'Kato' (Green Hornet), the undercover warrior/rebel(Yen)abandons his masquerade in time to force a mano a mano showdown with a Japanese rival (Kohata Ryu), where the fists fly. Shu Qi sparkles in a thankless part when you think of the many Hollywood dolls in similar roles (Marlene Dietrich, Veronica Lake) where Jimmy Stewart or Alan Ladd walked away with the kudos. In this 'Legend' she handles her undercover part with enough ambivalence as her part allows, displaying enough sweetness to soften her betrayed loyalty (or fans).The director,(Andrew Lau) does a good job keeping his fiction from obscuring the historical 1920s China with the martial chops of Jeet Kune Do and song numbers a la "Chicago," adding enough noir elements to include a hammy police inspector into the mix. The language and wardrobe were a tad contemporary (70s)in places but the murky politics fascinates enough to make it entertaining from beginning to smashing finish.

This movie is a good adaption of the Fist of Fury (Bruce Lee) movie. Its a more modern style film but follows the same story mostly like all of the other Fist Movies. Donnie Yen as always delivers a great performance and Fluid Actions scenes. This may be tied with my favorite Fist of Fury remake along with Legend of Fist starring Jet Li. I would highly recommend adding this to your collection if you don't already own it.The blu-ray offers better picture quality over the standard DVD edition. I'd give the pic quality a 4 out of 5. With few slight flaws here and there but nothing major to ruin the film or many people to notice. Overall great package and the DVD is a bonus.

The film continues the "...Fist..." series about the legendary Chen Zhen. This is visually the most beautiful of the 3 major films (Bruce Lee and Jet Li being the other 2), and the most well-acted. Fist of Legend is my personal favorite, simply because it takes a more balanced approach to the Japanese Empire's invasion of China at that time. However, Donnie Yen is terrific, not to mention every other actor/actress involved. It is a terrific movie, and I would highly recommend it to anyone over the age of 15. It would be great for blue-ray.

Donnie Yen Rocks in this movie. If you like martial arts movies this is one you will love!! One of my favorites from Donnie Yen. This is one bad ass movie!!

Andy Lau, like Tarantino, appears to be an avid fan of "modern" cinema (i.e., films of the past 25 years, since Hollywood began focusing on the "Action"-movie audience), a trait you cannot escape in viewing this particular drama by Lau ("Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen"). In the film, we're shown overt references (or, perhaps, homages) to films of the "modern" era Lau apparently admires greatly. In ". . . Chen Zhen", we see overt references to such films as "Rambo", "Saving Private Ryan," "Chicago," "Batman," "The Karate Kid, Parts I and II," and to Tarantino's own "kill Bill, Vol. I". The storyline is not a problem for the average viewer to follow, as its ventral issue, the battle in Northern China between Zeng's "North" Army and Zhau's "Northeast" Army, a civil conflict presumably preventing China from fighting against Japan as a solid front, is put before the viewer at the start of the film. Obviously, Lau is setting the viewed up for a 2nd installment of the "Chen Zhen" franchise (ala, the "Batman" series"), if you examine the inconclusive manner in which Gen Zhen's story ends with this film. Yet, due to apparent lack of international interest in this particular feature, it's unlikely a sequel will be "in-the-works" anytime soon. Hence, "Legend of the Fist" will be the viewer's only chance to witness the charm put on screen when Lau and Donnie Yen ("Chen Zhen") work with this legendary Chinese folk hero.

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Great remake/retelling of the Jet-Li film about Chen Zhen. Enjoyed the movie a great deal, fantastic reimagining of the story and fantastic martial arts sequences. Definitely recommend to fans Donnie Yen and great martial arts films.

面白かった。

イップマンを観て、ドニーさんの映画のファンになりました。これも最高に良い映画です。こんなカンフー映画があった事を今迄見逃していたのを後悔しています。