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| Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen | |
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| Hitman-Reloaded | Aug 27 2010, 02:20 AM Post #121 |
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Black Belt 10th Dan
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| Hitman-Reloaded | Aug 27 2010, 02:21 AM Post #122 |
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| Hitman-Reloaded | Aug 27 2010, 02:26 AM Post #123 |
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| Maz | Aug 27 2010, 01:30 PM Post #124 |
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Another new trailer in Cantonese [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTYgWwrBGWk[/YOUTUBE] |
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| DooK | Aug 27 2010, 05:14 PM Post #125 |
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Two different trailers in two days. Nice. |
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| Maz | Aug 31 2010, 12:09 AM Post #126 |
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| JoshuaPettigrew | Aug 31 2010, 12:41 AM Post #127 |
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| Hitman-Reloaded | Sep 1 2010, 07:58 PM Post #128 |
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| Hitman-Reloaded | Sep 1 2010, 08:00 PM Post #129 |
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| Hitman-Reloaded | Sep 1 2010, 08:07 PM Post #130 |
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| Hitman-Reloaded | Sep 1 2010, 08:12 PM Post #131 |
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Black Belt 10th Dan
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| Hitman-Reloaded | Sep 1 2010, 11:40 PM Post #132 |
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HI RES GALLERY OF RED CARPET - FILM FEST |
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| Hitman-Reloaded | Sep 2 2010, 04:32 AM Post #133 |
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Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen -- Film Review By Natasha Senjanovic, Bottom Line: The Fist is back, and he's furious in Andrew Lau's formulaic but fun foray into kung fu. VENICE -- Although one expects more from producer Gordon Chan and director Andrew Lau of the "Infernal Affairs" trilogy -- which Martin Scorsese remade into "The Departed" -- "Legend of the Fist" still is good fun, a popcorn movie of epic proportions for kung fu fans. The film feels tailored to Western palates -- sure there's violence, but it's toned down by Hong Kong standards, and even the fighting is cut back. Chinese and Hong Kong audiences might be critical of this take on an iconic cultural hero, but star Donnie Yen is a household name in Asia. With an all-star cast and the director's following, the film is practically a guaranteed megahit at the local box office. "Fist" is all about Yen, who has the requisite acting and kung fu chops to play a suave, sensitive and serious badass. The martial-arts superstar slips back into the legendary role of Chen Zhen, who has had countless incarnations, the most memorable by Bruce Lee in "Fist of Fury." Yen actually played Zhen in a popular 1995 TV series, and the years have left him no worse for wear. The film opens in 1917 France, where Third World recruits -- including countless Chinese -- were brought to Europe by the French and British to help with the war effort. Most of them died on the front, a fate the noble Zhen promises to spare his friends. Just when you think you've seen every battle scene imaginable, Yen, who also served as action master on "Fist," delivers the film's best and most breathtaking fight sequence. Bayonets and bullets are nothing against Zhen's superhuman skills. Eight years later, Zhen resurfaces, disguised (in, ahem, only a tiny mustache) as a piano player working in Casablanca, Shanghai's hottest nightclub. He befriends the owner (Anthony Wong, always a joy to watch) and falls for hostess-siren-singer Kiki (the impossibly beautiful Shu Qi) as he secretly leads the Resistance against the Japanese occupation of China, led in Shanghai by a ruthless Japanese general (Kohata Ryuichi). Zhen also dons a black suit and mask and starts fighting the Japanese single-handedly as the Masked Avenger. He hovers over the city like Batman, which adds to the film's comic-strip feel, along with the stylized sets placed in a CGI Shanghai. Lau is a rare breed of director: He has lensed almost all of his own films, and his trademark visual pizzazz is there, if not the gritty intensity of his other work. There is nice, taut chemistry between Yen and Qi, whose alcoholic and vulnerable character hides terrible secrets of her own. The actress has made a mind-boggling 45 films in the past six years but still delivers one of the film's best performances. The music is properly grandiose, and the cast has a blast playing heroes and bad guys. Venue: Venice International Film Festival (Out of Competition) Production: Media Asia Films, Enlight Pictures, Shanghai Film Media Asia Cast: Donnie Yen, Shu Qi, Anthony Wong, Huang Bo, Kohata Ryuichi, Huo Si Yan, Zhou Yang Director: Andrew Lau Screenwriters: Cheung Chi Sing, Gordon Chan, Lui Koon Nam, Frankie Tam Producers: Chan, Lau Directors of photography: Lau, Ng Man Ching Production designer: Eric Lam Music: Chan Kwong Wing Costume designer: Dora Ng Editor: Azrael Chung No rating, 105 minutes Sales: Media Asia Distribution http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ |
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| Hitman-Reloaded | Sep 2 2010, 04:37 AM Post #134 |
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Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen Jingwu fengyun: Chen Zhen (China-Hong Kong) By JUSTIN CHANG A Media Asia Distribution (international) release of a Media Asia Films, Enlight Pictures, Shanghai Film Media Asia presentation of a Basic Pictures production presented by Peter Lam, Wang Changtian, Ren Zhonglun. (International sales: Media Asia Distribution, Hong Kong.) Produced by Gordon Chan, Andrew Lau. Executive producers, John Chong, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Guoli. Directed by Andrew Lau. Screenplay, Cheung Chi-sing, Gordon Chan, Lui Koon-nam, Frankie Tam. With: Donnie Yen, Shu Qi, Anthony Wong, Huang Bo, Kohata Ryuichi, Huo Si-yan, Zhou Yang, Shawn Yu, Kurata Yasuaki, Akira. (Mandarin, Japanese, English dialogue) An iconic figure in Chinese martial-arts cinema receives less-than-iconic treatment in "Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen." Reincarnating the titular kung fu warrior as an avatar of anti-Japanese aggression in 1920s Shanghai, Andrew Lau's frenzied, flashily violent period actioner boasts more nuance in its ultra-stylized color palette than in its delineation of personalities, relationships and international battle lines. The whiplash virtuosity of the pic's action sequences could help carve out an audience on Sept. 23 local release, but abroad, this superhero spin on a largely Eastern legend will appeal primarily to Asian genre aficionados on homevid. First incarnated onscreen by Bruce Lee in 1972's "Fist of Fury," the fictional Chen Zhen has since been regularly called upon to kick Japanese butt in a range of historical contexts. Various actors have played the part, including Jet Li (1994's "Fist of Legend") and Donnie Yen (the popular 1995 TV series "Fist of Fury"), who reprises the role here under very different circumstances as a masked avenger and protector of the post-WWI Chinese resistance. Monochrome mock-archival footage bleeds (quite literally) into color in the full-throttle prologue, which finds Chen (Yen) and other Chinese laborers fighting alongside the French in 1917, Chen's lightning-quick moves proving improbably effective against the Germans' heavy artillery. Pic then somersaults ahead to 1925, with Chen now hiding behind a lounge lizard's mustache as an entrepreneur and occasional pianist at Shanghai's Casablanca nightclub. Presided over by owner Liu Yiutian (Anthony Wong), a deceptively neutral presence, the club is a microcosm of the city itself -- a highly combustible nexus of warring expatriate factions, Japan being the most dominant and oppressive. The film represents its own muddle of competing priorities; scripted by four writers, with often illogically structured flashbacks, the story tries to ignite sparks between Chen and sexy nightclub singer Kiki (Shu Qi), who harbors a secret identity of her own, while bending over backward to work in a recurring plot point from previous "Fist" pics: Chen's fabled defeat of an entire dojo of Japanese students and their master. When Japanese assassins begin targeting Chinese and British nationals on a widely disseminated "death list," Chen dons a black mask and intervenes on behalf of an underground network of Chinese spies and resistance fighters. A grisly montage of murders and rescue attempts ensues, as events build toward a brutal showdown between Chen and one high-ranking Japanese official (Kohata Ryuichi, convincingly ruthless) who's nursing a grudge of his own. As usual, Lau (best known Stateside for his "Infernal Affairs" trilogy) handles lensing as well as helming duties, and he makes dazzling use of lighting and color schemes, particularly in the nightclub sequences, with their swinging '20s opulence. But the film's reluctance to hold any shot longer than a few seconds gives it a jerky, cluttered feel, all movement and no momentum; while the action sequences deliver an occasional punch, they seem unduly fixated on the sight of blades puncturing flesh, generating little in the way of sustained tension or kinetic grace. It would help if Chen himself were an easier guy to root for, but while the man initially seems a suave, chameleonlike manipulator, Yen's presence here is typically humorless and constricted, inflating Chen into a battered, bleeding symbol of Chinese resilience but not much of a character. Pic derives considerable visual luster from the period flourishes of art director Eric Lam and costume designer Dora Ng, lending the proceedings an air of brazen artifice that reinforces the Chen-as-superhero angle but feels at odds with the film's more sobering depictions of wartime atrocities. Dubbing of certain actors is often atrocious, and makes nonsense of Shu's characterization in particular, despite the Taiwanese actress' often piercing delivery of key emotional moments. Camera (color/B&W, widescreen), Lau, Ng Man-ching; editor, Azrael Chung; music, Chan Kwong-wing; art director, Eric Lam; costume designer, Dora Ng; sound designer, Kinson Tsang; action director, Donnie Yen; line producer, Cheung Siu-kin; associate producers, Lorraine Ho, Ellen Chang, Paul Cheng. Reviewed at Venice Film Festival (opener, Tribute to Bruce Lee), Aug. 31, 2010. (Also in Toronto Film Festival -- Special Presentations.) Running time: 104 MIN. http://www.variety.com/ |
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| Hitman-Reloaded | Sep 2 2010, 05:43 AM Post #135 |
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