I took the sneak peak of Wu Xia, I missed it here at Cinemanila but it's great! A great film.. Like a history of violence with CSI touch in kung fu style. 2 Ip Man films are great as well. Damn.. I hope there should be part 3 where Bruce Lee kicks in.
Or how about Iron Monkey? After being a foe in Once Upon a China part 2, he became Wong Fei Hong's Dad. Geez. hehe All of them, were acted by Donnie Yen and yes, he's getting all the attention when he got older and making his prescence felt starring the lead in these films I mentioned.
My Favorites is the long title above.. Damn.. It was damn great!!!!!!!!! I hope he was the one casted in the Green Hornet. The new one which I fell asleep. Maybe if this dude was Kato there, the film, will be good.
About the story, well, you can find it in wikipedia. Sad to say, I did not focus so much about the story.. Quite confusing about the story, and how the pace went through. I got tired of following the film, story wise... I hope they quite arranged the story.
Hell with the story! If it's an action flick, forget the story. Let's fight!!!!!!!!! hehe
The film is damn great. I don't care about what others will say, or the fight or kung fu film fans.. This one is epic. From the starting scene which Chen killed all the soldiers without bringing something with him. I like how he dodged the bullets and went to the enemy's place in no time..
Then, of course, going back to Shanghai, the 40's look with the Japanese Government handling them, great production sets until the crowd looks, well extravagant in the year of world wars. Of course, there is a sad side of Shanghai, poor people, oppressed as well.. By the way Chen Zhen is not what he is when he returned to China, he somewhat changed his name, to avoid the Japs.
One night, he witnessed a fight and killed a man with a gun, Chen Zhen don a suit, the Kato suit and unleashed hell. hehe Wow, that is a fight. Of course, there is an underground group led by a newspaper dude who wants freedom of Shanghai, but unfortunately due to great spies of the Japs, the army stormed the said office but Chen Zhen came and fought off the goons. But the freedom fighter is dead. Chen promised revenge to the leader of the Japs troops and find a way to fight him. Although the leader somewhat a friend to Chen Zhen not the masked crusader, discovered he is the masked crusader. Tortured and killed some of his friends, in the end, the leader invited Chen to a fight, of course, Chen did not back out fighting first a 100 fighters then lead to the leader.
The general, I mean the leader gained upper hand in the first half of the fight but in the end, Chen prevailed, killed the bastard and won! Of course, Shanghai is not free yet, although Japs are quite diminished in power for a while, the masked crusader is just looking from above.
The problem of this film is really the screenplay, I mean, they have great in every aspect of the film, from sounds, editing, production and everything except for the story. There is no intro for Chen Zhen and the pace is quite slow especially for the parts of dialogue. Although the stars are great, from the mob bosses, Japs, even the lovely Shu Qi, or how about Donnie as well, the script and screenplay is not really in place. Especially in the first parts...
That's all the problem lies. Others are great!!!!!!!!!!
I thought this is US produced, but nah, it's homeland produced and it's well budgeted. Like I said the stars are great, I like how it go through and of course.
The best are the action scenes! I like even the scene that the general used his karate fist to kill off one chinese soldier in one punch. Yikes. hehe The introduction part, damn, how Chen killed off those german dudes. Ah, the first scene with his kato suit, damn, it's fast, accurate and fantastic. The office scene, wow, how he done that? hehe Especially how he killed the goon, style MMA.
And yes, the last battle scene, the Bruce Lee incarnation. Although he did not shout all through out, maybe a show of respect to his great master, damn.. It looked realistic on how he defeated the 100 men, and his white suit really fits him.. The final match of course, great! The karate master is damn good but well, in the end, the ripped up Donnie Yen really overmatched the dude. I hope next time, there will be a different martial arts style to fight him, I thought, it's always Karate. Ah, I was suprised, I don't know how old is Donnie Yen, but dude, that ripped up body of his, how he did that? hehe
He doesn't look like well, old.
Anyway, damn.. Although, I definitely like WuXia because of it's dramatic pace and CSI theme parts and the history of Violence topic, still I go for this movie. The best Donnie Yen film. Ever. But there will be new films and at least contemporary type, but for now. This is the best film, not only because he fights very well, but how he acted on both characters and of course, the film itself. WuXia is very close, but I like more of the fast pace action mayhem in this one. Donnie Yen has the right to become the next Bruce Lee because of this movie. Although he doesn't have the face or the exact frame, but on what he did? Damn. No debates needed.
Definitely, I hope, you'll watch this movie, especially to those hard core action fans!!!!!!!!!
"Will the masked hero defeat me?" The Jap General asked.
"Sure, he will.." Chen Zhen as the mob guy answered.
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