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Fist of Fury: The Legend of Chen Zhen (2010)

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looks little weird to me, more kinda war movie than kick ass movie, but the cover art is terrific, I love its yellow color and the "Bruce Lee" posture !!

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Nice pics..Really excited..Donnie is really on fire right now..He's new movies really kick ass..From flashpoint to IP Man 2..:xd:

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The more I see of this, the more excited I become.

It looks like a hyper mash up of all things Bruce Lee and it really looks like this will be Donnie's final farewell/homage to Bruce - at least, in front of the cameras.

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"Legend of the Fist" Releases Int'l Trailer

The 120 million yuan (17.6 million US dollars) blockbuster "Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen" has officially released its international trailer presenting a thrilling and suspicious atmosphere, the website Sina.com.cn reports.

The complicated identities of the two lead characters played by Donnie Yen and Shu Qi stand out in the trailer. The two are on a date but are both suspicious of each other.

In this film, Shu plays a dancer, unlike in her previous film "Blood Brother." Yen, who plays Chen Zhen, surprised film director Andrew Lau with his infectious performance, showing that he could act in movies besides action films.

Yen, who is also the film's choreographer, presents a totally different Chen Zhen from the former Bruce Lee and Jet Li versions.

http://english.cri.cn/6666/2010/06/30/2521s580095.htm

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that trailer looks pretty sweet,like the nod to 'Green Hornet' in there aswell,looks good.

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Legend Of The Fist: The Return Of Chen Zhen

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Currently in post-production, Legend Of The Fist: The Return Of Chen Zhen is one of Asia’s most highly-anticipated late summer releases.

Synopsis: A patriotic hero taken for dead for years suddenly reappears disguised as a wealthy entrepreneur to pull together an intricate plan of vigilante justice against the enemies of the people.

Director: Andrew Lau

Writer: Gordon Chan, Cheung Chi Sing

Producers: Chan and Lau are producing with Peter Lam (Media Asia), Wang Changtian (Enlight Pictures) and Ren Zhonglun (Shanghai Film Group) as executive producers.

Cast: Donnie Yen, Shu Qi, Anthony Wong, Huang Bo

Budget: US$12m

Financing: Hong Kong’s Media Asia Films is co-financing with Beijing-based Enlight Pictures and Shanghai Film Media Asia, which is a joint venture between Media Asia, Shanghai Film Group and Beijing Guoli Changsheng Films.

Language: The film was shot in both Mandarin and Cantonese-language versions.

Countries of Production: Hong Kong, China

Status: Post-production

Release date: September 23

Chinese folk hero Chen Zhen was first played on film by Bruce Lee in the 1972 Fist Of Fury and has since appeared in several Hong Kong movies and TV series. This latest portrayal was initiated by Hong Kong film-maker Gordon Chan and action star Donnie Yen who had both worked with the character before – Chan directed Fist Of Legend in 1994, starring Jet Li, and Yen starred in 1995 hit TV series Fist Of Fury. After conceiving the project, they approached Andrew Lau, co-director of the Infernal Affairs trilogy, to direct.

Initially created by Hong Kong writer Ni Kuang, Chen Zhen is widely believed to be a student of real-life martial artist Huo Yuanjia, but there is no proof he ever existed. In Bruce Lee’s portrayal in Fist Of Fury, the character avenges the murder of his master by Japanese martial arts students in early 20th century Shanghai.

“Chen Zhen is a cultural hero who fights to defend the honour of the Chinese,” explains Lau. “He has a huge influence on Chinese audiences. His heroic image is widely praised and many people even believe that Chen Zhen is a real person in history.”

Legend Of The Fist picks up seven years after Chen Zhen avenged his master’s death, although the hero is presumed to be dead as he went down in a hail of bullets after meting out justice. He returns to Shanghai disguised as an entrepreneur and befriends a local mafia boss. Donning a cape at night, he sets out to uncover the collusion between the Japanese and the Shanghai mafia and also get his hands on an assassination list prepared by the Japanese.

“The biggest challenge was how to re-imagine this well-known character while not repeating what has been filmed in previous remakes and adaptations,” says Lau. Unlike Bruce Lee’s Chen Zhen who was uneducated, Yen’s Chen Zhen has returned to China after fighting in the First World War in France and is more mature and romantic.

Media Asia boarded the project while Chan, Lau and Yen were developing the storyline. “As we’re focusing not only on the mainland China market, but also the international market, we believe Media Asia is the best partner,” says Lau. The Hong Kong company then brought on board mainland co-producers, which is the usual route for all big-budget Hong Kong films aimed at the mainland market. Shooting started in November 2009 in Songjiang outside Shanghai and wrapped in February.

For international buyers who may not be familiar with the character of Chen Zhen, the film’s selling points are the high-octane action scenes and the talent involved. While Lau co-directed the Infernal Affairs series, Chan is renowned for combining action with strong characterisation and has credits including King Of Beggars and Beast Cop. Yen, who also serves as the film’s action director, is currently Chinese cinema’s hottest action star with credits including Ip Man, Ip Man 2 and Bodyguards And Assassins. In addition to practising wushu, he is also a combat fighting expert, and in Legend Of The Fist has integrated combat into wushu to create a new martial arts style.

“Yen is a perfectionist who always plans all the scenes in advance, but he also gets injured often,” Lau says when asked about Yen’s working methods. “No CGI is used in any of the action scenes. Action scenes tend to take a long time to complete, but with Yen’s good planning and cooperation with us, the shooting process was very smooth.”

The film is scheduled to roll out in Chinese-speaking territories on September 23 in the run-up to China’s National Day holidays. Media Asia has already pre-sold it to around 20 territories including North America (Well Go USA), UK (Metrodome), France (TF1), Germany (Splendid), Israel (United King) and Aus/NZ (Dream Movies).

http://www.screendaily.com/reports/features/legend-of-the-fist-the-return-of-chen-zhen/5015618.article

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Yes this film is going to be good. The few trailers are already very promising.

Also encouraging to see that it will get a theatrical release down here in Australia through Hoyts Cinemas; the release date is 29 September 2010.

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The Green Hornet meets Blood Brothers meets Assembly. Now I'm looking forward to this!!!

I was going to say it.

Doesn't look too bad, but neither good.

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I've always liked Donnie Yen somehow, especially since his play in Ip-Man, I think he has a great charismatic face for a good guy-character

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Are these fan-made? There seems to be an inordinate amount of posters for this movie. And while they're not all great, they're all pretty much better than the standard HK-movie poster fare.

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I was hoping they were fan made as most of the posters seems to be going off a very few actions scenes leading me to believe this might be another film where fight fans are left disappointed.

Now I know the fans making the posters only had the previously available promotional material to go off, I'm hoping there's a lot more action than what's been hinted at.

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Chen Zhen set for Venice heroics

Festival News

Donnie Yen (甄子丹) starring picture Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (精武風雲) has been set as the second film on the opening night of the Venice film festival (1-11 Sept, 2010).

It will play out of competition in recognition that 2010 marks the 70th anniversary of the birth of Bruce Lee (李小龍).

The film, directed by Andrew Lau (劉偉強), is the third in a series featuring Chen Zhen who started his heroics in Lee-starring Fist of Fury (精武門) and was reprised by Jet Li in 1994 title Fist of Legend (精武英雄).

“In this latest version of Chen Zhen, I strived to break out from the shadow of its predecessors by aiming at a genuine breakthrough in the balance of action and drama, in costume and set designs, and in action choreography,” said Lau in a prepared statement.

Set in a Shanghai nightclub, the film sees Chen disguised as a masked warrior at night on a mission to thwart the imminent Japanese invasion by rescuing as many people as he can from an “assassination list.”

Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen also stars Shu Qi (舒淇), Anthony Wong (黃秋生) and Huang Bo (黃渤).

http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/chen-zhen-set-for-venice-heroics

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