Thursday, September 30, 2010

[MOVIE] Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen

Yup, Anti- Japanese Donnie yen is back..... with a superhero suit?
If you don't know, Legend of the Fist is the latest flick by donnie yen... and guess what? He is the action director for the movie too! Quite awesome huh? Anyway, lets get to the review for Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen.

So yeah, every Donnie yen fan since the epic "Ip-man" series are out to buy more Donnie yen movies. SPL, even Blade II. Now he is back with Chen Zhen, and he just won't stop bashing people up, literally. Okay, what to expect when watching this movie?
If your expecting MORE wing chun styles, yes. It will satisfy. New skills? Yeah.
More "chun" epic than IP MAN? Definitely.
Chen Zhen (Donnie Yen) is a local resistance fighter who is known to be dead by most people, but is back to avenge his masters death.

Since the action choreography are all directed by Donnie Yen himself, you will get to experience more unique styles of fighting scenes and more different views of the camera. A different perspective when viewing the fighting scenes. Chen Zhen's fast paced action techniques will definitely get you to the peak of your seat. Sadly though, this movie has less fighting scenes to offer and satisfy. Unlike Ip man, there are loads of fighting scenes all over the place, evenly arranged. Thats what makes IP MAN what he is now. But as for Chen Zhen, you can expect less of fighting scenes, like approx. 4/5 scenes and more dialog.

Okay, but thats not my point. The fighting scenes were good. But the whole movie was messy. Scenes going all over the place, storyline that gets jumbled up in the middle of the movie, quite annoying indeed. The plot, ew. Nevertheless, the movie really shows the evil side of the Japanese. Like the usual, the Japanese are merciless. More kills and more deaths, it makes them happier. hahahaha. But in Legend of Chen Zhen, they are exaggerating that point.
Its more of a country battle in Chen Zhen as its France VS. Japan war-zone shows out most of the parts. Yup, the Japanese again. More Donnie Yen VS Japanese army.
Loads of war strategy drama, etc.

Its weird though, A superhero suit? lol-age material.
Maybe you should check this one out yourself. I really don't know how to describe this movie.
But its quite worth. - If you hunger for Donnie Yen.
What will you get if you mix - Ong bak, Ip man and Bruce Lee? Chen Zhen.
Donnie Yen is.... the masked warrior.
YEAH! Donnie Yen in a superhero movie!!!

Overall rating : 7/10

Sorry to disappoint you guys if this review was too short. I don't know what to say.
Just watch it yourself!

Check out the trailer below if you haven't.

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