If you have been following then i dont see why you would question the success of Jet Li or find him more interesting then Donnie Yen who looks like he has stick up his ass when acting…Like the other poster said, Jet has played likable silly roles like Shaolin Temple 2 & Fong Sai Yuk 1 & 2.
His ground breaking movies Shaolin Temple & Once Upon a Time in China was a huge influence in HK cinema.
Been following HK cinema for over 25 plus years. I got to see the transformation from the Golden years 70s to the hard hitting non stop action 80s, to super fast wire in the 90s to its crappy state now. Trying to compare kung fu movies now to back then is a complete joke.
People need to start watching the classics to really appreciate actors like Jet Li & Jackie Chan…If you guys think Sammo is badass because of Sha Po Lang, why not see him in his prime? Magnificent Butcher, Pedicab Driver, Spooky Encounters.If you guys want to watch some top quality stuff, just watch pretty much any SB film from Chang Cheh.
That’s the sad thing, when you have popstars/prettyboys being the top lead in kung fu movies i dont see anyone stepping up. Besides Donnie Yen, the only other person who pretty much has a chance is Jacky Wu. Also, Zhao Wen Zhou, not sure why this guy never got huge. Tsui Hark’s The Blade was fucking amazing with him, ever since he pretty much just did a lot of B films., Zhao had the look & amazing on screen fighter…Also Jiang Lu Xia, i think she is going to be the next big thing after watching Coweb last year. She’s like a mix of Jackie chan & Jet Li…She just needs to work w/ Sammo choreographing though…
I normally google the big stars like donnie yen mainly and check their movie status on imdb.com and it shows recent movies and I look for it and watch it.
I think the best Hollywood movie Jet Li’s done is Forbidden Kingdom, which coincidentally has him starring with Jackie. Fearless was good too but Forbidden Kingdom has Jet Li playing a kind of silly character.
Fearless is an HK movie, it was just rereleased. Best dubbed Jet Li movie to date is mother-fucking Fist of Legend. Forbidden Kingdom would have been better if it weren’t for bs hollywood whitewashing, but hey, that’s racist ass hollywood for you.
Forbidden Kingdom was alright. I really only watched it because of the Monkey King part he played, I’m a big fan of Journey to the West.
Saw Ip Man 2 last night…god that movie was beasty, I love it as much as the first movie. Saw a bit of True Legend also before work it looked great but I was already running late to work so I stopped it.
Do we have an Asian Film thread? We should make one so everyone can contribute to movies they’ve seen and are good. I’m down for HK movies anyday.
Not even. Movie was WAY off from what really happened, fights where way to Bullshit CGI and Wire work but worst of all the movie was just fucking boring.