When Jet Li was 24 years old, this film was a nightmare for me.

Nowadays, when you talk about Kung Fu stars, the names Jackie Chan and Jet Li must come to mind. As the peerless twins in Chinese Kung Fu movies, the two have been leading the way from the early 1980s to the 21st century. Jackie Chan's style is very comprehensive, whether it is a director or a martial arts instructor, he is full of responsibilities, while Jet Li is much lazy. In addition to doing his own job, he is not even a martial arts instructor.

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This is one of the reasons why there are so many works labeled Jackie Chan, but so few works labeled Jet Li. But very rare is that when Jet Li was 24 years old, he took the initiative to direct and act in an action movie. This film is also the only film in Jet Li’s life that he directed. Jet Li later talked about this experience as a nightmare in his acting career.

"Chinese Hero"

This movie is the "Chinese Hero" released in 1988, but before I talk to you about the movie, I would like to tell everyone that I concentrate on being an actor Why did Jet Li personally serve as the director when making this movie? In fact, after Jet Li starred in "North and South Shaolin" in the 1980s, because of the various unsatisfactory experiences during the filming process, he had the idea of ​​quitting the movie circle. Fortunately, the Great Wall Film Company, which used to cooperate with Jet Li for a series of films such as "Shaolin Temple", merged with Phoenix Pictures and Xinlian Films into Yindu Institution Co., Ltd. at that time.

Jet Li's "Shaolin Temple"

After inviting Jet Li to participate in the film failed, after learning about Jet Li’s idea, he simply proposed Jet Li to direct and perform himself to give himself the fullest freedom. So Li Lianjie, who was only 24 years old, suddenly thought that he could use movies to express his thoughts, so he had this "Chinese Hero" written by Jergo and Shi Yangping and directed and acted by Jet Li. (This article was originally created by "Sharp Film Critic". Reprinting without permission is prohibited!)

《中国英雄》

The plot of the movie is very simple, mainly about: the anti-Japanese warriors of the national army After Xiaojie's bloody battle, he finally ushered in the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan, but in the end the US army was regarded as a hero of the War of Resistance against Japan and was welcomed by the sidelines; while the national army received a cold reception, the Chinese and American armies began to conflict. Xiaojie went to Qingdao to join his savior in the army, Brother Zhang, because he confessed the wrong address, he strayed into the home of a young woman. Senior Hong Kong film fans should be able to see that the funny plot that Jet Li deliberately joined is actually A tribute to the movie "The Raptors Crossing the River" starring Bruce Lee.

"Chinese Hero"

After finding Big Brother Zhang, Xiaojie and Big Brother Zhang began to pull rickshaws to maintain their lives, but at that time the US military in China was domineering and hurt passersby. Xiaojie and The confrontation between American officer Hans caused the masses to burn the US military vehicles. Xiaojie responded to the challenge of the American army in the chaotic bar and stepped onto the ring to defeat the opponent. Brother Zhang was unbearable and his daughter was molested by the US soldiers, but was beaten and seriously injured by the opponent. In order to raise money for Brother Zhang's injury, Xiaojie fell into the trap of the US soldiers and stepped onto the ring to make a human target. Hans took the opportunity to challenge Xiaojie again. After the two men fought, Brother Zhang and Xiao Rui were reunited, but the Americans' revenge did not end.

《Chinese Hero》

​Finally experienced a series of fights. After Xiaojie killed all the evil Americans, Hans's life was left because he felt Hans is not guilty of death. The action style of the movie is better than Jet Li’s previous ones. It is no longer a martial arts style, but a real combat style, but the final return is only 1100w. At the box office, Jet Li attributed these shortcomings to the fact that he was not a director. Therefore, after "Invincible Boy", he has stopped directing movies until now, but is serious about being a good actor.