Recently, Donnie Yen posted on social platforms, saying that his new movie "The Legend of Qiao Feng" has been successfully completed and will enter the later stage of work.
I believe that many viewers’ first reaction to seeing this news is doubt - we were just lingering fears from the film " The Legend of the Condor Heroes " by him and Wang Jing . Why did we get another film "The Legend of Qiao Feng" so soon? !
Martial Arts cold rice, can Donnie Yen stir-fry it?
is not actually a question from the audience.
In recent years, martial arts remakes have been making frequent mistakes. It has been a long time since we saw a good work. Among them, the most criticized point is the "slow motion" fighting scene.
In the past, we watched martial arts, and the picture was so exciting. Where does "satisfaction" come from? It's nothing more than a word "fast".
What the audience expects is the world of the children of the world described in the book, where they are happy with their enemies; it is the tension of masters fighting, and the victory or defeat in the slightest; it is the concrete presentation of "the world's martial arts are only fast but not broken."
slow-motion fighting scenes broke the audience's expectations and broke the rhythm that martial arts films should have.
martial arts movies, it’s really time to fight!
This is also the reason why I think Donnie Yen's "The Legend of Qiao Feng" is still worth looking forward to.
Donnie Yen can fight, as we all know. He has achieved classic screen images through his outstanding action scenes, and his " Ip Man " has become a world-famous "IP"!
It can be said that with Donnie Yen here, there is no need to worry about the action scenes of "The Legend of Qiao Feng".
In addition, the stills released so far can be seen very sincere - there is no need to use actors to show their faces as a gimmick. Just looking at the real scene shooting and the scheduling of large scenes is undoubtedly a blockbuster audio-visual texture.
Moreover, unlike his previous friendly performances in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Donnie Yen took the lead this time and served as the producer, director and starring. In other words, "The Legend of Qiao Feng" will be injected with more Donnie Yen's personal style, fully demonstrating the "Zhen style" aesthetics.
can also get a glimpse of his own expectations for this movie:
"I hope it is the classic Donnie Yen style, with real martial arts in progress - you can feel the pain, power and essence of fighting in that universe." In the production team of
, the entire Zhen family class was dispatched, and the addition of Tanigaki Kenji is even more exciting - audiences familiar with Hong Kong movies are familiar with him. Last year's highly acclaimed action movie "Rage·Serious Case", he participated in the action design, and he also won this year's Academy Award for this movie.
I believe that with the cooperation of this old partner, the action scenes of "The Legend of Qiao Feng" will not disappoint.
In addition to the team, the biggest highlight of "The Legend of Qiao Feng" is actually "real".
Its "truth" is reflected in three aspects.
First, real kung fu.
Many viewers will worry, Donnie Yen is still able to play at this age?
The answer is, he can!
He insists on long-term fitness and training to maintain his physical condition, and also shows up in a full working state when he is on the set - in other words, you can always believe in Donnie Yen's "real kung fu".
second, real character.
In an exclusive interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Donnie Yen said:
"In the past twenty years, many martial arts characters on the screen have become more and more fantasy and cartoonish. I want to stay away from these, I want to go back to history and roots. From costumes to hairstyles and set designs, I then go to actions and stunts, I want to return to the most fundamental realism."
In order to better show the charm of the classic screen image of "Jiao Feng", Donnie Yen also rereads the original work and spent several months rethinking the whole story with several young writers, trying to find a new perspective to interpret Qiao Feng.
Third, true feelings.
"The Legend of Qiao Feng" is Donnie Yen's tribute to Mr. Jin Yong and the martial arts movies.
In order to bring everyone a world of thought, Donnie Yen did a lot of homework and went to various places to survey the scenery to find the most suitable shooting location.
Not only that, he also actively listened to the audience's suggestions and expressed his efforts to strive for "
Just this sentiment is worth giving "The Legend of Qiao Feng" a chance!
Just like Donnie Yen said:
"Marriage is a miracle of China, and there is a lot of rich history and culture behind it."
In fact, the reason why Chinese people are so obsessed with martial arts is because it promotes the chivalrous spirit and the feelings of family and country, and this spirit is also reflected in Donnie Yen himself.
He said:
"When I saw that Marvel has achieved success in commercial development, I felt that I could do a lot of the same things with our own culture, even better."
Facts have proved that this movie does have the potential to spread Chinese martial arts culture to the world - this movie recently won three media grand slams at the American Film Festival, and has successively won the attention and reports of overseas media in many film competitions!
so sincere and responsible, how can we not expect Donnie Yen’s new work?