Donnie Yen repeatedly emphasized on different occasions that Ye Wen is an "otaku". At the beginning of the film, Ye Wen, the "homeboy", was forced to start his own business because of his livelihood. In the early days of entrepreneurship, apart from staying in the martial arts hall to read books and go home on time for dinner, Ye Wen had almost nothing to do. Seeing that his home was about to be unopened, he had to design his own advertising flyers and post them along the street. This integrated marketing strategy was very successful. Ye Wen finally accepted Huang Liang, his first apprentice, and the story began.
In fact, the reason why I want to emphasize that Ye Wen is an otaku is to shape his character on the one hand. On the other hand, it also sets a tone for Donnie Yen's martial arts action design, that is, if you don’t have anything to do, you will never take action. Except for the last fight against foreigners, the other Donnie Yen action scenes in the film are light and chic, rather than aggressive and lethal. Especially in a fierce battle with Hongquan disciples at the Hongjiayu stall, Ip Wen retreats. Let's fight, while repelling the enemy's onslaught, without putting the opponent to death. Seeing that he couldn't help it, Ye Wen grabbed the opponent's double knives. A pair of sharp blades danced vigorously, but still did not hurt the opponent with the blades. Every time the blade was close to the deadly position, Ye Wen's wrist flicked. Using a knife to hit it back, this kind of action design not only increases the visibility of the action, but also adds an entertainment effect to the tense fight, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. The entertainment effect of this kind of martial arts action is easily reminiscent of those early movies like Loong or Chinese dragon, such as " Snake in the Eagle's Shadow ". At the same time, the drama of showing the character through martial arts action can be described as the original creation of Hong Kong filmmakers, especially In terms of character shaping of martial artists such as Huo Yuanjia, Huang Feihong, and Ye Wen
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