Chen Guantai, Liang Jiaren, and Liu Jiahui, this lineup, put in the action movies of the 1970s and 1980s, was a complete mess. What if you make a retro action movie and ask them to help out?
Wu Yanzu, Yin Ziwei, Li Lie Gong, Lian Kai, such a lineup, shooting a modern version of the action movie, can also put together a fairly good frame, has the skills, has a face, enough to attract a crowd of onlookers. It would be very interesting if Yanzu Wu were to be more cult and starred in a big contradiction!
Liu Yuling, Zhu Zhu, Jamie Chung ("Pretty Girls", "Nine Dragon Pearl"), Lu Jingshan (the daughter of Yao Fei in "Green Arrow"), plus Wen Feng ("Yao Fei" in "Green Arrow" Fei), this Chinese-American lineup is also quite eye-catching, and they all have experience in acting in action movies. Grouped together, you can not only seize the eye, but also look at the body, and it is not very wrong. Will they look good when they film an action together?
Russell Crowe, Eli Ross, RZA, Dave Batista, Yoon Sung Sik, what about this lineup? It requires acting skills, muscles and muscles, music and music, and the combination is extremely powerful. If these people co-act in an action movie, it will be more fun!
Any of the above several lineups has a brilliant appearance. What if you get together? Would it be shocking? "Iron Fist" is just such a team that has swept all of the above-mentioned people, and it is also an action film, the action director is Yuan Kui, and the producer is Quentin Tarantino. The whole film is truly fleshy and full of flesh and blood. As for whether it looks good or not, let's not talk about it first, let's look down.
During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, it could also be the period of Jiaqing and Xianfeng, anyway it was that time. Traditional China is facing the danger of falling apart, while the West is eyeing China. Some Westerners have entered the hinterland of China and become members of the people. Amidst internal and external troubles, martial arts also showed a discordant situation. In a small town in the south of the Yangtze River, the largest martial arts family lion castle, there was an internal fight. Among them, the second master of the silver lion conspired to kill the lion king, the lion king, and became the new lion lord. In order to consolidate his position, the silver lion also slaughtered the sword to Zeng Yi, the son of the golden lion king, and was almost about to kill him. At the same time, the imperial court had a sum of official silver on its way to escort, worth five thousand taels of gold. In the transportation plan, it was necessary to pass by the lion castle. Of course, the silver lion did not want to let go of the opportunity to make a fortune.
The above introduction looks very Chinese, and the whole film does have a strong atmosphere of a classical action film. In the words of director RZA, this is a film that pays tribute to the Shaw Brothers martial arts film. RZA said: "I grew up watching Shaw Brothers action movies, and I always imagined that I was the hero in the movie, fighting the violence and Anliang. This movie has met my little expectations. This is My tribute to Shaw Kung Fu movies is also a manifestation of my homesickness." RZA's homesickness is in China, dear, how much should he like China to say that? But as a director, he is not well-known, as a singer is more famous. You know, RZA is the lead singer of Wu-Tang Clan (the Wu-Tang Clan), the most powerful band in the American gangster rap faction. See, Wudang faction, the name of this song team is full of RZA Chinese homesickness. In order to better express this kind of homesickness, in "Tekken", he did his part to become the leading actor.
Wait, how can a black man star in a martial arts story that took place in the Qing Dynasty, or the protagonist? How can this be justified? Is he going to star in the son of the Golden Lion King? Can't a Chinese martial arts leader give birth to a black and thick African-American son, right? Moreover, Russell Crowe has to intervene without any sense of disobedience. How should this seemingly impossible plot develop?
Quentin Tarantino's eldest disciple Eli Rose's solution was simple and crude. The big black man was a slave born in the United States, and finally became a freedman, but immediately suffered even greater misfortune. In the end, he crossed the oceans and settled in China, and was accepted by the Chinese as a blacksmith. Moreover, before becoming a blacksmith, he went to Shaolin Temple for further training, and he developed a good kung fu as well as a good hand-strike technique. His ability to intervene in the grievances of the lion castle is that the weapon that the silver lion used to kill the golden lion happened to be made by a black blacksmith. He was full of guilt when he watched his handicrafts being used to murder people brutally. So, at the right time, he met Zeng Yi, the son of the Golden Lion who was about to be killed, so he rescued him. This black blacksmith, full of justice, also fell in love with an oiran lady in the Fenhualou, the largest brothel in the country, and he used all the money he earned from iron to redeem the lady. And Fenhualou seems to be a brothel. In fact, every prostitute is an extraordinary killer. The proprietress of Fenhualou is even more skilled. Next, Russell Crowe's seamless connection lies in the story designing him as a bounty hunter, who was hired by the Qing court to help track the whereabouts of official silver. Thus, in the Lion Castle and the Fenhua Building, a sharp conflict about betrayal and revenge, robbery and detectives appeared concentratedly.
All this, to the Chinese audience, it seems that there is a sense of contradiction everywhere, and the whole chaos fights, which is indistinguishable from which silly. But "Iron Fist" is, after all, a film made for Americans that looks suspiciously Chinese. Although, the Chinese subtitles in the opening of the film, the Chinese story in the film, everything comes to the fore. But after all, this is a movie starring black and white people. The protagonists are RZA and Russell Crowe, and the others are accomplices. The story of RZA is still a story of the "American Dream" in which a small character counterattacks to complete a big task, while Russell Crowe is dressed as a cowboy in the west, with the mission of advanced civilization to penetrate the backward civilization and save the local culture. The two people join hands to tell the authentic American story and reflect the American culture. However, the background was placed in the Qing Dynasty. Also, hip-hop music often makes Chinese audiences appear in plays. What the hell is this? But please calm down, after all you know, the Americans don't.
In this way, the story is suddenly clear. Once you understand the theme of the story, put aside the background of the story, and then look back to appreciate the evil taste in it. The scenes of cracking belly and fighting with broken limbs become three-dimensional. According to popular belief, this movie can be regarded as a love letter from RZA to the "Shaw Brothers Martial Arts Film" and a confession letter to China. He wanted to explain how much he loves China. But like a love letter written by a stunned boy to the goddess in his heart, the stunned boy is full of confidence, but his expression is too selfish. So, the goddess gently abandoned. The tragedy of "Tekken" is also that, no matter how to tell this American story, the Americans still don't understand it after all. The Chinese audience expressed disdain. The two sides didn't settle well, poor RZA, with deep affection, but didn't write the idea.
It can be said that this story was not very interesting. But letting a few Americans pay tribute to Shaw's action movies is quite interesting in itself. In China, martial arts movies have fallen into disrepair. Good-looking action movies such as "Sword Rain" and "Xiu Chun Dao" turned out to be terrible at the box office. In the movie, it is a black man who saves China. In reality, he is reproducing the scenery of Shaw Brothers. It is not ironic.
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