Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
2010 · Movie · R · 105 min · ★ 6.8 · 48% critics
Japanese forces occupy Shanghai and spread terror across the city. Chen Zhen, long presumed dead, returns to oppose the occupiers and link up with resistance efforts to challenge their tyrannical rule.
Also known as The Return of Chen Zhen
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Details
- Original title
- 精武風雲
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2010-09-01
- Language
- CN
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 48/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (456 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a masked-fighter style action movie with tense occupation-era stakes and plenty of standout martial-arts moments; Not for you if you prefer plot-heavy thrillers or want more consistently frequent fights like IP Man.
Pros: lots of big fights; strong Shanghai atmosphere; memorable acrobatic moves | Cons: story flow can drag; fight quantity criticized; some portrayals divisive
Themes
- martial arts
- assassin
- assassination
Cast & crew
Donnie Yen
as Chen Zhen
Shu Qi
as Kiki
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
as Liu Yutian
Huang Bo
as Huang
Huo Siyan
as Weiwei
Angela Jiajia Chen
as Huang Lan
Zhou Yang
as Qi Zhishan
Ryu Kohata
as Colonel Chikaraishi
Ryohei Kurosawa
as Chikaraishi Sasaki
Yasuaki Kurata
as Chikaraishis Vater
Directed by Andrew Lau Wai-Keung