Much of the Donnie Yen-related posting on HeyUGuys of late has focused on Ip Man 2 and rightly so, for verily it looks awesome. Let us pause however and pay due homage to another of his films, Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen.
We brought you the teaser trailer all the way back in June 2010 and now we have the full trailer for your enjoyment. There is (thankfully) a good deal more in the way of plot points in this new trailer, unfolding for us as it does this tale of a masked crime-fighter taking on organised crime in a Japan-occupied Shanghai in the 1920’s. There is also, much more to the point, loads more along the lines of Donnie Yen kicking people, which can only be a good thing; after all, they are baddies.
As the trailer below says, this is due for a theatrical release in the US in April 2011, having apparently already enjoyed a UK release in December 2010. Must have missed that one, then. Badass Digest describe the film as an “avalanche of ass-kicking”, while Cinematical say it is “fresh, exciting and original”. Depending on what you’re looking for, I suppose either one of those might prompt you to seek it out. Personally, I think it looks outstanding, with some genuinely impressive stunt and fight work and a real sense of imagination applied to the sequences on show here.
