Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen2011
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2011)
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Cast
as Chen Zhen
as Kiki
as Liu Yiutian
as Inspector Huang Hao Long
as Weiwei
as Qi Zhishan

as General Zeng
as Tsuyoshi Chikaraishi
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Critic Reviews for Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
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There's too much lustrous-hued loitering and too few martial-arts set pieces. This isn't another disposable B movie, though.
What appears to be going on behind the scenes is a distinctly anti-Japanese/anti-English nationalistic fervor disguised as historical action slugfest.

It's all a big cinematic jumble and, quite frankly, an expensive-looking mess.

Using not one but two world wars as backdrops, Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen is an exhilarating kung fu romp.

The result is disappointing.
It's generally fun to watch Mr. Yen move and not much fun to watch him act, and "Legend of the Fist" is no exception.

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Super Reviewer
IP MAN THRE.... Wait. What the hell? Chinese superhero? He's got the same costume as the dude from "Green Hornet". "Legend of the Fist: Return of Chen Zhen" sucked. Straight up. Here are some positives: great production value, great sets and costumes, and for a little bit, great cinematography and camera work. I like Donnie Yen; he was great in both Ip Man's but there was no way that his flashy fighting moves could overcome all the shortcomings of this movie. The plot was ridiculously uninteresting not because of the content itself -- it was simply slapped in. Just a bunch of dialogue that had absolutely no heart or character development behind it. Many are probably thinking, "This is a kung-fu movie. What do you expect?" Well then, I guess they didn't know what they were trying to make the movie then; its excessive but gritty violence and portrayal of the story calls for an effective drama, then we get super cheesy shots of a Chinese superhero standing ontop of a clock tower. Not to mention, the action was a bore (except for the opening war scene). What I found particularly annoying was how abrupt every scene was in conveying the emotions it wanted to instill upon the audience. What I mean by this is that most movies have a flow to build character development, relationships, a sense of accomplishment or loss. "Legend of the Fist" rushes through it and it completely breaks the flow (the thought of becoming a superhero is never elaborated on and he literally jumps into a suit, the relationship he builds with some girl is never truly built, and the ending scenes after the events of the climax is literally a 10 second scene that breezes by with no intent of being "open for interpretation" or giving a sense of ending). They'll do that with the ending scene but then show about 10 minutes of some Chinese girl singing a song on stage. Wow. Really? Loads and loads of problems with this movie. Do not watch it. On all levels it sucked.

Super Reviewer
excellent visuals, exciting fight scenes, and a decent story push this film into a place of strong likability. really a kung fu superhero film. the script got lazy at multiple points weakening the film quite a bit, but i really enjoyed it.

Super Reviewer
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen Quotes
Liu Yiutian: | This is china, alright, bub? I really cant look up to you fat ass americans always sitting in front off me telling me what to do! When im done there are ony two words, fu** off! Euh?! Cant understand? alrrighttt, ill use english. You, just, useless! |
Liu Yiutian: | This is China, alright bub? I really can't look up to you fat ass Americans always sitting in front off me telling me what to do! When I'm done there are ony two words, fu** off! |