It combines elements from the action film, as codified by hollywood, with chinese storytelling, aesthetic traditions and filmmaking techniques, to create a culturally distinctive form that nevertheless has a wide transcultural appeal. Ok, first thing i should get out of the way is that jackie chans name is all over this dvd, but aside from a brief appearance at the cannes film festival found in the special features, jackie is nowhere to be seen. Chan began his career as an extra child actor in the 1962 film big and little wong tin bar. Wushu you are looking for exciting, serious and realistic movies about with martial arts, kidnapping, coming of age, coach, sword, duel and tournament themes of action, drama and family genre shot in. Wushu has little in terms of plot or good dialogue. Feb 23, 2010 produced by the legendary jackie chan, wushu was marketed as a highflying martial arts thriller. Amazing action movies by jackie chan kung fu action movies most famous action movie of hollyd. Amazing action movies by jackie chan kung fu action movies. Here are some of the best film filghts of great chinese kung fu movies and usa international film productions featuring the classic combative situation well explained in the old testimony of the. I know undoubtably people will buy this and gripe that jackies not in. His job was to attract the media, and let the wushu skills of. It has a long history in reference to chinese martial arts.
But here the fights are not so important either, as the actors showing their skills in the competition little fighting, more demonstration type comes over the pure and unadulterated action. The first part of the movie is a kids story about sammos boys and three other children two boys, one girl they meet at the academy, they train together and become bffs after rescueing a helpless. But it was in between acting jobs where he finally found a name he liked. He is known in the cinematic world for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs himself. In the list of films below, you will see jackie credited with a variety of names. The film was written by dennis chan and ho leung lau and directed by antony szeto. Wushu starring sammo hung in this actionadventure on directv. Early in his career, jackie experimented with several different movie credit names including yuen lau, chen yuanlung, chen lung and chen hsin. Oct 22, 2008 jackie chan film trailer starring sammo hung, liu fengchao and wang wenjie in the antony szeto. Wushu 2008 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Az kung fu yoga cimu videot vargaagnes69 nevu felhasznalo toltotte fel az filmanimacio kategoriaba. Began training at age 8 in the martial art of wushu, on the beijing wushu team during the all china games. In dengfeng, henan during the warlord era of early republican china, a warlord.
Dec 27, 2016 amazing action movies by jackie chan kung fu action movies most famous action movie of hollyd. But you are not watching these movies for that anything is a good excuse to have cool fights, even if it helps. Chan sau chung is a practitioner of monkey kung fu. Ten years ago, five students joined a martial arts school and learned the disciplines of wushu and the bonds of friendship. In keeping with the familyfriendly nature of the film, the action in wushu largely eschews life or death scales, and for the most part operates within the tournament setting. Jackie chan film trailer starring sammo hung, liu fengchao and wang wenjie in the antony szeto.
Antony szetos wushu is an effective familyfriendly martial arts film on many levels, one of the primary ones being that it is so keenly aware of the power of the martial arts as a vehicle for selfdiscovery and inner peace, which are especially crucial during youth. Act as cannon fodder for the next jackie chan, or take the star ferry to kowloon for some neon glamour and play spotthe film location if youve watched a lot of hong kong films but havent visited the territory, you may be disappointed to find that there arent gangs of nunchuckwielding triads on every corner. But here the fights are not so important either, as the actors showing their skills in the competition little fighting, more demonstration type comes over. Interview with jackie chan kfk team february 10, 2017 interviews jackie chan is a global icon, an action superstar that hardly needs an introduction, with over 200 movies to his credit and 56 years in the industry, hes still going strong. Lord lindsey rules the opium trade and enslaves the innocent. The only hope for the oppressed nation is a covert group of trained wushu warriors the red lotus society who will fight to restore justice to its people. In the first fight scene, chan sau chung does a few movements of the drunken monkey technique in that he take a few faltering steps i. Upon arrival to an elite martial arts conservatory, a group of young boys swear an allegiance to each other and form a gang. Jackie chan presents new film the foreigner agence francepresse afp. Li played a disillusioned captain whose wife was murdered by crime lords in the 1995 film high risk. Wushu you are looking for exciting, serious and realistic movies about with martial arts, kidnapping, coming of age, coach, sword, duel and tournament themes of action, drama and family genre shot in hong kong. Hong kong actor jackie chan s career spans more than seven decades and features him working as an actor, martial artist, film director, action director, stuntman, producer and singer. One of the characters in the film actually made fun of jackie chan, an actor that director wong jing once had a bad experience with.
Sep 26, 2017 here are some of the best film filghts of great chinese kung fu movies and usa international film productions featuring the classic combative situation well explained in the old testimony of the. Shaolin also known as the new shaolin temple is a 2011 hong kongchinese action martial arts film produced and directed by benny chan, and starring andy lau and nicholas tse with a special appearance by jackie chan. To promote wushu, jackie chan, apart from producing the film, also brought the cast to cannes film festival, walking the red carpet with them, bringing worldwide media attention on the film. The ultimate chronological list of jackie chan movies. Wushu is a 2008 action film starring the undefeated martial arts extraordinaire jackie chan. Drunken master jackie chan vs wushu master jet li trel hawk. Us wushu team competes at 2010 sport accord combat games monday, august 30th, 2010. The kung fu wushu african cup, which is held in antananarivo, madagascar this year, will be welcoming chan, who is an idol of most of the contestants. Jet li li at the world economic forum in 2009 born li lianjie 19630426 april 26, 1963 age 57 beijing, china citizenship singapore. It was developed in 1949 in an effort to standardize the practice of traditional chinese martial arts, yet attempts to structure the various decentralized martial arts traditions date back earlier, when the. Golden rooster and hundred flower film festival hong kong 23 october 2008.
Antony szeto has shown up in many departments for various films. Produced by the legendary jackie chan, wushu was marketed as a highflying martial arts thriller. Jackie s big brother sammo hung is the top billed star, here he plays a wushu teacher and widow raising his two sons at a martial arts academy. Today, both will be put to the test after they and a. Today, both will be put to the test after they and a former student stumble into a child kidnapping ring. Philip sahagun is a martial arts champion who has promoted the art of wushu as a finalist on two of chinas toprated reality competitions, kung fu star and jackie chans disciple. Hong kong action cinema is the principal source of the hong kong film industrys global fame. With sammo kambo hung, fengchao liu, wenjie wang, phoebe wang.
The trailer pulls almost exclusively from the climactic action scenes where the heroes and. Sammo hung kambo, fengchao liu, wenjie wang, pheobe wang, yongchen liu, yachao wang, junjie mao, dong wei released. Chan kongsang, known professionally as jackie chan, is a hong kongese martial artist, actor, film director, producer, stuntman, and singer. Dec 12, 2014 drunken master jackie chan vs wushu master jet li trel hawk. His job was to attract the media, and let the wushu skills of the main cast members speak for themselves. Drunken master jackie chan vs wushu master jet li youtube. Starring andy lau, nicholas tse, jackie chan, wu jing, fan bingbing, yu shaoqun.