Chan is known for making use of objects around him in his fights.įans’ assumption the Shang-Chi jacket move is an homage is not a long shot. The moment happens toward the beginning of the 1995 film, when a gang terrorizes a supermarket in the Bronx run by Ma’s uncle. The Rush Hour star was trending on the social media platform due to a discussion about a new clip from Shang-Chi released Friday in which the superhero, played by Simu Liu, dispatches bad guys on a bus with some stunning moves.Ĭhan fans were delighted when, in midst of the grapple, Liu’s Shang-Chi incorporates his jacket into the fight, a move used by Chan’s Ma Hon Keung in Rumble in the Bronx. Bringing together Yen and Chan is definitely a good way to do that though.Jackie Chan fans on Saturday had Twitter rumbling as they cheered an awesome fight move in the highly anticipated upcoming Marvel film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Ringsthat appears to be inspired by the iconic martial artist. It’s unclear when Ip Man 4 will release but it will have have quite the task ahead of itself if the film wants to top the success of Ip Man 3 which was not only the highest-earning entry in the franchise with around $156 million worldwide in earnings, but was also nominated for and won a number of major Asian film awards. Veteran Wilson Yip returned to direct while the legendary Yuen Woo-ping also served as the action choreographer once again. Outside of Chan appearing in a cameo role in 2004’s The Twins Effect II in which Yen co-starred, that would be the last collaboration between the two though.Īs for Ip Man 4, Yen and Chan aren’t the only big names in martial arts on the bill though as English-born B-movie action superstar Scott Adkins is also in the mix, while Taiwanese star Vanness Wu has also been revealed as part of the cast. : Jackie Chan Vintage Collection - 8-DVD Disc Set ( Battle Creek Brawl / Project A / Wheels on Meals / Police Story / Armour of God / Project A 2.
Most notably Yen actually played the bad guy in Chan’s Shanghai Knights in 2003. The Painful Price of Becoming Jackie Chan A new memoir by the legendary kung fu star reveals what it took to become one of Hong Kong’s greatest sons. Cheng was a member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team and is a long-time collaborator of the legendary martial artist.
While it doesn’t sound like Chan will be playing a straight-up antagonist like Tyson did, it has been reported that his and Yen’s battle will be the highlight of Ip Man 4.Īlthough it hasn’t happened often despite their prolific careers, this isn’t the first time Yen and Chan will go toe to toe on screen. The stunt team wanted to avoid obvious comparisons to Jackie Chan fight scenes. Ip Man ventures over to help his student deal with the strife in Chinatown, which is where he runs into Chan who is set to play a “respected Big Brother” in the community. Here are the 6 best and 6 worst Jackie Chan movies. Now for Ip Man 4, the action is being transplanted to America itself for the first time as a young Bruce Lee (introduce by actor Danny Chan in Ip Man 3) moves to San Francisco to open his own kung fu school, but sees his plans halted when he offends the locals. Despite sporting an epic cinematic resume, martial arts star Jackie Chan does have a few duds on his record. While the original 2008 film still held to some historical accuracy in its story, the subsequent sequels have strayed more and more into filmmaking fancy – although they all maintained a strong focus on realistic drama – and 2015’s Ip Man 3 saw Yen having to face off against Mike Tyson who played an American boxer turned property developer in late 1950s Hong Kong. The previous films have all been set against backdrops of political or social unrest and required the otherwise peaceful Wing Chun grandmaster to have to resort to fighting against violent enemies even when he didn’t want to.
JACKIE CHAN FILM SET FIGHT SERIES
Yen revealed on Chinese social media site Weibo (via JayneStars) earlier in the week that principal photography has just completed on the upcoming fourth film in his fan-favourite Ip Man series which sees the 54-year old action star play the titular real life master of Bruce Lee. Luckily for me and my sanity though, this time around there will be a lot less hair pulling and cat-scratching as the two martial arts legends I’m referring to is Donnie Yen and Jackie Chan!
JACKIE CHAN FILM SET FIGHT MOVIE
Two of the greatest names in martial arts movie history are set to throw down in Ip Man 4 and I haven’t been more excited about two men pretending to fight since Nick said something about Darryn’s bat-nipples and Darryn asked him to step outside.
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