Legend of the first : the return of Chen Zhen / an Andrew Lau film.
Contributor(s): Liu, Weiqiang
| Yen, Donnie | Shu, Qi | Huang, Bo | Wong, Anthony | Media Asia Films Limited.
Publisher: [Causeway Bay, Hong Kong] : Media Asia Films (BVI) Ltd., c2010Description: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.Subject(s): Martial artists -- China -- Drama | Feature films -- China -- Hong Kong | Martial arts films -- China -- Hong Kong | Shanghai (China) -- History -- Japanese Invasion, 1932 -- DramaDDC classification: 791.4372 Cast: Donnie Yen, Shu Qi, Anthony Wong, Huang Bo.Summary: While China is traumatized by military cliques during the Warlord Era in the 1920s, Shanghai is the cynosure of all eyes. People see it as both Hell's Kitchen and Heaven's Gate. One of the city's most memorable heroes has to be Chen Zhen (Donnie Yen), who single-handedly avenges his mentor's death by killing all the Japanese at a dojo in Hongkou, only to be showered with bullets while making his legendary flying kick. Vanished from the public eye ever since, he has been taken for dead though his body is never found. Seven years later, a wealthy entrepreneur called Qi returns from abroad and makes a grand entrance on the Shanghai social scene by befriending the notorious mafia boss of the city. This mysterious man is none other than Chen Zhen in disguise who dwells in a world of nefarious means in order to infiltrate the criminal empire. He soon discovers a clandestine collusion between the mafia and the Japanese. One of his foremost missions is to ferret out the assassination list prepared by the Japanese.
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| Media Resources | Taylor's Library-TU | 791.4372 LEG 2010 (Browse shelf) | DVD | 1 | Available | GENLS,GENLS,01,GR | 1000524623 |
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Bonus features: Theatrical trailers, the making of.
Donnie Yen, Shu Qi, Anthony Wong, Huang Bo.
While China is traumatized by military cliques during the Warlord Era in the 1920s, Shanghai is the cynosure of all eyes. People see it as both Hell's Kitchen and Heaven's Gate. One of the city's most memorable heroes has to be Chen Zhen (Donnie Yen), who single-handedly avenges his mentor's death by killing all the Japanese at a dojo in Hongkou, only to be showered with bullets while making his legendary flying kick. Vanished from the public eye ever since, he has been taken for dead though his body is never found. Seven years later, a wealthy entrepreneur called Qi returns from abroad and makes a grand entrance on the Shanghai social scene by befriending the notorious mafia boss of the city. This mysterious man is none other than Chen Zhen in disguise who dwells in a world of nefarious means in order to infiltrate the criminal empire. He soon discovers a clandestine collusion between the mafia and the Japanese. One of his foremost missions is to ferret out the assassination list prepared by the Japanese.
DVD, region 3.
In Mandarin or Cantonese with Chinese, English and Malay subtitles.