The Legend of Chen Zhen

Director: Andrew Lau
Genre: Martial arts, Action, Action/Adventure, World cinema, History, Crime Thriller, Thriller, Drama, Chinese Movies
Year: 2010
Country: Hong Kong, China
Language: Japanese Language, Standard Mandarin, English Language
Starring: Huang Bo, Anthony Wong Chau Sang, Shu Qi, Karl Dominik, Zhou Yang, Ryu Kohata, Jiajia Chen, Kurata Yasuaki, Huo Si Yan, Donnie Yen

Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen is a 2010 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Andrew Lau and starring Donnie Yen as Chen Zhen, a role made famous by Bruce Lee in Fist of Fury (1972). The film is a sequel to Fist of Legend (1994), which starred Jet Li as Chen Zhen. Principal photography for Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen began in November 2009 and ended in early February 2010; shooting took place in Shanghai. The film was shown out of competition during the opening night of the 67th Venice International Film Festival, and 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was released theatrically in China on 21 September 2010 and two days later in Hong Kong.

Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen is set in the period before the Second Sino-Japanese War, after the apparent death of Chen Zhen, who was shot after avenging his teacher (Huo Yuanjia) in Fist of Legend. Chen joins a group of Chinese men to help the Allies fight the Germans in France during World War I. He returns to China after the war, taking on the identity of Qi Tianyuan, a fellow comrade who was killed in action.

Back in Shanghai, Chen joins an underground resistance movement to stop

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