What did Donnie Yen learn?

I have studied Tai Chi, Wudang, Manta Boxing, Wing Chun Boxing, Hong Boxing, Western Boxing and Taekwondo.

Work hard and usher in a smooth road for stars.

From 65438 to 0999, Donnie Yen went to Berlin as the action director of the German TV series "Code: Jaguar", which was the first time that a Hong Kong-made filmmaker cooperated with the German film and television circle, and Donnie Yen also invisibly strengthened the exchange between Chinese and Western martial arts cultures. Thanks to the excellent guidance of Donnie Yen's Donnie Yen, this TV series set a high audience rating in Europe that year, and Donnie Yen also successfully opened the door to European and American markets.

200 1 is a hard year for Donnie Yen. He was not only invited as the martial arts director of the Hollywood sci-fi blockbuster Blade 2, but also invited by Zhang Yimou to face Jet Li again in Hero. Donnie Yen doesn't have many scenes in Hero, but fighting for his life is enough to make all the fans scream. This is his second reunion with Jet Li after 10 years. Although their physical fitness did not reach the peak, their mastery of action performance skills made their fighting scenes stay in classic moments for a time. Both films were released in 2002, which created great momentum for Donnie Yen in both east and west, and made the media focus on this man who should have been a kung fu superstar long ago.

Donnie Yen also participated in Hollywood's "Shanghai Noon 2" (2003), in which he played the villain and fought Jackie Chan at the end of the film. This is an American film, and these two kung fu masters can't appreciate their martial arts stunts. It was supposed to be a classic duel, but it ended hastily under the control of Hollywood directors. This is a great pity for action movies, and it is difficult to see it in the same movie in the future.

Although there are few regrets, there are many gains. After a great war in the world film industry, Donnie Yen returned to his starting point. He knows that only in this land can he create an action film that best suits his own style. From the moment he returned to Hong Kong, a new history of Kung Fu movies was about to be written.

In the face of difficulties, the market dawned.

In 2003, after Donnie Yen was hired by Emperor Company and returned to Hong Kong, the environment there was very difficult for him. From the beginning, he encountered a low tide in his career, and it was also because1after the Asian financial turmoil in 1997, Hong Kong films shrank in an all-round way. Nowadays, Hong Kong films are facing increasing pressure to survive. Donnie Yen not only wants to revitalize his film career, but also has to shoulder the responsibility of saving the market, because he has the strength!

Donnie Yen's first film after his return to Hong Kong was "A Thousand Machine Changes", which was made by the emperor to dote on his artist twins. Donnie Yen's main duty in movies is martial arts instruction. He wants to turn two young people who have never learned Kung Fu into martial arts masters on the screen, which is not difficult for Donnie Yen because he is good at martial arts. In the end, "Thousand Machine Changes" won him the Golden Award and the Golden Horse Award for Best Action Design, and he was able to conquer these two film awards at the same time.

In 2005, Donnie Yen was in full swing. He cooperated with the great director Tsui Hark again and produced the martial arts masterpiece Seven Swords, which is a group play. Even with the participation of many first-line stars, Donnie Yen's "You Stegosaurus" rapid offensive could not be overshadowed. Chu, played by Donnie Yen, is undoubtedly the most attractive character in the film.

After filming Seven Swords, Donnie Yen cooperated with young director Ye Weixin in the fashion action film Kill the Wolf, which was also a great success. The wonderful fighting scene cheered the market up. In the film, Donnie Yen personally served as martial arts instructor, and he introduced the internationally popular new concept of MMA. At the end of the film, he fights with Sammo Hung to the death, which is the best practice of Donnie Yen's years of comprehensive fighting research experience. Many fans said that after watching this movie, they found the feeling of watching Hong Kong's golden age action movies. Critics also believe that Donnie Yen's new work is the clarion call for the revival of Hong Kong action movies in the new century.

"Kill the Wolf" is just a prelude to Donnie Yen's revitalization of action movies. In 2006, he assembled new movie stars Nicholas Tse and Shawn Yue to shoot the classic cartoon Dragon Humen, which has been popular in Hong Kong for 40 years. This action blockbuster with the same name has become the most comprehensive film controlled by Donnie Yen in recent years. He participated in many aspects of film production. Obviously, Donnie Yen will become an all-round filmmaker. The mainland box office of Dragon Humen exceeded 46 million, which shows that Donnie Yen has cultivated a large number of loyal audiences in the mainland market, and his huge box office appeal is also highlighted at this time. Needless to say, the time has come for China's film kungfu superstar Donnie Yen.

Have both cultural relics and strive for all-round development

Since "Dragon Humen", Donnie Yen's handling of China's plays in movies has been criticized a lot. Many viewers reported that the story of Longhumen was too weak to be mentioned at all, and the whole play relied on martial arts to support the scene. Faced with such doubts, Donnie Yen and director Ye Weixin also have difficulties. It's not that they and the screenwriter can't tell stories (Ye Weixin's screenwriter skill can be seen in Kill the Wolf), but because of the market consideration and the limitation of film space, the plot of Longhumen will be unbalanced, so Donnie Yen vowed to solve this problem in his new work "The Fuse".

The biggest weakness of action movies is the plot. In the past, Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan's action comedies were widely sought after by fans because of their wonderful plots and lots of jokes. Nowadays, action movies often make the same mistakes as Dragon and Humen, and even Hollywood is not immune. This year, Donnie Yen's latest film is The Fuse. He promised that the film would be "both civil and military" and hoped to live up to the fans' love and expectation for him.

Chronology of Donnie Yen's Major Film Works

Daoism (1982)

Laughing Tai Chi (1984)

Love meets the enemy (1985)

Xinlongmen Inn (1992)

Men in Huang Feihong should be self-reliant (1992)

Sue (1992)

Young Huang Feihong Iron Horse (1993)

High-voltage line for Asian police (1995)

Legend of War Wolf (1997)

Hero (2002)

Seven swords (2005)

Kill the Wolf (2005)

Longhumen (2006)

Fuse (2007)