This was the chinese hero movie that I caught 2 weeks ago. However, I must admit this movie was a letdown to me.
Starring Eddie Peng as the young legendary hero Huang Feihong, Sammo Hung, Tony Leung, Angelababy, Jing Boran etc, this movie traced the path of how the junior Huang formed a youth gang with his childhood brothers and sisters, whose families were killed by the gangs, in an attempt to bring down the ringleaders and their gangs to restore peace and harmony to the community.
Naturally, there was nothing to complain about the fighting scenes but the storyline was feeble. The brotherhood was touching and I cringed when Huang almost had to slice off the tongue of his buddy Fiery and maimed him. On the other hand, I found Angelababy's role as Xiao Hua tragic and her ending was laughable.
In the end, of course good triumphed over bad. Otherwise there would never be the famous Master Huang Feihong in the many other stories in the other movies. In comparison, Jet Li's movies at least two decades ago of the same legend was way better and much more impressionable.
I was so busy recently that I didn't manage to post much these few weeks. So here goes.
Directed by Stephen Fung and produced by him and Daniel Wu, this first part of a trilogy stars the newcomer Yuan Xiaochao, who is China's wushu gold medal winner at the Asian Games 2010, Angelababy, Taiwan's Eddie Peng, and Hong Kong's Tony Leung with cameos by Stephen Fung himself and Shu Qi.
I guess Stephen loves to make such light-hearted movies, as evident by some of his other earlier productions, but I prefer period martial-arts movies to be more serious. Hence, I wasn't quite bowled over by the story-telling although the animation scenes were quite interesting. I read quite a bit about her but this was the first Angelababy movie I watched and I do think she has a refreshing face.
Well, the second part starring Daniel Wu and China's Feng Shaofeng is coming out soon, so there is no need to wait too long for the continuation.
