Almost half of the Chinese action films have played the role of "Chen Zhen", and Bruce Leung, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Shi Xiaolong and Jordan Chan have been compared to him many times. In the same role of "Chen Zhen", if Donnie Yen, Bruce Leung and Jet Li are put together, what's the difference? Jet Li's version of "Chen Zhen"
In 1993, director Chen Jiashang definitely remade Bruce Lee's action classic "Fist of Fury". Among other things, the protagonist Chen Zhen immediately chose Jet Li. Unexpectedly, this casting choice created a classic of Chinese action movies.
Compared with the simple revenge main plot of "Fist of Fury" in 1972, "Fist of Fury" has made profound thoughts on martial arts concepts and the relationship between China and Japan, making the literary drama watchable. Sex reaches a whole new level.
The duels between Jet Li and Qian Xiaohao, Kurata Yasuaki, and Zhou Billy are enough to be recorded in action movie textbooks. Unlike Bruce Lee who always maintained an angry state, Jet Li vividly performed a young warrior who received advanced Western education and knew how to adapt.
In addition, Jet Li performed Chen Zhen's deeper emotional drama: facing the Chinese people's doubts about Japanese friendly people, cherishing the love of the Japanese girl Mitsuko, and the chilling feeling of the power struggle among his classmates, all made Chen Zhen feel uncomfortable. Everyone is impressed by Jet Li's acting skills.
The brilliance of literary drama has become a plus point for Jet Li's version of "Chen Zhen". Jet Li, who was wearing a Chinese tunic suit, played the upright and handsome young man Chen Zhen. It was the first time that the audience saw Nobuo with a crew cut and he was so handsome. No matter from which angle you look at it, Jet Li's version of Chen Zhen has paid tribute to and surpassed Bruce Lee's version. Liang Xiaolong's version of "Chen Zhen"
Compared to other actors who only play "Chen Zhen" for fun, Liang Xiaolong can be said to be the actor who is most inseparable from the role of "Chen Zhen". In 1981, "The Hero Fearless" directed and produced by Xu Xiaoming was broadcast on ATV in Hong Kong. Two years later, the show was introduced to mainland China and caused a huge sensation. The theme song "The Great Wall Will Never Fall Down" became popular in the streets.
The play mainly uses the life trajectory of Huo Yuanjia played by Huang Yuanshen as the main clue. Zhao Qiannan played by Michelle Michelle and Chen Zhen played by Liang Xiaolong are all important roles in the play.
Compared with other film and television works with Chen Zhen as the protagonist, Chen Zhen played by Liang Xiaolong in "The Great Hero Fearless" does not play a heavy role in the first half of the scene. Thanks to the large number of TV series, the audience can experience the characters' mental journeys in more space.
Compared with Chen Zhen such as Bruce Lee, Jet Li and others, Liang Xiaolong, whose appearance is not pleasing to the eye, worked harder on his acting skills. At the beginning, he failed in the martial arts competition and ended up depressed. He harbored a grudge against Huo Yuanjia. Moved by Huo Yuanjia's courage, he studied under Huo Yuanjia and finally avenged Huo Yuanjia.
The TV series transitioned the protagonist from Fearless to Chen Zhen very well, especially in the last few episodes of the TV series, Liang Xiaolong performed a lot of action scenes, especially his leg skills which were impressive.
Although the TV series ended with Chen Zhen being randomly shot to death, the popularity was so high that the original cast created the TV series "Chen Zhen" the following year to continue everyone's love for the character Chen Zhen.
To this day, Bruce Leung's version of Chen Zhen is still the inspiration for many viewers in Hong Kong dramas, and is extremely famous among those born in the 1960s and 1970s. It's a pity that although Bruce Leung has appeared in many works, the only ones that can be truly regarded as masterpieces are "The Hero Fearless" and "Chen Zhen". In terms of appearance and action design, Liang Xiaolong scores more points for emotions and does not have an advantage over other Chen Zhen actors.
Even after more than 40 years, Liang Xiaolong still often recalls with everyone anecdotes about his filming of "Chen Zhen", which really echoes the famous saying "a role takes a lifetime to perform". Donnie Yen's version of "Chen Zhen"
Donnie Yen is the only actor who has starred in both the TV series and the movie version of "Chen Zhen". In 1995, director Chen Musheng launched the action TV series "Fist of Fury". While basically maintaining the background of the previous "Fist of Fury" works, he added a large number of background and love scenes for the protagonist.
Donnie Yen, who is in his prime, has vividly demonstrated the "fast, ruthless and accurate" in his movements.
In the film, Chen Zhen shows off his strong muscles, making Donnie Yen's version of "Chen Zhen" full of youthful vitality and vigor.
Donnie Yen also became a couple with Wan Qiwen because of this drama, and people are talking about the behind-the-scenes footage of this drama. To a certain extent, Donnie Yen's modern fighting style is most consistent with Bruce Lee's kung fu concepts, and "Fist of Fury" has become one of Donnie Yen's rare TV dramas to be mentioned frequently.
In 2010, Liu Weiqiang and Chen Jiashang combined elements of "The Green Hornet", which Bruce Lee had previously starred in, to film "Fist of Fury·Chen Zhen". Compared with the main plot of "revenge for Huo Yuanjia" in other similar works, "Jingwu Fengyun·Chen Zhen" unprecedentedly mainly describes the innovation of Chen Zhen who faked his death and fled abroad, and then changed his identity and returned to the country to perform chivalrous actions.
Chen Zhen, who has entered middle age and has a calm mind, uses dual identities to mediate various forces in Shanghai, but he lacks the youthful recklessness in "Fist of Fury".
Compared with other versions of "Chen Zhen", Donnie Yen, whose acting skills are slightly weak, has undoubtedly increased the proportion of action scenes. Although the martial arts effects are pleasing to the eye, the short legs of literary scenes make him It is difficult for Donnie Yen to leverage the status of the previous "Chen Zhen".