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Su Can (Vincent Zhao) dreams of creating a unique school of kung fu that will be followed for generations to come, but he loses the will to live once his joyous life with his beloved wife (Zhou Xun) and son is destroyed by his nemesis Yuan Lie (Andy On). His spirits hitting rock bottom, Su Can is reduced hopelessly to a drunkard and crazy beggar. But an encounter with the mysterious figure known as "Martial God" (Jay Chou) eventually brings him out of darkness and back onto his lifelong quest for the ultimate in martial arts. Through his invention of the "Drunken Fists" style, Su Can finally sees the way to rise from his ordeal and become a True Legend.
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Product Title: | True Legend (2010) (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) 蘇乞兒 (2010) (DVD) (香港版) 苏乞儿 (2010) (DVD) (香港版) 蘇乞兒 (香港版) True Legend (2010) (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) |
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Artist Name(s): | Vincent Zhao (Actor) | Michelle Yeoh (Actor) | Jay Chou (Actor) | Zhou Xun (Actor) | Gordon Liu (Actor) | David Carradine (Actor) | Andy On (Actor) | Jiang Lu Xia (Actor) | Cung Le (Actor) | Guo Xiao Dong (Actor) | Leung Ka Yan (Actor) | Yan Ni | Yee Chung Man | Pan Guoyu 趙文卓 (Actor) | 楊 紫瓊 (Actor) | 周 杰倫 (Actor) | 周迅 (Actor) | 劉家輝 (Actor) | 大衛卡烈甸 (Actor) | 安 志杰 (Actor) | 蔣璐霞 (Actor) | 黎烈弓 (Actor) | 郭曉冬 (Actor) | 梁家仁 (Actor) | 閆妮 | 奚仲文 | 潘 國瑜 赵文卓 (Actor) | 杨 紫琼 (Actor) | 周 杰伦 (Actor) | 周迅 (Actor) | 刘家辉 (Actor) | 大卫卡烈甸 (Actor) | 安 志杰 (Actor) | 蒋璐霞 (Actor) | 黎烈弓 (Actor) | 郭晓冬 (Actor) | 梁家仁 (Actor) | 闫妮 | 奚仲文 | 潘 国瑜 趙文卓 (チウ・マンチェク) (Actor) | 楊紫瓊(ミシェール・ヨー) (Actor) | 周杰倫 (ジェイ・チョウ) (Actor) | 周迅 (ジョウ・シュン) (Actor) | 劉家輝(リュー・チャーフィー) (Actor) | デヴィッド・キャラダイン (Actor) | 安志杰(アンディ・オン) (Actor) | 蔣璐霞 (ジャン・ルーシャー) (Actor) | Cung Le (Actor) | グオ・シャオドン (Actor) | 梁家仁(レオン・カーヤン) (Actor) | Yan Ni | Yee Chung Man | Pan Guoyu 조문탁 (Actor) | Michelle Yeoh (Actor) | Jay Chou (Actor) | Zhou Xun (Actor) | Gordon Liu (Actor) | David Carradine (Actor) | Andy On (Actor) | Jiang Lu Xia (Actor) | Cung Le (Actor) | Guo Xiao Dong (Actor) | Leung Ka Yan (Actor) | Yan Ni | Yee Chung Man | Pan Guoyu |
Director: | Yuen Wo Ping 袁和平 袁和平 袁和平(ユエン・ウーピン) Yuen Wo Ping |
Action Director: | Yuen Wo Ping 袁和平 袁和平 袁和平(ユエン・ウーピン) Yuen Wo Ping |
Producer: | William Kong | Zhang Zhen Yan 江 志強 | 張 震燕 江 志强 | 张 震燕 江志強(ウィリアム・コン) | Zhang Zhen Yan William Kong | Zhang Zhen Yan |
Release Date: | 2010-04-29 |
Language: | Cantonese, Mandarin |
Subtitles: | English, Traditional Chinese |
Place of Origin: | Hong Kong |
Picture Format: | NTSC What is it? |
Aspect Ratio: | 1.78 : 1 |
Disc Format(s): | DVD, DVD-9 |
Region Code: | 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it? |
Duration: | 117 (mins) |
Publisher: | Edko Films Ltd. (HK) |
Package Weight: | 120 (g) |
Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1022488337 |
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Director : Yuen Woo Ping
True Legend is the extraordinary journey of a man - a martial arts hero - whose greatest dream is to create a unique school of martial arts for the world to follow.
All his life, Su Can has been pursuing the summit in martial arts. There are two things he holds dearest to his heart – the dream of creating a unique kind of martial arts that will pass on to generations; and his beloved wife. Su has a happy family and his wife is the joy of his life. But owing to a turn of fate and his own stubbornness, Su falls helplessly into a quagmire and his family is destroyed.
After losing his wife, Su cannot live with himself and collapses totally. He is drunk all the time and becomes a crazy beggar in everyone’s eyes. Everyday, his young son ties him with a piece of rope and leads him through the streets, greeted by people’s curious and disdainful gazes.
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The announcement of True Legend unsurprisingly caused considerable excitement amongst martial arts fans, given that it saw Yuen Woo Ping, arguably still the world's best action choreographer, returning to the director's chair for the first time in 14 years. As if this wasn't enough, the film was also the first Chinese genre production to make the leap into 3D technology, potentially pushing its fight scenes to a new level of impact. The film's impeccable pedigree was confirmed by a script from Fearless scribe Christine To, and a cast headlined by Vincent Zhao (from the Once Upon a Time in China series), Andy On, Zhou Xun, Jay Chou, and Michelle Yeoh, not to mention appearances from the likes of Guo Xiaodong, Shaw Brothers veteran Gordon Liu, Leung Ka Yan, rising starlet Jiang Luxia, real-life boxing champion Cung Le, and Kill Bill star David Carradine - all of which combined to make the film the most highly anticipated genre epic for some time.
The film follows the life of martial arts legend Beggar Su (Zhao), beginning as his half brother Yuan Lie (Andy On) turns against him and his family, killing his father and taking his son prisoner. Being unable to beat his enemy and his unstoppable "Venom Fist" style sends Su into a great depression, and he turns to drink, living with his wife (Zhou Xun) in exile. Gradually, his passion for martial arts and his desire for revenge return, and he goes into training with the possibly imaginary God of Wushu (Jay Chou), honing his "Drunken Fist" skills and preparing for the coming battle. True Legend is basically a film of two parts, the first charting Su's development of his skills and taking on Yuan Lie, and then following his later life as a wandering drunk who eventually find purpose and redemption. Oddly, despite this and its epic feel, spanning as it does several important time periods in Chinese history, the film doesn't really have the feel of a biopic, not that this makes it any less interesting. Indeed, the fact that the film doesn't take itself too seriously and that it lacks any air of self importance allows it to work more as a straight piece of martial arts action, with its various fantasy elements combining well with its vaguely grounded setting. This certainly helps during the latter stages, when the film heads into territory suspiciously similar to the last act of Fearless pitting Su against a series of gimmicky Western warriors and wrestlers in area combat. Obviously, the film's main draw is its martial arts, and it certainly does not disappoint, serving up pretty much non-stop action in one form or another. Yuen Woo Ping is on great form, and the film is kinetic, fast moving and fun, with some very imaginative choreography marking most of its set pieces. On DVD at least, the 3D technology doesn't count for much, though thankfully it is not used too cheaply or too often. Somewhat less impressive is its occasional overreliance on CGI effects, both for the backgrounds, and to enhance the fight scenes, when perhaps some old school wire might have worked better. Although this is not pushed to the point of overload, as with the Pang Brothers' recent The Storm Warriors it does disconnect the viewer from the proceedings at times. Whilst the film is surprisingly violent and gory in places, the use of computer blood also detracts a little from the impact, though thankfully there are still more than enough traditional fight scenes to compensate, and the film does have more of a visceral impact than most other modern martial arts costume epics. All of the cast are on great form, with Vincent Zhao doing a good job in the lead, with his Beggar Su benefitting from not being too white washed, making his journey to true hero all the more rewarding. Andy On also deserves special mention for his bizarre performance as the villain, done up in ghoulishly pale makeup, having armour sewn into his skin, and training by putting his hands in bowls of snakes and scorpions. The appearance of David Carradine (who sadly passed away during post-production) is very welcome, as he adds a touch of class to all of his scenes, and is immeasurably better than the usual western non-actors who tend to turn up in Asian films. True Legend certainly is a cut above in general, and is definitely one of the better martial arts epics of the last few years. Although a bit too close to Fearless in places and featuring a little too much in the way of CGI, it entertains throughout, and makes for fun, exciting viewing. by James Mudge - BeyondHollywood.com |
Customer Review of "True Legend (2010) (DVD) (Hong Kong Version)"
Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: (4)
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June 30, 2011
This customer review refers to True Legend (Blu-ray) (China Version)
I have been trying to find a region A Disc after owning a Region B disc that i can look at on my laptop. However this version of the film is heavily edited for violence and some of the most brutal fights are censored. The action choreography is amazing in this film, yet here the most devastating blows are cut short or removed all together, including the death blow in the climactic fight between Yuan and Su Can. Without that one blow, the emotional resonance, the catharsis for the main character is gone. The film itself looks gorgeous, but what does it matter if the action scenes are neutered. After all, don't we watch Wu-Ping's movies for the brilliant Choreography? |
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June 11, 2010
True Legend is an emotionally entertaining film and it is very much a divided story.The plot is told in such a way that it has two different parts,making it what seems like watching two movies at on sitting.The first part is spent establishing the main character and life of Su Chan before he loses everything.The first part is quit enjoyable,with amazing fight scenes and a story that really sinks you in. The second part,however,is where the problem is.And eventhough the second part does have good fight scenes it does have a very draggy plot.
Yuen Wo Ping's fight choreography in True Legend remains inspired and exiciting and it definetly will keep you entertained. |
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May 1, 2010
Apes Fearless but still enjoyable.
Yuen woo ping returns to the directors chair and he delivers a truely enjoyable film, the fight scenes are top notch albeit heavily wire assisted but what sets it appart is the exceptional editing and direction of these fight scenes; audiences get to see the delivery of moves.
the problem is that the story suffers Yuen woo ping moves things along at too fast a pace leaving less than developed pivotal moments and revelations. this also affects characterization; Su Chan relevation comes about too quick. Zhou Xun plays his wife but unfortunately she isnt required to show a range emotions leaving the audience feeling a bit cold towards her character. Vincent zhao puts on a good performance but it is his wushu skills that truly shines and he is more than capable of handling himself. Andy On is barely developed but makes a worthy opponent for So Chan. As for Jay Chou, he is heavily miscast as god of wushu; he is just too young and inexperienced to convince as a martial arts master to Vincent Zhao, even worse his scenes are in front of a green screen making it feel at odds with the authentic environments featured throughout the film. Gordon Liu, Michelle Yeoh and Leung Kar Yan make welcome cameos but add nothing to the film. the first two acts are similar to Fearless but it is the third act that is the worse offender when the westerners are intoduced; the film shifts and apes Fearless. with all these problems though it is still highly enjoyable because in all honesty a Yuen woo ping film is all about the fights and there are plenty here that are highly creative. a welcome return, highly recommended. |
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May 1, 2010
I'm really disappointed with this after all the hype & anticipation. YWP did not deliver the goods as he normally would. Vincent Zhao did good as So Chan and Andy On, just the villian you wish you could kill! Apart from some credible fighting sequences, I felt a gap in the script. The appearance of Jay Chou (I like his costume) and Gordon Liu as some sort of 'martial arts gods' to help Vincent rediscover his strength & purpose in life, has left me a little bewildered. Was So Chan hallucinating? Definitely wireworks for Jay and poor Gordon reduced to 'giggles & somersaults'. when I was expecting big things from Gordon.
How true to 'legend' is this script? I can't help but keep returning to Sifu Director Lau Kar Leung's version of Young Vagabond. |
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