It’s been 12 years since Yuen Woo-ping, celebrated international master of movie martial arts, directed his own movie instead of choreographing action for someone else and now he’s finally back where he belongs helming the wuxia pian TRUE LEGEND, starring Vincent Zhao (THE BLADE), in his first film role in eight years.
Something a little different that can be spotted in Yuen’s latest film from set photos are menacingly black-armored costumes seemingly straight out of Tsui Hark’s SEVEN SWORDS. In past interviews, Yuen has cited SEVEN SWORDS and the more recent war epic THE WARLORDS as a change in direction for the martial arts genre. Action and art direction, it seems, is moving away from the picturesque opulence of a Zhang Yimou wuxia epic and towards a more somber and violent presentation of martial arts and martial arts heroes. Regarding TRUE LEGEND, Yuen has stated that the film will feature very little comedy and will instead be a tragic, but inspiring drama. We’ll have to wait and see if that mood translates in the action itself.
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