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Kung Fu League (2018)
Leon Xu November 11, 2019 Movies, Reviews
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With the Marvel films popularizing the idea of crossovers, it was only a matter of time before it happened with legends of kung fu cinema. Director Jeffrey Lau (best known for his comedies with Stephen Chow) assembles four of the greatest kung fu icons in one film: "Kung Fu League", featuring Wong Fei-hung, Ip Man, Huo Yuanjia, and Chen Zhen and transports them to modern times.
Lau has a ball with the fish-out-of-water, fourth-wall-breaking humor in this action-comedy where these four kung fu greats must help train a young boy to win a martial arts tournament and maybe even win the heart of his dream girl!Trailer
Cast
Two actors reprise their roles among the aforementioned legendary kung fu masters. Vincent Zhao as Wong Fei-hung from the fourth and fifth films of the Once Upon a Time in China series and Dennis To as Ip Man from "The Legend is Born: Ip Man."Danny Chan Kwok-Kwan plays Chen Zhen, a fictional character first made popular by Bruce Lee in Fist of Fury. Taiwanese-American actor and martial artist Andy On portrays Huo Yuanjia and Chen Hsin-hung plays Fei Ying Xiong, the film's protagonist who is dismayed over his unsuccessful attempts to win over his crush. Madina Memet plays Bao'er, the girl in question.Plot
Cartoonist, Fei Ying Xiong, longs to confess his feelings to the love of his life, Bao'er, when he finishes drawing his first comic book on his birthday, but he isn't wealthy by any stretch of the imagination. Feeling dismayed, he wishes that the world had heroes that would help the needy, just like in the movies.Let me see your war face
Let me see your war face
Kung fu masters get techy
Kung fu masters get techy
Never Give Up Never Surrender
Never Give Up Never Surrender
His wish comes true, as four kung fu masters from Chinese history arrive in contemporary times. Hilarity ensues when the four masters try to get acclimated and figure out their current situation. They find Fei Ying, who explains that he wants to win a martial arts tournament carrying a grand prize of 30 million RMB. The four masters agree to train him so that he may win, hoping that helping him with his wish will return them all home.