Fist of Legend: Difference between revisions
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Fist of Legend: Difference between revisions
Fist of Legend is a 1994 martial arts film and a loose remake of Bruce Lee's 1972 film Fist of Fury (aka The Chinese Connection.) It was written and directed by Gordon Chan, starring Jet Li in the role of Chen Zhen, originally played by Bruce Lee, with fight choreography by Yuen Woo-ping, who would go on to work on The Matrix trilogy and the Kill Bill films. This film would take a more nuanced approach to Sino-Japanese relations compared to the original, showing that the Japanese were decent people led by bad leaders, unlike the original which painted all of the Japanese characters with the same brush. Gordan Chan would revisit the character of Chen Zhen in his 2010 sequel, Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen, with Donnie Yen taking over the role.
The following weapons appear in the film Lifeforce:
Captain Jie (Cheung-Yan Yuen), Uncle Noh (Paul Chun) and various Shanghai policemen use Mauser C96 pistols. These do not appear to be "Red 9" or Shansi broomhandles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingPre-War dated Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser. Note the rear tangent sight; in something of a display of wishful thinking, the C96's sight is adjustable for ranges up to 1000 meters.Error creating thumbnail: File missingCaptain Jie ends the fight between the Jing Wu school and Master Akutagawa's students, because the guy who will always win in a sword fight is the guy with the gun. (Notice that his pistol is not cocked, despite having fired a warning shot moments before.)Error creating thumbnail: File missingCaptain Jie and Uncle Noh armed with Mauser C96s in the end.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingLee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British. This was the main battle rifle of British and Commonwealth forces during the First World War, introduced in 1907 it has seen action throughout the 20th century.Error creating thumbnail: File missingFujita's troops take aim at Chen Zhen and Hou Ting-An. Notice that the rifles are already cocked, possibly due to multiple takes.Error creating thumbnail: File missingFujita's troops cycle their actions. This is for dramatic effect as it's clear that there isn't any ammunition in the rifles.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThese Enfields still have the full sized Pattern 1907 bayonet.
Mauser rifles
Japanese troops and Chinese police also use a variety of Mauser rifles. Given the setting and filming location, some of these may be Type Zhongzheng rifles.
Fist of Legend is first and foremost a kung-fu movie, and a very fine one at that. But that means that corners were cut in other aspects, such as the weapons as shown above, and uniforms.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe shade of green selected for the Imperial Japanese troops may be a bit off.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAnd whoops, looks like they ran out. At least it's clear that the soldiers in the front are meant to represent Imperial Japanese Army troops. As for the soldiers further down the line, well...
