A documentary film about the life and career of the legendary Chinese bodybuilder and actor is being prepared for release. Bolo Jena (real name Yang Si), who is mainly known for his roles as villains in "Enter the Dragon" (1973) with Bruce Lee and "Bloody sport" (1988) with JCVD.
A movie called "Chinese Hercules: The Story of Bolo Yen" (Chinese Hercules: The Bolo Yeung Story) directed by actor and stuntman Azim Tsem, as well as screenwriters Pavel Nizhak ("Diamond Cartel") and Luke Brown ("Claws of the Dragon").
This documentary will show footage from Yen's personal archive, telling interesting details about his life and acting work in Chinese and American cinema.
During the course of the film, the director interviews many famous actors and directors associated with action cinema. Here are just a few of the names we are familiar with: Robert "Bob" Wall ("Enter the Dragon") Richard Norton ("Millionaire's Express") John Salvitti ("Hungt for the Crystal"), Peter Malota ("Finish them all") Matthias Hughes ("Angel of the darkness").
The release of the documentary on media is scheduled before the end of 2019, but the exact date has not yet been announced.
Another documentary film that interests us is called "Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks" (Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks) directed by Serge Ou.
The film examines the influence of kung fu films on popular culture. Screenwriters will trace the path of hand-to-hand cinema from the old wuxia films of the Hong Kong studio Shaw Brothers 60s to modern action films, including "The Matrix" 1999 directed by the Wachowskis, who with the help of this film returned kung fu to big cinema.
The experts in the film were famous actors of action cinema and film industry figures: the legendary Chinese actress Zheng Peipei (“Come Have a Drink with Me”), stars of hand-to-hand action films of the 80s and 90s Cynthia Rothrock ("Honor and Fury") and Richard Norton ("City Hungter"), young Hollywood actress Jessica Henwick (TV series "Game of Thrones", "Iron Fist"), rapper and director RZA (dulogy “The Man with the Iron Fists”), journalist and filmmaker Mike Leader (“Pound of Flesh”), as well as the author of various books on martial arts Matthew Polley.
The documentary has already been shown at the 67th Melbourne International Film Festival and is being released on DVD. The release should take place before the end of 2019.
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Tags: Chinese Hercules: The Bolo Yeung Story, Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks, RZA, Azim Tsem, Bob Wall, Bolo Yen, Jessica Henwick, John Salvitti, documentary, Mike Leader, Matthias Hughes, Peter Malota, Richard Norton, Serge Ou, Cynthia Rothrock, Zheng Peipei
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