Legend of the Wolf - Donnie Yen, Ben Lam, some others
5/5

Donnie's directoral debut. Many complain that the camerawork is bad in this. I feel otherwise. This is a raw power movie that will pump blood through your veins like draino. Donnie picked a very powerful soundtrack that plays during each fight (different music), plus a theme song that just works, and it's well executed. He and a stunt man have a great fight that lasts 4 minutes long and goes at light speed, and Ben Lam takes him on at the end and the fighting style totally changes at that point to lots of slowmo and emphasis on moves and technique. The story is shelled, though, inside a memory. So, skip the first 10 minutes and forget the last 10 minutes because it's detrimental to everything in my opinion. Great film and better than many newer movies, and with a big Donnie style too. Almost experimental.



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