"Jingwu Warrior" imitation! imitate!

Wayne 2022-04-12 08:01:01

This is a test of the waters for the director and starring before the Indonesian masterpiece "The Raid" to see if Indonesia's local martial arts can be expressed on the screen. Iko Uyake's image is still handsome, at least better than Tony Jia, but Indonesian martial arts is still worse than Muay Thai, and his performance is still too motherly. The problem with Iko is that his two arms always like to flutter before every move. Both movies have this problem. This is really two extremes from Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do. Bruce Lee has almost no small movements before the attack, he stores energy all over his body, pays attention to one move to control the enemy, and every punch and every kick is clean and neat. Iko's Indonesian martial arts also seem to be grappling and fighting, but they lag behind Hong Kong in terms of movement stretch and routine aesthetics, and the violence and stimulation are not as good as Muay Thai, so the viewing experience is not high. The second "Assault" has made obvious progress, and it is much better than this one. In addition, the storyline is too similar to "Fist Fighter", and as expected, kung fu movies don't need brains. The local market is still small, and Iko's cameo appearance in "Man of Tai Chi" is a wrong target. Tony Jia participated in "Speed ​​​​and Passion 7", and he also shot Wu Jingbao's "Slaying the Wolf 2". These are all good attempts. There are age restrictions on action actors. Let's make more films to give back to fans

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  • Johanna 2022-04-14 09:01:07

    A rare action movie in Indonesia~ Although there are obvious imitations of boxing fighters~ But the imitation is decent~

  • Jamison 2022-04-15 09:01:07

    Occasionally there is a sense of novelty, the last scene is very bad, the foreigner has been played disabled, the plot is not strong and does not achieve the desired dramatic effect, and finally becomes a mediocre finale, relying on emotions to win this matter, fiddling After decades, it's time to change.

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