TRUE LEGEND's groovy, vintage exploitation-style poster recalls the kung fu craze of the 70s, much as this Chinese-Hong Kong film does through its over-the-top fight scenes, sensational storytelling and larger-than-life characters. But director Yuen Woo Ping balances his homage with decidedly modern effects, from impressive CGI to, most notably, his groundbreaking, floating martial arts choreography, with which he’s wowed plenty a moviegoer before in the MATRIX and KILL BILL series and CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON.
In the film, retired Qing dynasty general Su Can (Vincent Zhao, or, as the martial arts leviathan is known in China, Man Cheuk Chiu) lives a humble teacher’s life until his vengeful, monstrously transformed brother Yuan (Andy On), returns from war armed with the deadly "Five Venom Fists." Yuan murders their father, poisons and hurls Su into the rapids and kidnaps his son. Su’s wife Ying (Zhou Xun) jumps in after him and drags the maimed warrior into the mountains to nurse him back to health along with the help of Sister Yu. (Michelle Yeoh, the most recognizable face to American audiences and another martial arts giant.) He disciples for the God of Wushu (Jay Chou), or Chinese martial arts, and an eccentric old sage in the never-before-seen art of Drunken Boxing (!) so that he can one day return to vanquish his nemesis and rescue his son.
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