Master of Cancer, China Film Archive
At least one thing I admire Jackie Chan.
Kung Fu Yoga is of course such a standard Jackie Chan action comedy, directed by Jackie Chan's old partner Tang Jili, which returns to the theme of winning treasures that they are all familiar with.
When it comes to blockbusters, we will definitely think of Steven Allan Spielberg and george lucas's raiders of the lost ark classic series. Getting out of the ark and killing the patron saint of a circle of people is still one of the most impressive movie scenes in my childhood.
Through the popular adventure of Dr. raiders of the lost ark, the film "raiders of the lost ark" quickly revived and rebuilt a mature genre narrative model-this is because the film "raiders of the lost ark" is not the original, but actually a very old-fashioned film category, and then declined, and Spielberg and Lucas revived it.
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The hero of a blockbuster movie is usually an archaeologist like Dr Jones or Professor Jack in Kung Fu Yoga. Adventure always happens in a mysterious foreign land, and a treasure related to historical unsolved cases is found, excavated and contested.
Kung fu yoga is certainly such a story. Jack Chan, a professor in the Department of Archaeology, has been looking for traces of a missing army in the Tang Dynasty and for William, an explorer friend who disappeared because of this army. This is Jackie Chan's inner contradiction and motivation.
Driven by this knot, Jack got the map in the hand of the Indian princess and began to look for the treasure. In the process of treasure hunting, he led the team (and the audience) through foreign wonders such as Dubai and India, and launched fierce conflicts with the enemy under different environmental conditions.
The choice of India is of course related to the development of state relations between China and India. I have to say that Jackie Chan is a man with a world mind, which is unique in the Hong Kong film circle. Or it can be said that even if others have brains, they don't have the strength to do the same thing.
Jackie Chan, who just won the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement, is the only China movie star who can export entertainment products. From Tianshidao to Jedi Escape, and now Kung Fu Yoga, if all the information that these films want to convey is connected, we know that Jackie Chan wants to make more than just a few movies.
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In addition, every "exotic place" in Kung Fu Yoga has given full play to their functions as exotic wonders.
The snake dance in the market, hyenas raised in the prince's family, Indian square dance and other plots have become the most labeled Indian memories and Indian elements in the audience's memory.
Yoga, which originated in India, has also become a deeper, more idealized and more idealized extension of Indian elements in movies. If Kung Fu in the title represents China, then yoga in the title represents India itself.
Kung fu and yoga are not only the differences between the two visual styles of martial arts, but also the differences between the two world views.
Finally, let me talk about Tang Jili, the director of this film. We often ignore who is the director of Jackie Chan's films, as if it is almost the same who will be the director.
But this is not the case. Directors who often work with Jackie Chan, such as Chen Musheng, Sheng Ding and Tang Jili, have their own styles. Tang Jili is famous for his breathtaking movements and wide horizons. Of course, you can't expect Jackie Chan to jump off a building like the pink area 20 years ago. "Kung Fu Yoga" has a car chase in Dubai, with dozens of super-runs. Speed and passion are at this level.
One more thing, Tang Jili was the director of Myth in 2005. If we count it as the producer of the Chinese Zodiac, we will immediately realize that the cooperation between Cheng and Tang is a film about adventure and treasure theft, which is definitely not a coincidence.
Kung fu yoga is nothing, but a sequel to the myth. Please think back to the fairy tale, remember? Jackie Chan, an archaeologist, broke into the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and found Kim Hee Seon who was taking the elixir of life.
Kim Hee Seon in myth.
Kung Fu Yoga is also about Jackie Chan's archaeologist Jack, who traveled around the world and finally found a mysterious treasure in India.
It is no coincidence that Jackie Chan still hangs a portrait of Kim Hee Seon in his office. ...
Who is Jones (Aarif Lee) traveling with Jackie Chan? He is the son of William (Tony Leung Ka Fai), who once appeared in myth and then disappeared because of tracking the army. In Kung Fu Yoga, he stole diamonds to fulfill his father's last wish.
Aarif Lee plays Jones.
So I wouldn't be surprised if Jackie Chan wants to extend the archaeologist Jack into a series of stolen treasures like raiders of the lost ark.
This is Kung Fu Yoga, which can bring you everything a Jackie Chan movie should have. If you have more expectations, you will never have them. I've been familiar with it for so many years, and I'm not used to changing it!