Once China’s most popular movies were action movies, or kung fu movies. Twenty or thirty years ago, China’s most popular movies were almost all kung fu movies. Maybe you don’t believe it, so far the top ten overseas box office in China are basically action movies. If inflation and price changes are taken into consideration, Jet Li’s "Shaolin Temple" has the highest box office so far, which is more than three times higher than "Wolf Warrior 2".
However, the brilliance of action movies seems to have stayed yesterday. In today’s domestic box office rankings, none of the top 20 are pure domestic action movies, but there are several foreign action movies. As for "Wolf Warriors" 2" and "Operation Red Sea" can no longer be regarded as pure action movies, more like military movies.
Why has the domestic action movie declined? The most important thing in action movies is the actors, and we can learn the truth from the action actors. It has been more than 40 years since the death of Bruce Lee, who played the best in Chinese Kung Fu in the world. Jackie Chan, who took over in Hollywood, is 65 years old this year. Although he is still playing, he is not as good-looking as he was then. After Jackie Chan, Jet Li also entered Hollywood and became a martial arts superstar who did not lose to Jackie Chan at the same time. His action movies were mainly Chinese martial arts, and it was him who really played Chinese kung fu. It is a pity that Jet Li has been sick for many years.
After Jackie Chan and Jet Li, Yen Zidan became a new generation of "Kung Fu King". If the editor remembers correctly, "Ip Man 1" was the first to say that year. At that time, Yen Zidan was able to fight. "Ip Man" is also worthy of the uncle's feature in the history of Chinese action movies. However, the performance of Yen Zidan’s films has been poor in recent years. The reputation of "The Frozen Man" and the "Ip Man" series have declined. Instead, "Chasing the Dragon" has a good reputation. This year's "Ip Man 4" is also worrying. . Another fact that has to be accepted is that Donnie Yen is 56 years old this year, how many years can he play?
is not without the age of playing. Wu Jing is 46 years old this year. For an action movie actor, he can still play for more than ten years. With "Wolf Warriors 2" Wu Jing has become a first-line superstar and is currently the most popular action movie actor in China. In the future, he will also become a leader in action movies. In addition to Wu Jing, Zhao Wenzhuo is also obsessed with fighting. Zhang Jin is only 45 years old this year. In the past two years, he has also starred in several martial arts movies, and he may become an action movie star in the future.
However, the embarrassment of Chinese action movies is that there are no successors. In addition to the above-mentioned action actors, Fan Shaohuang and Wu Yue may have to be added, but these actors are basically over 45 years old. Are there any action actors on the altar that can play?
No successor is the greatest helplessness of action movies. Now the older generation of action actors are still on the screen, but the new generation of actors does not have actors with kung fu background. There will be action movies in the future, but movies with real kung fu may. No more, it can't be said that this is the biggest embarrassment of action movies.
