There are many martial arts masters in modern Chinese history, and there are also many film and television dramas based on them, including many classics, such as "Huang Feihong", "Ip Man", "Huo Yuanjia", etc., which are deeply loved by the audience.
Chen Zhen as Huo Yuanjia's apprentice, the national hero on the screen, although it is a fictional character, but there are many film and television dramas with him as the main line, and as many as 12 actors have played the role of Chen Zhen in the entertainment industry, and most of them are action actors with real kung fu leaning bodies.
Today, we will talk about the 12 actors who have played Chen Zhen.
1. Bruce Lee - 72nd edition of "Jingwumen"
The 1972 film "Jingwumen" produced by Hong Kong Jiahe is recognized as the most classic version, and it is also the first time that the image of Chen Zhen, a national hero, has appeared on the screen.
The film breaks through the narrow revenge theme of previous kung fu films, elevates the film to the national righteousness, and arouses wide resonance with its strong patriotic consciousness and national spirit.
Stills from the 72nd edition of "Jingwumen"
Bruce Lee's fearless spirit and amazing fighting skills in the film, especially the "Three Feet of Lee" and "Lying Down Fist" and "Double Knuckle Stick" he performed in the fight, are full of praise.
In the film, Chen Zhen kicked and smashed the wooden sign on the gate of the concession park with a flying foot, and shredded the "Sick Man of East Asia" into the mouth of a Japanese samurai, all of which are exciting, inspiring people's hearts, inspiring the fighting spirit of a nation, and the significance of Bruce Lee surpassing the times lies in this.
2. Liang Xiaolong - 81 edition of "The Great Hero Huo Yuanjia", 82nd edition of "Chen Zhen", 01 edition of "Chen Zhen's Sequel"
Liang Xiaolong has played Chen Zhen in three TV series, namely "Huo Yuanjia" in 1981, "Chen Zhen" in 1982 and "Chen Zhen's Sequel" in 2001.
"The Great Hero Huo Yuanjia" is a costume martial arts film produced by Hong Kong Asia Television, and it is also the first Hong Kong and Taiwan TV drama introduced in the mainland, in that era when television sets were not yet popular, every time it was broadcast, thousands of people were empty, setting off an unstoppable storm of martial arts films.
I believe that in the childhood impression of many viewers, Liang Xiaolong is Chen Zhen, especially his fierce leg skills and fast as the wind, so that Liang Xiaolong occupies the hearts of Chinese mainland thousands of fans.
With the role of Chen Zhen, Leung also became popular all over the country, becoming one of Hong Kong's most prestigious martial arts stars in the early 1980s.
3. Jet Li - 94 edition of "Jingwu Hero"
"Jingwu Hero" can be said to be one of Jet Li's representative works, and after its release, it has become a landmark work in the history of world kung fu films and has become a recognized kung fu film textbook all over the world. Jet Li's painstaking film combines Chinese kung fu and Western boxing techniques that he has studied for many years, making kung fu fans look mesmerized.
The film abandons the flower fist embroidery legs, invites martial arts instructor Yuan Heping, partners with director Chen Jiashang, powerful actors Qian Xiaohao, and Zhou Billy, and strives to show the real kung fu to the audience. In particular, the three-stage fight with Hortin, Funakoshi Fumio and Tsuyoshi Fujita is a classic.
Stills from "Heroes of The Martial Arts"
At the same time, the intention of the film is no longer limited to the national hatred of foreign powers, but shows a kind of great power style that China should have.
Although this film is a tribute to Bruce Lee's "Jingwumen" that year, it is also a transcendence.
4. Zhen Zidan - 95 edition of "JingwuMen", 10th edition of "Jingwu Fengyun"
The 95th edition of "Jingwumen" is the first wuxia tv series co-produced by Hong Kong Asia Television and Satellite TV Chinese, starring Donnie Yen, Wan Qiwen, Kaohsiung, Yin Tianzhao and so on.
The play can also be said to be the memory of a generation, because Zhen Zidan regards Bruce Lee as an idol, so this drama version of "Jingwumen" is Zhen Zidan's nostalgia and tribute to the idol, so he is very strict with himself, resolutely does not use a stand-in, and presents it to the audience with a real fight.
Stills from the 95th edition of "Jingwumen"
In the play, Zhen Zidan can also imitate some of Bruce Lee's classic movements, such as the starting style during martial arts, the footwork formed by combining a variety of exercises and dance, the fast and accurate side kick, the volley kick, the double knuckle stick and the most classic "Ada".
In 2010, Zhen Zidan played Chen Zhen again in "Jingwu Fengyun", this time Chen Zhen put on the mask of "Green Hornet" and acted as a "superhero" when night fell, which was also a perfect tribute to Bruce Lee, who had starred in "Green Hornet" and "Jingwumen".
Stills from "Jingwu Storm"
5. Wu Fan - 2001 "Jingwu Hero Huo Yuanjia", "Jingwu Hero Chen Zhen"
These two TV series have been released successively, both starring Wu Fan, Zhao Wenzhuo, Mei Ting, etc., the ratings of the two dramas are acceptable, but because many classic works are in front, compared, it is not as good as the reputation of the previous versions.
Wu Fan, who was born in the "Wuying level", is naturally not difficult to act in the action scenes that he is good at, and the martial arts in the play can also be described as wonderful, and this version of Chen Zhen is more bookish and angry, and quite a bit of a master.
Before taking over the filming of "Jingwu Hero Chen Zhen", Wu Fan starred in some male number two roles, so for him, this drama is one of the representative works of the real sense of the beam, and it is precisely because of this drama that the audience knows Wu Fan, and wu Fan has since begun to star in many film and television dramas.
6. Shi Tianlong - 2004 "Jingwu True Hero", "Revitalization of Jingwumen"
Shi Tianlong, an actor and director who looks exactly like Bruce Lee, and is also the inheritor and promoter of Bruce Lee's spirit of boxing, founded the Tianlong Martial Arts Fighting School and the Tianlong Film and Television Stunt Team, and he also served as an assistant instructor in the special forces training team in the army, and after retiring from the army, he still engaged in martial arts training in the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the Chinese Armed Police Corps.
These two films are less well-known and more of a tribute to Bruce Lee.
7. Xu Xiaolong - 2004 "Young Chen Zhen"
This movie really can't be said, the screenwriter is simply closed eyes blindly written, even if Chen Zhen is a virtual character image, not to mention the plot, at least there must be some logic on the timeline.
The film begins, "In 1932, three years after the fall of the Northeast, the White Mountains and Black Water were full of sorrow... He came to Shanghai to deliver letters to the garrison, and since then he has been exiled to Shanghai, and he has become acquainted with Huo Yuanjia, and the two masters and apprentices have embarked on the road of promoting national justice. ”
Master Huo Yuanjia died in 1910, how did he run to 1932 to collect apprentices? I have to say that Yuan Biao, Zhou Billy, Luo Jiaying, these old drama bones are really miserable by this movie. As for Xu Xiaolong, who plays Chen Zhen, he has now disappeared from everyone.
8. Chen Xiaochun - 2008 "Jingwu Chen Zhen", "Huo Yuanjia 2008"
In 2008, the mainland broadcast of "Jingwu Chen Zhen" is actually controversial, although the plot is still the previous plot, but the selected actors and pictures are also relatively thunderous, Chen Xiaochun played by Chen Zhen is also very controversial, not that his acting skills are not good, because everyone knows that he is famous for filming "Ancient Puzzle Boy", so the role played by Brother Mountain Chicken is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so let us see it is easy to play, but although he plays well, many people say that he still looks like Gu Puzzle Boy.
At the same time, Chen Xiaochun is also the only actor who has played Chen Zhen, who can't do kung fu, because the dance foundation is good, and it is also a good idea to shoot some action movies.
9. Shi Xiaolong - 2020 "Great Hero Huo Yuanjia"
This version of "The Great Hero Huo Yuanjia" starred Zhao Wenzhuo, Mao Linlin and Shi Xiaolong, and was widely acclaimed once it was broadcast! Many netizens said that they saw the juvenile version of Chen Zhen for the first time, and the Release Xiaolong version of Chen Zhen was unworldly, simple and reckless, jealous and hateful, breaking the mature and stable appearance of the audience's impression in the past, and the original dubbing of The Release Xiaolong was more in line with the character image of Chen Zhen in the juvenile period.
Stills from 2020 "The Great Hero Huo Yuanjia"
The action scenes in the play are a piece of cake for Shi Xiaolong, with clean hands, fists to flesh, and handsome fight scenes that explode hormones.
It has to be mentioned that the 82nd version of Chen Zhen played by Teacher Liang Xiaolong in the play as Chen Zhen's master Eagle Claw Gate Sun Wujie, and the two generations of Chen Zhen staged a memory killing in the same frame.
10. Chen Yiming - 2019 "Jingwu Chen Zhen"
11. Xu Minghu - 2019 "Jingwu Chen Zhen"
12. Wang Wenjie - 2019 "Huo Jia Fist Of Jingwu Hero"
These three movies are all big online movies, and they all have the common diseases of the internet: rubbing the edge ball, rubbing the heat, selling feelings, the plot is rough and illogical.
However, Chen Yiming, Xu Minghu and Wang Wenjie, the three young actors, each performed remarkablely in the film, especially the action scenes, which were quite interesting. After all, the three of them have learned martial arts since childhood, of which Xu Minghu is still a "martial arts level" athlete, I believe that in the future interpretation of the road, the three will have a better performance.
Stills of "Huo Jia Fist's Jingwu Hero"
Regarding Chen Zhen's film and television dramas, some are classics, some are surprising, some are bland, and of course, there are also rubbing heat, but no matter what, Chen Zhen, Jingwumen, more embodies a spirit, embodies the indomitable fighting spirit of a nation, just like the phrase "Chinese is not the sick man of East Asia", reflecting the rise of China.