Young Wong Fei Hung's Iron Horse is an action film directed by Yuan Heping and starring Zhen Zidan, Yu Rongguang, Wang Jingying, and Zeng Simin, released in Hong Kong, China in 1993. In the film, Yuan Heping abandoned Jet Li's martial arts special effects and used Zhen Zidan's realistic fast kick instead to present a picture of no shadow feet. The film was greatly acclaimed abroad, and Quentin Tarantino also chose Yuan Heping as the action director of "Kill Bill" because of the film.
In 1994, the film was nominated for Best Action Direction at the Hong Kong Film Awards. In 2001, with the help of Quentin Tarantino, the film was released in the United States and topped the North American weekend box office charts. In the film, Zhen Zidan played Huang Feihong's father, Huang Qiying, and actress Zeng Simin, who had won the championship in martial arts competitions, played Huang Feihong. Among Yuan Heping's many kung fu films, "Iron Horse" is the work he considers to be the most satisfied.
The film tells the story of Huang Feihong's youth, but the thick ink composes the affection of Huang Qiying's father and son, which is very rare in the works of director Yuan Heping. The film's action scenes are also extremely exquisite, shooting more coherent real actions without stopping the camera, which is particularly violent and exciting. The "shadowless legs" kicked out with hanging wire in "Boy When Self-Reliance" are also truly reproduced with Zhen Zidan's fast legs in "Iron Horse". There is also the southern school Hong fist that "Master Huang" is really good at in history, which has also become the main application move against the enemy in the film, rather than using the northern school kung fu like Jet Li's "Huang Feihong" series.
"Iron Horse" is a very good action movie, in addition to the action scenes produced by heart, the performances of Zhen Zidan and Yu Rongguang have reached a new height in their personal acting careers in this film. The county prince played by Huang Chen, the head catcher played by Yuan Xinyi, and the big villain played by Ren Shiguan are also precise and shaped in place. The real fight scene of the iron bridge hard horse and the accurate role interpretation make "Iron Horse" a classic in an action movie.