Mention the name Shange Yunton, presumably the audience who likes action movies will not be unfamiliar. He is an action superstar who can be juxtaposed with Stallone, Schwarzenegger, and Steven Sig. It is the foreign action actor who is most familiar to Chinese audiences before Tony Jia. His ethereal skills in action movies have also captured a large number of fans, and today we will talk about Shange Winton's road to fame.
Shange wynton, formerly known as Jean-Claude van Dame, was born on October 18, 1960 in Brussels, Belgium. As a child, Shange Winton was so thin that it was impossible to see that he could become an action star in the future. Later, because he inadvertently watched a Chinese kung fu movie, he became obsessed with Bruce Lee. Determined to become a kung fu master, he began to learn karate, taekwondo, Muay Thai, etc. at the age of 13, laying the foundation for him to become an action superstar.
At the age of 18, he swept through all opponents with his signature 360° slalom kick, winning 48-4 in his career and winning the European Karate MiddleWeight Championship and the World Karate Championship by defeating the world's No. 2 karate player. While improving in martial arts, in order to maintain the best physical condition, Shange Yunton began to work out his muscles like crazy. In 1978 he was awarded the Belgian title of "Mr. Bodybuilder" and was known as "Muscle from Brussels". And opened a gym in Brussels and the business is quite good. But for his love of acting, he resolutely sold the gym to go to Haowu to develop, determined to carry forward kung fu with movies like Bruce Lee.
When he first arrived in Los Angeles, where he was not familiar with life, Shange Winton had only seven thousand dollars on him and his English was very poor. For the first five years, he remained obscure. He did everything to live like all of our dicks, and he worked while learning English, working as a driver, delivering takeouts, working as a security guard, and some other low-paid jobs. All the superstars started from running dragon sets like jackie chan, Zhou Xingchi and so on, and Shange Yunton was no exception, he began to run dragon sets in some movies, and participated in many unknown roles.
Know that Heaven will never fail a person who works hard. Shange Winton met Chuck Norris in 1984 at a restaurant run by Mrs. Chuck Norris, which was a turning point in his life. (Chuck Norris, world karate champion and action actor, was named number one in film and television duels by Black Belt Magazine for his fight with Bruce Lee at the end of the Raptors' cross-river fight.) With the help of Chuck Norris, he began playing small roles in some films.
In 1986, Shange Winton, who was not yet famous at the time, played the main villain Ivan in the low-budget film "Blood Game", and showed his superb legwork in the film. He can kick the enemy's head while spinning at a tilted 360°. His extraordinary skills began to attract the attention of Hollywood. https://compaign.tudou.com/v/XMTc4OTM4ODk2OA == Copy open the URL to admire his extraordinary skills. (Touching picture texture)
In 1988, in the movie "Blood Point", Shange Yunton finally became the male protagonist. However, the film in which Shanger Winton first played the lead role encountered various problems. The low-budget film, filmed in Hong Kong, was shelved for two years for various reasons. Later, with shange yunton's help, the studio agreed to re-edit it, and it was only after Shange Yunton's repeated requests that the difficult film be released. Once the $1.5 million low-budget film was released, it earned about $30 million as a dark horse, and the film became Shangey Werdon's masterpiece, and he began to attract attention. And the human-flesh helicopter he shows in this film has also become his signature action in the movie.
In 1989, Shange Winton continued to play the male lead in the B-grade film "The King of Fighting", playing a karate boy Kete, who accompanied the brother of the fighting champion to Bangkok, Thailand to participate in the fighting competition, while the brother was crippled by the Muay Thai champion Tang Leopard, and learned from the local Muay Thai master Xi'an in order to avenge his brother, and finally defeated Tang Leopard and avenged his brother. In this film, Shange Yunton then used his pleasing 360° slalom kick and various difficult moves, (who does not envy this skill) with this film Shange Yunton once again became a hit.
In addition, from 1988 to 1990, Shange Yunton successively starred in films such as "Black Hawk Warrior", "Heavenly Thunder and Earth Fire", "Intercepting Veyron", "Iron Fist Invincible" and so on, but the response was mediocre.
In 1991, Shange Yunton played two roles as twins in the movie "Jedi Double", which was filmed in Hong Kong. It tells the story of the twin brothers who were separated for many years because their parents were killed. The story of reuniting to avenge their parents after they met. It is worth mentioning that Jackie Chan's "Double Dragon Society", which was also filmed in Hong Kong, should borrow from the setting of the twins. Among them, "Jedi Double" was released in 1991, while "Double Dragon Society" was released in 1992. However, the latter's setting for twins is richer than that of Jedi Double. Shange Yunton was involved in the film's screenwriting and action direction. However, the plot is average, and the action is still good. Since then, "Copy Killer", "Time and Space SWAT", and "Extreme Adventure" have also played two roles by one person. (In fact, it should be nice to think of having a twin brother or sister)
In 1992, ShangeYunton co-starred with Duff Longel in the sci-fi action film Reinventing The Warrior. This was their first cooperation, and since then they have cooperated in a lot of movies, falling in love and killing each other in the movie, and they are also a good partner. Dufronger is not only a kung fu master (several European heavyweight karate champions), but also a master of learning, really able to write and martial arts. The play says that the two have had a private encounter, and the result is, of course, shange yunton is not inferior to Longer, after all, it is not an order of magnitude. The film cost $23 million, more than $100 million worldwide, which is very good. After all, action movies generally don't have high box office. Through this film, Shange Winton received the attention of Hollywood producers and made him a rising action star in Hollywood. In 1993, Shange Winton was paid $3.5 million for the film Nowhere to Escape.
And what really made Shange Yunton famous in Hollywood was the "Ultimate Target" directed by Wu Yusen and starring Shange Yunton in the same year.
This is Wu Yusen's first film to enter Hollywood. Interestingly, Wu Yusen, Lin Lingdong, and Xu Ke's first action films to enter Hollywood were all starring Shang Ge Yunton. Shange Yunton himself has said that he has a good relationship with China, saying that he only embarked on the path of martial arts because he watched Chinese kung fu movies and Bruce Lee. Moreover, many of his films have been shot in Hong Kong, and he has cooperated with many famous domestic directors and actors many times.
The ultimate target tells the story of the heroine Natasha, who came to find her father because her father had no news, and was harassed by hooligans in the hotel and was saved by the veteran Money Hero played by Shange Winton, and later Natasha asked Chans to help find her father. However, he suddenly learned that his father had been burned to death by a fire. Shange Winton felt that things were not simple, and he later found out that Natasha's father had been murdered for participating in a "hunting" game. However, Knowing the truth, Chans and Natasha became prey to the hunting organization and were forced to flee. Later, he fought with hunting organizations and eventually defeated the enemy. The film is full of Wu Yusen's violent aesthetic and its unique stylistic elements, coupled with Shange Yunton's fierce skills, which ultimately made the film a great success. The success of "Ultimate Target" not only made Shange Winton a Hollywood first-line action superstar, one of the most watched people in Hollywood in 1993, but also made Wu Yusen famous in Hollywood, and since then he has made "Change Face", "Mission Impossible 2" and other acclaimed and popular classics.
It's 1994, the year Shange Winton starred in "Spacetime SWAT" and "Street Fighter." The Space Force, produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, is clearly borrowed from schwarzenegger's Terminator setting. The story tells that in the future, scientists have built time-space shuttle machines that can travel back in time and space to the past and change the future. And some careerists intend to change history and do whatever they want. Shange Winton's Space-Time SWAT is ordered to arrest these outlaws. In the struggle against these vicious criminals, they are constantly moving back and forth between the past and the future. In the end, the criminals were defeated, and the past of the wife and children being killed was also prevented, saving them, and finally a happy ending. (Maybe in the near future, we can really travel through time and space))
Street Fighter is a film based on a game. Because it is a game adaptation, the character's modeling, costumes, actions and other elements have not restored the essence of the game, and there are many characters, the plot is too simple, the character personality is not distinct, the face is serious, and there are no special effects. This makes the whole film seem unusual. After the release of the word-of-mouth box office double pounced on the street.
1995's Sudden Death is an individualistic heroic film, and although the response is mediocre, it has improved significantly from the previous film Shange Winton's acting skills.
In 1996, Shange Winton starred in Adventure Rider and Extreme Adventure. Among them, "Adventure Knight" is a film written and directed by Shange Winton, the film style is basically similar to "Blood Point" and "King of Fighting", the action is still very exciting, and the plot is simple to watch. Extreme Adventure was Lin Lingdong's first film with Shange Winton, after which they collaborated on Replica Killer and Hell Awakens the Dragon.
In 1997, Shange Winton starred with NBA star Dennis Rodman in "The King Of Strikes Back", directed by Tsui Ke. The main villain is played by Mickey Locke. Although the plot is not too new, it is good that the action is exciting enough. Xiong Xinxin's design of the action is still very beautiful, coupled with Xu Ke's quick editing, Andeng Ge Yunton's superb fist and foot kung fu, so that the film has also achieved good results. (Shange Yunton: Ghost Foot Seven, I recognize you)
From 1998 to 1999, Shange Yunton had 4 movies released, but most of them were assembly line products and there was no creativity. Among them, I personally prefer "Reinventing The Warrior 2", which is also the first Shange Winton movie I watched, and I was more impressed. As the sequel to the Recreated Warrior, the plot of "Recreated Warrior 2" is not too new, it is more old-fashioned, and the action is still very exciting. This time the villain was replaced by Michael Garwright. Garwright was also a kung fu master and what Bruce Lee called a martial artist with a career in film. He and Shange Winton look very enjoyable in the kung fu fight at the end of the film.
But unfortunately, Shange Winton's film flaws in script, performance, etc. made him unable to become a first-line superstar after all. There is a huge problem with his performance style: the acting is one-sided, the fight is monotonous, and the script is too simple. Although his skills are very good, the action is caught in repetition, back and forth is those few moves, and aesthetic fatigue soon appears. (The same problem arose with the later Tony Jay) Coupled with Shange Yunton's drug addiction, his acting career slowly went downhill. Reduced to a second- and third-line actor.
In the 21st century, although Shange Yunton still has works from time to time, most of them are small-budget films. Coupled with the fact that there is no good story or innovation in the design of the fight, it is basically difficult to have the glory of the year.
In the autobiographical film of the same name released in 2008, the 47-year-old Shange Yunton starred in his own color, telling his own life course and presenting the audience with the real Shange Yunton outside the play. Humor and humor are mixed with emotion and warmth. This movie is to Shange Winton what "The King of Comedy" is to Stephen Chow.
Although Shange Yunton has been active in the film circle and has successively shot a lot of action movies, the audience has long been tired of these movies with a strong sense of the 80s and 90s, and Shange Winton has also become a former action actor. At that time, the most popular was the superhero movie represented by Marvel with special effects flying all over the sky.
Inspired by this, in 2010 Stallone wrote and directed "Daredevil", hoping to create a pure action film that pays tribute to the action movies of the 80s and 90s. And invited Jet Li, Jason Statham, Longer and a group of older action superstars to join the film. Fist-to-flesh fights in the film, ubiquitous scenes of violence. As a result of the release of "Daredevil", it was a great success, with more than 270 million US dollars at the global box office.
Based on the success of Daredevil Stallone, Sylvester Decided to continue filming the Daredevil series. This time, Shange Yunton was invited by Stallone to star in the big boss of "Daredevil 2", Villion, wearing a trench coat and sunglasses, and the action was still so clean and neat. At the end of the film, there is also a cross-border duel with Stallone. Shange Winton also used his signature 360° swing kick, (I don't know if there is a double) If it were not for Stallone's protagonist aura, it would really be impossible to beat. The fist-to-flesh action in the film brings the audience back to the action movies of the 80s and 90s. With this film Shange Winton appeared in front of the audience again. People lamented that the tough guy was back again.
In a 2015 advertisement endorsing the car brand Volvo, Shange Yunton stepped on the rearview mirrors of two trucks parked against each other. With the background music and the backwards driving backwards the truck slowly make a word horse. The whole process was shot on location, without any use of green cloth or special effects. Shange Wyndon hung Waia for safety, and although there were protective measures, it still seemed dangerous. The advertisement won the Grand Prix of the Cannes Advertising Festival that year, and it also attracted the imitation of many people. Shange Yunton also proved to people that he was still a sword that was not old.
Although Shange Yunton, who is now nearly 60 years old, has gradually become old and can't move. But no matter how many years ago, when it came to the representatives of action movies in the 1980s and 1990s, it was necessary to mention the name of Shange Yunton, the "Bruce Lee" of the West, who is known as the "King of Fighting". As a big fan of Shange Yunton, I still hope that Shange Yunton can bring us more and better movies like Liam Nissen. (Finally finished writing)