Preface: Zhang Jin won the "Best Captain" of "Brother Who Cut Through Thorns", and when he delivered the award speech, he said that he came to this show because he wanted to present Chinese martial arts and kung fu on the stage for more young audiences to see.
Many people have asked Zhang Jin why Chinese kung fu and action movies have declined. Zhang Jin didn't know why, his last movie was "Kowloon Undefeated", which was released on July 2, 2019. Zhang Jin has integrated kung fu and action into many stages of "Brother With Thorns and Thorns", and has achieved good results, and he can only show kung fu here.
"The Brother Who Cut Through thorns" also has an older brother who is an action actor, he is Zhao Wenzhuo, and he has also shown his kung fu and action on many stages. At present, the two most popular action actors in the Chinese film industry are Wu Jing and Zhen Zidan. If you look at it from the box office, Wu Jing is actually the only one, and Zhen Zidan is far from him.
At present, the overall box office champion of the Chinese film market is Wu Jing's self-written and self-directed "Wolf Warrior 2", while the highest-grossing Hong Kong film in the Chinese film market is "Fury: Serious Case" starring Zhen Zidan as producer, action director and star. Wolf Warrior 2 is a military action movie, and Fury: Serious Crime is a police action movie.
Zhang Jin said that China's kung fu action movies are declining, and Wu Jing and Zhen Zidan may not agree with this view. But Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Zhao Wenzhuo, and Xiang Zuo may agree with this view, because their current careers are not very good. Jackie Chan's most recent film was "Vanguard," which was released on September 30 last year and grossed just 294 million.
In addition to Jackie Chan, "Vanguard" also has actors such as Yang Yang, Allen, Zhu Zhengting, and the director is Tang Jili, and this team is still very strong. But "Vanguard" is neither applauded nor popular, which makes Jackie Chan a little embarrassed. Speaking of Jet Li, his most recent film as the male number one was "Detective Buji", released in 2013, which only grossed 283 million.
Jet Li has only guest starred in two movies in the past 8 years, one is "Legend of the Fengshen God" and the other is "Mulan", and these two movies are neither popular nor popular. Wu Qinggong, a non-famous entertainment critic, pointed out that Xiang Zuo is Jet Li's apprentice and once had high hopes, but now he can only go to variety shows to box, and he also lost to Xiao Shunyao.
Zhao Wenzhuo actually became a director, self-written and self-directed a movie called "Strike Back", a bit imitating the suspicion of "Wolf Warrior 2" and "Red Sea Action", but this is a big online movie and has not been released in theaters. The reputation and playback of "Counterattack" are not very good, and it is also "neither applauded nor popular".
Discussion: Do you think Chinese kung fu and action movies are declining?