Donnie, Donnie, hasta en la sopa

No puedo con este tío!!! Aghhh!! y ahora tengo que estar todo el día pendiente de sus andanzas. Menos mal que solo hay que buscar con paciencia para acabar encontrando a alguien que te da la razón. No es que se queje de su cara de palo pero creo que se puede deducir que este tío trabaja en exceso las pelis para un lucimiento personal que no es normal. Firmo la frase de Bruce Lee, vale que al final sabemos que gana el prota pero por favor que le cueste un poquito. Espero que Takeshi no sea el oponente de Donnie en la película porque va a recibir paliza tras paliza...


I have not yet had the pleasure of watching Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen, but I look forward to that undoubtedly auspicious day. Sure, the last time he played Chen Zhen, I wasn’t that impressed, but that was probably due to a Tai Seng hack job, not due to Mr. Yen’s lack of trying. In the meantime, I guess I’ll just have to bore you with my thoughts about another Donnie Yen-fest, the 2007 flick, Flash Point. This doesn’t quite count as a retro review, as I never initially reviewed it for the main site. What follows is slight revision of some thoughts I had on the film that I posted on an earlier, non-LoveHKFilm.com endorsed version of this blog. Sorry for the lack of newer updates this week; I’ve been busy.
Anyway, despite its commitment to hardcore action in the place of the more high-flying wire-fu of Dragon Tiger Gate, this pre-Ip Man collaboration between Wilson Yip and Donnie Yen may actually be a worse movie than their earlier comic book-inspired project. Those of you hoping for at least one battle that comes close to challenging the Wu Jing/Donnie Yen alley fight in SPL (something I think people are still waiting for) will be sorely disappointed with the fights in Flash Point. Sure, Yen fights Collin Chou in an extended one-on-one duel at the end of the flick, but let’s face it, it’s not anything worth raving about.
I mean, sure, if you would like to see Donnie Yen totally lose his shit and whale on an opponent for what seems like an eternity with not even a glimmer of a chance that he might lose — well, Flash Point’s finale will be right up your alley. I, on the other hand, would like to suspend my disbelief just a little bit. Sure, I know that Chuck Norris ain’t gonna be whipping Bruce Lee’s ass at the end of Way of the Dragon, but at least the future Walker, Texas Ranger comes across as a formidable opponent.
And that’s the bulk of my complaint here — it’s not the fact that it’s a foregone conclusion that Yen will rule all that bothers me, it’s the fact that the very talented Collin Chou seems like little more than a human punching bag for Donnie Yen to release his berzerker rage. As a result, the extensive beatdown gets awfully monotonous awfully quick. Don’t get me wrong, all that high-kicking kung foolery is undeniably impressive from a pure physical standpoint…it’s just completely forgettable.
Short on plot, but long (waaay long) on ass-beatings, Flash Point is passably entertaining, but little more than that. Still, if you’re a Donnie fan, the two-disc DVD ain’t too shabby — the extras even have English subtitles (except for stuff involving the Gala Premiere).
For a much, much better analysis of the movie, check out Kozo’s review at LoveHKFilm.com.


Fuente: Ronin on Empty