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What is bulletproof monk's performance?

bulletproof monk is the latest work that Chow Yun Fat developed in Hollywood after Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and it is also a Hollywood film that Fage performed again after Anna and the King four years later.

In this film, Brother Fa plays a mysterious monk with no name. He comes from Tibet, China. For 6 years, he has been shouldering the heavy responsibility of protecting a mysterious scroll of ancient scriptures, which is a martial arts secret book carved from ancient China scriptures. As long as he gets this power, he can be invincible in the world, and countless people with ulterior motives have coveted it. In order not to let the scroll fall into the hands of evil people, the unknown monk avoided and ran away, and his footprints spread all over the country.

Now, the unknown monk realizes that the years have passed, so he actively looks for high disciples and wants to pass on the task of protecting the scroll. As it happens, Carl (seann william scott), a street thug who has been doing nothing all day, unexpectedly saved the unknown monk from a group of gangsters by mistake. Perhaps it was really fate. The monk firmly believed that this cheeky and irresponsible little rascal Carl was his best successor, so he decided to teach Carl all his unfathomable legendary martial arts. However, Carl obviously sneers at the "master" who has fallen from this world. Before Carl awakens to his doomed mission in this life, the unknown monk must lead him, and with the help of a beautiful and sexy goddess thief (Jamie King) with a little sense of justice, join hands to fight against the evil forces that attempt to seize the mysterious scriptures and rule the world.

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This is the first time that director paul hunter directed a film. He was born in MTV and shot advertisements. He is famous for his outstanding creativity and mastery of the rhythm of images. He was a beloved genius in the North American advertising circle. He once shot advertisements for world-famous brands such as Nike and Gap, while Maria Kelly's MTV HONEY and the film Moulin Rouge. In this film, in addition to a lot of dazzling fighting scenes, there are also many plots with oriental mysticism, which I believe will allow the director to show his unconstrained imagination.

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After Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a hit movie the year before last, Fage became a popular movie star invited by American filmmakers because of his exquisite acting skills and oriental appearance temperament. Faced with the avalanche of film contracts, Fage's worth has also soared in the past two years, and it is said that it is close to Hollywood. In this film, Brother Fage plays an oriental monk from Tibet, with peerless kung fu, mysterious identity and unknown age, but his every move is like a master, calm and calm, and he is not in danger. However, in our opinion, only from the modeling point of view, it may be that the director wants to emphasize the mystery of the East too much, but the story takes place in a modern American city, so Fage looks really nondescript, with an oriental face, a western-style dress, an ancient charm and a modern language. If we want to combine these factors, plus the mystery of Chinese style and the action scenes of Western style, it is really a test of Fage's grasp ability. However, if the film is successful at the box office, it will undoubtedly lay a solid foundation for his long-term development in Hollywood in the future.

It's reported that the new film "Dragon in the World" invested by Paramount Company recently has paid 15 million dollars for Fage, but Warner Company is not willing to accept others, giving him the same conditions, asking him to play the leading role in the romantic film "Sunrise", and promising to choose his own director and partner. Besides, Fage may also play a role in the new film Divide directed by John Woo.

seann william scott, another leading actor, is a young actor with a familiar face by virtue of "American Pie", "Ha La Road" and other "toilet comedies". Although his face is familiar, he has never been popular because of his appearance and the films he took. In this film, he still plays a gangster, but there will be some wonderful action scenes and funny gimmicks.

The actress who played the goddess thief was Jamie King, a former supermodel who made a stunning appearance in the blockbuster Pearl Harbor in 21 (formerly called James, but later it was probably too masculine, so the performance of bulletproof monk was renamed Jamie. Since moving to the big screen, Jamie has made seven films in two years, and all of them are big-name stars: Ben Affleck, Johnny Depp, and this time, Chow Yun Fat. The star journey is quite smooth.

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An oriental monk without a name guards the mysterious ancient scrolls, because it contains powerful forces to rule the world ... This kind of story, combined with the atmosphere of The Living Buddha handed down from generation to generation and the plot of raiders of the lost ark, has the general lens effect of The Matrix, and more. X-Men's ace computer special effects, a film that combines fantasy, adventure GOOD LUCK fu, should make people speechless in hardware. It is not difficult to see this from the tide of "top hat" in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Many Americans have a strange interest in oriental culture. "Mysticism from the East" is a big selling point of the film, but just like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, it was unexpected.

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* Before filming, there were different opinions about the creative staff. It was reported in movies and magazines that the director would be John Woo or one of guy ritchie, and the role of punk meant Australian star Heath Ledger. This should be a lineup with more box office appeal, but it was not realized in the end for various reasons.

* At the beginning of filming, it was reported that MGM tried to shorten the title of the film to a simpler "Monk", but it was renamed with another action film starring lanke vandam. Based on the courtesy of first come, first served, the plan to change the name was finally abandoned.

* According to the plan, MGM, the distributor, has made plans to hold a grand premiere for this film in Hollywood's most famous China Theater, and invited many stars to join in. However, due to his previous stay in Hong Kong, Fage accepted the warning of the World Health Organization and had to temporarily cancel his trip to the United States. Without the leading role, MGM can only turn the promotion of bulletproof monk into a low profile.

[ Film Review ]

□ Looking at the Middle-aged Puzzled Text from bulletproof monk/Liu Nian

I always feel that a few Chinese movie stars have not only raised their social status on the surface, but also opened up a new world of their careers, but in fact they have long lost their unique personal charm, and it seems that they will never get it back. Nevertheless, I still hope that the 48-year-old brother Fage can get out of the middle-aged confusion and regain his splendor. [Details ]

□ bulletproof monk: It's time for Brother Fage to put down his gun. Wen/Zhu Wushu

Hunting in a windbreaker, with vigorous skills, holding two guns and playing without nothingness, has become a classic style of Brother Fage. This heroic image, which ranks first in Fage's charming lens, has repeatedly reappeared in Fage's films. However, when the familiar scene of Fage wearing a coat and wielding a double gun appeared again in bulletproof monk, I suddenly found that there is a limit to this scene that I can't get enough of. [Details ]

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