Enter the Fat Dragon | Blu-ray (Well Go USA)
Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Enter the Fat Dragon (read our review), the latest from martial arts star Donnie Yen (Ip Man 4, Big Brother, 14 Blades).
The Chasing the Dragon team is back! Only this time, producer Wong Jing (Mission Milano) and Donnie Yen are chasing a dragon that’s about 100 pounds heavier in Enter the Fat Dragon.
In the film, directed by both Wong Jing (City Hunter) and Kenji Tanigaki (Legend of Seven Monks), Yen plays a cop escorting a convict to Japan. With that said, it’s not a remake of the 1978 Sammo Hung classic of the same name, it just happens to share its title, which is a parody (by title only) of Bruce Lee’s Enter the Dragon.
Enter the Fat Dragon also stars Teresa Mo (Hard Boiled), Niki Chow (Chasing the Dragon), Louis Cheung (Ip Man 3), Jessica Jann (Kickboxer: Retaliation), Naoto Takenaka (Shinjuku Incident), Tetsu Watanabe (Shin Godzilla), Wong Cho Lam (Mission Milano), Lawrence Chou (Dream Home), Jerry Lamb (Golden Job) and many more familiar faces.
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I’m hesitant to pile on the Wong Jing hatefest, cause I sometimes feel like the director is unfairly maligned*, but I’m curious why top tier talent like Chow Yun-fat, Andy Lau, and Donnie Yen continue to work with Wong Jing – I wonder if they’re aware at all that he’s kind of a joke to international audiences? I really hope it isn’t that he’s got a fat stack of blackmail on some of Hong Kong’s top talent. Apparently movies like From Vegas to Macau have been a huge hit with Mainland audiences, though, so perhaps I’ve answered my own question…
(*I’ll admit that I have a soft spot for THE LAST BLOOD)
You know, even back in his heyday Wong Jing was a joke to local HK audiences… he pumped out dozens if not hundreds of films a year across the spectrum of quality and taste, but people went to watch them anyway because sometimes people just watch movies to turn their brains off and pass time. Few might have thought highly him, but he covered all bases and all demographics so he had lots of hits.
Putting any discussion of artistic integrity aside, in recent years Wong Jing & Donnie Yen have become sure fire ways to box office success in the lucrative Mainland market, so perhaps it’s not such a surprise that the 2 of them have teamed up together.
As for ‘The Master’…that movie was a scam from the moment it was announced, one that several talents in the industry fell victim to – http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/rogue-one-star-fake-film-938837
Thanks for the heads up regarding The Master.
Thank God the cancer that is political correctness doesn’t exist in Asia
It’ll be fun so see how Donnie fights in his fat suit. (That commercial just gives hints.) I wonder if he’ll be like Bob from the Tekken series. (Who is clearly based on Sammo from Pedicab Driver.)
I read about another fat suit comedy from last year called Fat Buddies. It starred and is directed by Bao Bei’er and costars Wen Zhang.
I’ve read that it has a lot of cheap fat and fart jokes, and I’m hoping Donnie’s movie doesn’t repeat that.
“I’ve read that it has a lot of cheap fat and fart jokes, and I’m hoping Donnie’s movie doesn’t repeat that.”
You do know that it’s being directed by Wong Jing right? 😛
“I hope all you gays die of AIDS” – paraphrasing a line from City Hunter, directed and written by Wong Jing.
The same line can also be found in ‘Future Cops’ from the same year. There’s nothing quite like an early 90’s Wong Jing comedy!
Looks like Andrew is never going to have a City Hunter/Future Cops double feature.
Actually, I have. I still enjoy both movies today even if a few jokes don’t hold up.
Haha. With some exceptions, I found Wong Jing’s humor in the past to be well delivered and timed by the actors involved. (Naked Killer, High Risk, Last Hero in China , etc.)
Just like with raunchy American comedy, it has to be done right instead of only Terrence and Phillip jokes.
I’ve watched it and I can tell you, by old Hong Kong standards and even modern politically correct western standards the jokes are both lame and extremely tame. Donnie’s character is hardly ever made fun of and nothing in the story would change if he wasn’t fat.
Fights though, are plentiful and in terms of execution rivals anything in Donnie’s more serious movies (albeit less violent), which was a pleasant surprise because Chasing the Dragon, Donnie & Wong Jing’s last collab, failed to deliver on that front.
its additional shooting for the new Enter the Fat Dragon, which is not a remake of the Sammo Hung one, it just shares same title and yes a portly superkicker in this case, Donnie in a fat suit! The film is very much an action comedy and homage to classic Hong Kong cinema, it has the feel of an old Cinema City CNY classic from the earlier cut i saw…. they shot some additional footage to expand on the backstory of Donnie’s character before he fell from grace and went on the coco-pie diet….
I do love the “oh does Wong Jing have blackmail material’ comments….yes why would anyone whose primary market is China/Hong Kong or SE Asia want to work with the most prolific and succesful local Producer/Director/Writer?
And as for WJ being politically incorrect, gee i guess nobody remembers the PC humour of Sammo Hung’s Pantyhose Hero with regards to the gay community?
OMG!
The downfall of Donnie Yen began with Ip man III. Wanna bet?
I have to say that Donnie’s fat suit doesn’t look that drastic. When I first heard of the movie, I was expecting him to look like Fat Bastard in the Austin Powers films.
I guess it couldn’t be too big so he could do the action scenes.
Really? So we can get *amazing* premises like this one? I’m secondhand embarrassed that Donnie yen is a part of this. Why don’t you move to Asia so we can be rid of the cancer that is CJ?
Well this one won’t do well internationally for sure and will struggle to find distribution. It lacks the respect that modern audiences expect.
Wow, did he finally do it – did Donnie Yen make a movie that the denizens of City on Fire WON’T see?
I don’t think they watched Twins Effect 2 or Painted Skin, but I’ll watch Enter the Fat Dragon!
I’m hoping it’s in line with the best of Wong Jing!
Louis Koo isn’t in it, which automatically makes this worth watching for me.
I actually think it looks pretty good.
watched rough cut with Kenji late last year before they did the Phil Ng/SPL reshoot, and its a lot of fun, its very much a 1980’s style Chinese New Year action comedy, it has that feel of a Cinema City classic
Give me the Blu-ray now. And I mean now!
Does anyone know if the movie will get a U.S. release?
Feb 14 in the US? What about the caronavirus causing delays?
Well Go USA is caronavirus-proof!
Dear Donnie Yen.
Stop trying to play in a kung fu comedy.
Try to read the script BEFORE signing.
The first scene was pretty cool…best scene of this movie…too bad it’s finished at like 12 minutes.
Donnie’s first two movies are action comedies so he ain’t new to comedies. His mentor Yuen Woo-Ping was known for making kungfu/action comedies. You must be new to his filmography.
I’m happy that I finally got to check out Enter the Fat Dragon. It’s a fun romp meant to remedy any gloominess the audience has for 90 minutes.
Just like YM mentions above, the jokes don’t fall into typical Wong Jing humor and Donnie Yen’s fatsuit is almost of no consequence. He hardly gets made fun of and is still athletic as can be. I’m kind of glad about it since it makes the movie less obnoxious.
The action is nicely spread out and there’s a good lengthy finale at the end that should make Donnie fans happy. All in all, the film is a good catch.
Good to hear it’s a good movie. It’s been getting spit on by most people. Your comment leaves us hope.
Well, it all depends on the individual’s definition of “good.” The movie is a charming fluff piece that plays it safe, and I can imagine fans of Donnie want more “grit” than that.
As long as no one expects more than that, there’s something to enjoy.