Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | 4K UHD Blu-ray & DVD (Marvel)
RELEASE DATE: November 30, 2021
On November 30, 2021, Marvel is unleashing Destin Daniel Cretton’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings to 4K UHD Blu-ray & DVD (Marvel). This live-action martial arts film stars Canadian actor Simu Liu, who is best known for his role on the CBC sitcom Kim’s Convenience.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is an adaptation of writer Steve Englehart and artist Jim Starlin’s Shang-Chi, also known as Master of Kung Fu (also a recurring character in the 70’s comic book/magazine, The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu).
Co-stars include Awkwafina (Crazy Rich Asians), veteran Hong Kong actor Tony Leung (Europe Raiders), Fala Chen (The Treasure), Michelle Yeoh (Reign of Assassins), Yuen Wah (Eastern Condors) and Florian Munteanu (Creed II).
Jackie Chan Stunt Team members Vi-Dan Tran and the late Brad Allan designed the action sequences with Canadian-based wushu champion, Alan Tang.
Using the successful pairing of Black Panther and African-American director Ryan Coogler (Creed) as their model, Marvel aimed to hire an Asian or Asian-American filmmaker to direct an Asian comic book hero. To top of the Asian creativeness, Chinese-American Dave Callaham (The Expendables) is penning the Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
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Yeah I also get the intention, but I hope they’re reasonable about it. (Remember when Spike Lee was pissed that Ali was directed by a “white man?”)
It’d be great if they got Woo Ping to direct and Max Zhang to star.
Not bad idea but Max Zhang English is not good and he a bit small to play the super hero.
me gustaría tony jaa o jet li y max zhang
y que tenga mucha acción y combates y buen guion
puede poner noticias de jet li y tony jaa de sus proyectos futuros
just because marvel is trying to give an asian-american director a big chance (and rightly so, because representation does matter behind the cameras as part of the crew, just as much as the actors and stunt folks onscreen) doesn’t mean they won’t hire a good choreographer who’s a good fit for the action. who knows, they might even give Iko Uwais and Yayan Ruhian the honors.
anyway, they hired James Wan to direct the Aquaman movie, even though a) he’s not Atlantean, and b) he’s a horror movie guy primarily, and the advance reviews are surprisingly decent. so who knows. it ain’t the shape of the eyes, it’s the talent behind them.
Do Iko and company know kung-fu? I don’t know if a Shang Chi movie should have everyone doing Silat.
I think it’s just a matter of making sure that people don’t feel like they have “someone else” speaking for them. As a black guy, I appreciate what they did with Black Panther. Big time. It’s totally possible, but I doubt I’d have identified with that movie so much if its strokes had been painted by a white mean. Some very specific things were said and conveyed, so I’m excited by the prospect of an Asian cast and crew getting to do the same with Shang-Chi.
Very well said!
Took the words right outta my mouth.
its a Catch 22 with the somewhat overly PC world now… there was all the Danny Rand/Iron Fist should have been rejigged into an Asian lead fuss when the series was green lit, ignoring the fact that then it would have changed the entire character and his race has always been a part of his identity…. and I am waiting for someone to make the “oh its a Chinese lead and they have to be doing kung fu, its a racist sterotype” comments from some overly PC fella ….
I don’t think the directors race is an issue, Joe Carnahan is a hell of a writer, but is he going to have someone do a Jamie Chung styled comment like hers when Henry Goulding was cast for Crazy Rich Asians “he’s not Asian enough!” And some rumour monger will start the “oh yeah they want to turn this into a white guy’ BS and have people ranting about the racist studio system
I like the character of Shang Chi, much like Luke Cage: Powerman and Danny Rand/Iron Fist, he’s a creation of the 70’s and some of their origin is locked into that time, and its interesting to see how they’ve all been somewhat retrovented in the last few years….especially with Marvel losing the Fu Manchu rights that were such a part of Shang Chi’s original origins..
My first thought for Shang would be Philip Ng from Once Upon a Time in Shanghai and Birth of the Dragon…. Donnie Yen or Collin Chou would have been perfect some years ago and i think his name was bandied about when Yuen Woo-ping and co were approached years ago about the idea, i think at one point the Wachosky Siblngs had expressed interest in producing and recomended Yuen and his team…..
Jean-Paul Ly would make one hell of a Shang Chi, he’s proved what he can deliver in jailbreak and nightshooters and has a cool role in the upcoming Artemis Fowl…..
I just hope Shang Chi is handled the right way and doesnt fall into development hell, Iron Fist lingered there for way too many years, I remember sitting down with Director Kirk Wong and veteran HK actor and character Chan Wai-man about the Iron Fist movie they were supposed to do with Ray Park attached some damn 16/17 years ago…. The Iron Fist series i think a big issue was the casting (wrong choice for lead big time, in terms of attitude, i gather he was not the most proactive for training…whereas Jessica Henwick who was hired at same time, jumped into things…when people were blaming the action team for the first season not having the action they wanted, strange that people praised Henwick’s action but couldnt comprehend that the same team was handling the action, but hampered by the leading man and directors who too often wouldnt listen to them ref action choreography, camera placement and more!)
I too, feel Max Zhang I’d the perfect Shang Chi. He makes Kung Fu look good but more importantly. when he kicks ass, it’s convincing. Plus, like Donnie, he’s got charisma. Don’t take my word for it. Check him out in Master Z, and you’ll see.
If it’s not Max Zhang we riot.
Daniel Wu gets my vote
I am interested to see how this turns out. I hope it is awesome
OK! I’m disappointed that they didn’t get Max Zhang or Phillip Ng, but Simu is a stuntman in addition to being an actor, so he could do well.
Tony Leung CW finally gets to star in a Hollywood production! I remember years ago when he was supposed to portray a private detective in an American movie before that was canceled. I wonder if he’ll play Shang Chi’s evil father.
Also it seems that Andy Le from Martial club on Youtube is gonna be in it as he is recently arrived in Aus for a big film project
Can’t say I’m terribly excited. If they wanted China money they got the wrong leads. Simu and Awkwafina are good actors but they’re very plain looking (to put it nicely) and very American. Why couldn’t they have gotten someone like Eddie Peng or Aarif Lee to go with Celina Jade or something is beyond me. Don’t say looks don’t matter; who’s playing Thor, Captain A, Black Widow? Also they don’t need a top martial arts guy, none of the Avengers actors are stuntmen and that’s never gotten in the way. They even got the wrong Tony Leung, the other one is way better at bad guy roles.
Trailer looks alright. It’s Marvel so obviously can see where the money went but otherwise looks pretty tired and old hat like recycling crouching tiger & hero imagery because that’s what Americans associate with Chinese cinema. I’ll be surprised this does anything for anyone at the box office.
That’s the thing. As someone that’s watched tons of kung fu movies, especially the wuxia ones, Shang-Chi doesn’t look like it’s going to stand out from the rest. Yeah, it’s a Marvel-branded kung fu movie, but branding alone does not make a movie good. I’m not saying the Shang-Chi will be bad, but I don’t think it’s going to get the traction that Marvel’s hoping for. Maybe it’s because I’m all Marvel’ed out, but ever since Avengers: Endgame, I haven’t really paid attention to what Marvel’s been doing. I haven’t even seen WandaVision or Falcon and The Winter Soldier yet, and I’m honestly not planning on it. At least, not for the time being.
I agree with YM.
And after Mulan this is further proof that Disney is clueless about China. I predict not more than 40 millions $ box office in Mainland China
I like the trailer and it shows that the fight choreography is gonna be crisp. I hope the advertising campaign goes well, since I want Shang Chi to join the Avengers in the next big event film.
So, Shang Chi isn’t the son of Fu Manchu? No Sir Denis Nayland Smith? No Blackjack Tarr? No Leiko Wu? And we’re supplementing actual physical martial arts skills with CGI & wirework? Call me old-fashioned, but count me out, this doesn’t even vaguely resemble the “Master Of Kung Fu” I grew up reading about …
Marvel trash like this isn’t even worth covering.
Getting Bulletproof Monk vibes. Though unlike this COF reviewer, I liked BPM. https://www.cityonfire.com/hkrelated/bulletproofmonk.html
WTF on the website formatting, takes me back to highschool! Reminds us that JJ-Bona build his empire on geocities or something.
You know something. I loved this Trailer and I think its amazing. Considering that we were in lockdown last yearpeople have become very selfish since then. If I am going to be honest, people need to stop complaining about stupid stuff and enjoy life
/ban
Stupid stuff still needs a modicum of talent and craft. This feels like it was written, produced and shot in a San Francisco Panda Express.
San Francisco Panda Express inside a gay sauna.
Starring Ulric Henry and Simu Liu
Certainly nothing original here. It’s always sad when someone states that we are going to see something that no one’s ever seen before. I think my eyes rolled out of my head at that comment. Normally, when people say that it means only one thing, this is going to suck! And, even if it does turn out to be a good movie, not seeing one single thing in the fight choreography that inspires me or that I haven’t seen in a thousand other martial arts films that have come before.
Shang-Chi was awesome!
Director Destin Daniel Cretton has said that he was heavily influenced by Hong Kong action films, and you could tell with how the fights are filmed and choreographed. It was no coincidence that Brad Allan was brought in to do the fights. (And they paid tribute to him as well.)
There’s also other references like how Meng’er Zhang who played Xialing was made up to look like Yukari Oshima and fight like her too, and the welcome inclusion of Yuen Wah in an extended cameo.
In his interview with GQ, Tony Leung stated that he portrayed his character of Wenwu not as a typical villain, and it showed. He gave him multiple layers and his facial expressions conveyed just as much as his well delivered dialogue. Wenwu is a tragic character who had an abusive father and in turn he grew up to be one himself. When he gains the rings, it increases his self esteem to a great deal of narcissism and anti-social personality disorder. Tony definitely made this role his own.
I think back to Thor: Ragnorok and Black Panther which abused their CGI and featured very little fight choreography with actual humans, and was happy to see that CGI in Shang-Chi was only used to enhance scenes instead of replacing them entirely.
The final fight does become the Chinese equivalent of a Kaiju film, but that was ok because it was done well along with the rest of the movie. And the audience applauded which meant there’s a lot of people who ended up “getting it.” I look forward to the further adventures of Shang-Chi.
Me too
You’ve convinced me to check this out Andrew, now if only the cinemas here would re-open! Of course the real tragedy of this is that, if anyone asks you to recommend another Tony Leung movie, you’ll probably bring up ‘Europe Raiders’. 🙂
I think I know better than that at this point. 😛
Check out Walter Chaw’s review of “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/09/15/shang-chi-orientalist-fantasy/