Legend of the Wolf (1997)

06/14/1997Action1h 34m
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Wolf is a war veteran who recounts the tale of his legendary youth to a young upstart killer. Flashback to a post-World War 2 time when the young Wolf is wandering the Chinese countryside in search of his missing memories. He only knows to meet someone at an abandoned temple. He ends up hooking up with a local villager, who intends to guide the Wolf to his destination. On the way, they find Wai-Yee, who’s been waiting for Wolf for quite some time. However, Wolf still can’t remember anything, until the bad guys come to find him, and they bear the terrible secret of the Wolf's past.

Top Billed Cast

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    Donnie Yen

    Fung Man-hin

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    Carman Lee Yeuk-Tung

    Wai-Yee

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    Dayo Wong Chi-Wah

    Wai

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    Ben Lam Kwok-Bun

    Bandit Leader

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    Edmond Leung Hon-Man

    Ben Chan

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    Bonnie Lai Suk-Yin

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    Mak Wai-Cheung

    Monkey style fighter

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    Tony Tam Chun-To

    Fighter with chains

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    Kenji Tanigaki

    Forest fighter

I freaking love this movie. Everyone may not love Donnie's experimental take, but i'd argue that the fights in this movie, in particular the final fights with Mak Wai Cheung and Ben Lam, all show much more fun directorial/creative chops than the modern 87Eleven/John Wick style of action. I've already said this before but the 87Eleven style has always been too clean for me. Their style to me has always just looked like a glorified stunt reel rather than an actual film. And in John Wick in particular, the fun stuff almost always goes to the set design and never the choreography or camera w...

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Original Languagecn 

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