@m0m0 Long before doing Chasing the Dragon, he already played a crime boss in the TVB series A New Life. I believe he said that he will no longer play villains or characters with negative influences. As for doing other genres, he's done tried out pretty much everything except for pure dramas. This new movie sounds like it.

Looks actually good despite the movie premise. Early reviews are looking good as well.

@mike Meaning it took him that fast to learn enough to make it look convincing and good onscreen.

Most underwhelming reviews are coming from Hong Kong, of course, so...

@yoyo You're absolutely right even though there's bunch of talent. It's all about chance, and people with looks are the ones with bigger chances than the action performers.

@dook Kung Fu are not appreciated anymore it is sad but it is the reality already. Talent vs beautiful face, fans only care about looks. You don't need any skills if you look good, kung fu can be imitated by cheap slow motion acting. In the 80s people with kung fu are actors, but now they are only stuntmen because they don't look beautiful enough.

Understandable. Kung fu movies nowadays are dried out and reusing the same movie aesthetics, approaches and ideas. Glad he's focusing on contemporary action movies now.

@mike Here's what you said: "Maybe PR told him to lie to create a buzz to see his last Ip Man movie ever." Now link me proof about that one.

@dook proof about what? that he has said many years ago he wouldn't do another Ip Man movie again and here he is doing another one and saying the same thing again? Just Google it.

@littlefish You don't have to be sorry, speak up all you want since you're entitled to your opinion. It's subjective anyway.

@dook the difference between JC and DY though is JC’s face isn’t full of Botox lol! He can emote better than DY >_> so I don’t think DY can do anything other than kungfu movie, sorry!

@xrc56 No need to because I fully understand, I think you need though lol. Jet Li stated something similar when he announced his last kung fu movie with Fearless. Look it up. Empty-handed combat scenes isn't only restricted to kung fu movies, it's also present in contemporary movies such as SPL and Flash Point.

@dook Please read the clearly. He said his last kung fu film. Action movies are different. Kung fu film you fight with your bare hands and legs. Example drunken master.

@mike Link us proof instead of speculating.

@jayne Nah, I still think he has 4-5 more years before he eventually slows down. Besides, he's continuing with general action movies. He's got The Fat Dragon and Raging Fire coming up next year.

@xrc56 He's not retiring from action movies in general, just from making movies about real-life kung fu masters.

@anon Donnie tried out drama with Big Brother. If given another opportunities in midst of making action movies, he would do well. Look at Jackie, he tried out drama with Shinjuku Incident (crime drama). Donnie and Jackie may be action performers but they have shown improvements over the years with their acting so course they want to try it more. How you feel about it is all subjective, we all have our own opinions. With that being said, Donnie will continue making martial arts-action movies. He's just transitioning from kung fu movies to contemporary action movies, which is where he made himself known for at the start of his career anyway.

@dook Jackie Chan has more star power than Donnie Yen and for years since Rush Hour sequels that he wanted to transition from kung fu films to dramatic films. If JC can't, you think Donnie can? Lol

@dook He said that a few Ip Man movies before this as well. Maybe PR told him to lie to create a buzz to see his last Ip Man movie ever.

@dook Donnie Yen is 56 this year...I think it's the right time for him to step away from kung fu movies as he is getting older and probably wants to avoid injuries. As a martial arts movie fan, I would love to see more of Donnie in kung fu movies, but inevitably he would either need to use more stunt doubles and do less risky action sequences in his movies due to aging. His name is already a big brand, and it would be great if he can start producing more kung fu movies to develop new talent. We need a new younger generation of kung fu stars for the genre to continue to shine. Max Zhang is a good fighter too, but at 45, I think he is already a bit past his prime.