True Legend

Returning to the director’s chair after a 14-year absence, Yuen retraces the lineage of our stumbling but deadly warrior (Vincent Chao) back to a career as an army general. Cue tragedy, training montages, more tragedy, white-bearded sages, copious binge-drinking, cameos by Michelle Yeoh and David Carradine, and, of course, much ass-kicking. But whereas Yuen’s speciality has always been gonzo, gravity-defying spectacles, now he’s spiced his set pieces with plasticine computer-generated flourishes.