Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen

Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen is about seven years after the death of Chen Zhen who was shot after he found out who was responsible for the death of his teacher (Huo Yuanjia) in Shanghai during the Japanese occupation. Landing a mysterious stranger arrives from abroad and made friends with a local mafia boss. The man posing as Chen Zhen, who intends to infiltrate the masses when they formed an alliance with Japan. Disguised as masked fighters, Chen intends to fight all the people involved when he get a list compiled by the Japanese murder


Synopsis: A patriotic hero taken for dead for years suddenly reappears disguised as a wealthy entrepreneur to pull together an intricate plan of vigilante justice against the enemies of the people.

Director: Andrew Lau

Writer: Gordon Chan, Cheung Chi Sing

Producers: Chan and Lau are producing with Peter Lam (Media Asia), Wang Changtian (Enlight Pictures) and Ren Zhonglun (Shanghai Film Group) as executive producers.
Cast: Donnie Yen, Shu Qi, Anthony Wong, Huang Bo

Budget: US$12m

Financing: Hong Kong’s Media Asia Films is co-financing with Beijing-based Enlight Pictures and Shanghai Film Media Asia, which is a joint venture between Media Asia, Shanghai Film Group and Beijing Guoli Changsheng Films.

Language: The film was shot in both Mandarin and Cantonese-language versions.

Countries of Production: Hong Kong, China

Status: Post-production

Release date: September 23