Described by film scholar Andrew Willis as arguably the most recognizable film star in the world, Jackie Chan remains the most significant figure of action cinema over the past half-century. Working as an actor, director, writer and action choreographer, Chan achieved mainstream success in both the Eastern and Western hemispheres. Fans have come to easily recognize his acrobatic, improvised martial arts fighting style, but there’s more to his best films than just top knotch action sequences.During the early 1970s, Bruce Lee played a substantial role in catapulting the Hong Kong film industry to the forefront of world cinema. Lee’s premature death left a void that Jackie Chan ultimately filled. Chan’s combination of slapstick humor with world-class action choreography helped to create some of cinema’s greatest films.Often mistaken as his directorial debut, The Young Master was the second film directed by Chan and his first made for Golden Harvest, the studio that made Bruce Lee a star. In the film, Chan plays Dragon Lung, a martial arts student who goes searching for his exiled brother. While en route, a local police chief mistakes Dragon for a notorious criminal.
Described by film scholar Andrew Willis as arguably the most recognizable film star in the world, Jackie Chan remains the most significant figure of action cinema over the past half-century. Working as an actor, director, writer and action choreographer, Chan achieved mainstream success in both the Eastern and Western hemispheres. Fans have come to easily recognize his acrobatic, improvised martial arts fighting style, but there’s more to his best films than just top knotch action sequences.
During the early 1970s, Bruce Lee played a substantial role in catapulting the Hong Kong film industry to the forefront of world cinema. Lee’s premature death left a void that Jackie Chan ultimately filled. Chan’s combination of slapstick humor with world-class action choreography helped to create some of cinema’s greatest films.
Often mistaken as his directorial debut, The Young Master was the second film directed by Chan and his first made for Golden Harvest, the studio that made Bruce Lee a star. In the film, Chan plays Dragon Lung, a martial arts student who goes searching for his exiled brother. While en route, a local police chief mistakes Dragon for a notorious criminal.
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