Chen disguises himself as a masked superhero and defeats the assassins and saves Zeng. Zeng's death will spark off a civil war between the two warlords and aid the subsequent Japanese invasion. One night, Chen discovers that the Japanese are planning to assassinate General Zeng, the son of a northern warlord, and push the blame to General Zhuo, a rival warlord. He befriends Liu Yutian, the owner of a nightclub frequented by foreign dignitaries, and becomes attracted to Kiki, a nightclub singer who is actually a Japanese spy. He returns to China after the war and takes on the identity of Qi Tianyuan, his friend who was killed in action.īack in Shanghai, Chen joins an underground resistance movement to stop the Empire of Japan from invading China. Chen, who had faked his death has joined a group of Chinese men who help the Allies fight the Germans in France during World War I. The movie is set mainly in China before the Second Sino-Japanese War. The film was released in Chinese theatres on 21 September 2010 and two days later in Hong Kong on 23 September 2010. The film was shown out of competition during the opening night of the 67th Venice International Film Festival, and 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.

Principal photography for Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen began in November 2009 and ended in early February 2010 shooting took place in Shanghai, China. The film is a sequel to the 1994 film Fist of Legend, which starred Jet Li as Chen Zhen.

The film stars Donnie Yen as Chen Zhen, a role made famous by Bruce Lee in the 1972 film Fist of Fury. Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen is a 2010 Hong Kong martial arts superhero film directed by Andrew Lau, who produced with Gordon Chan, who also wrote the screenplay with Cheung Chi-shing, Philip Lui and Frankie Tam.

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