The Legend of the Wolf

Widescreen.....NOT!
This movie is not too bad for one of Donnie Yen's first directorial efforts. The biggest problem is that it's not really a widescreen transfer. It's not even letterboxed. Unless you consider the eighteenth of an inch at the top and bottom of the picture a widescreen/letterboxed edition. The poor transfer really makes some of the decent fight scenes difficult to watch. It's ashame that Amazon doesn't review the titles before releasing the information.

If you enjoy martial arts/action movies, this one is worth giving a try. It's not Donnie's best, but it's not his worse either.

stuck between a 3 and a 4
The movie is absolute briliance if you look at the budget. $500,000!!!!!!!

Now if you are a kugn fu fan then you NEED to get this. Fans of Iron Monkey may enjoy the super revved up action, but even if you don't like it when they majorly undercrank films, this may still catch your eye.

The movie is all a flashback story. Donnie Yen is old and is telling a kid a story about when he was young and lost his memory. By the end both stories get wrapped up very nicely. But the end scene absolutely blew me away. There is somethign that happened right before the final fight scene that boosted this up to a 4. I guess I wasn't expecting any real movie moments, but this had a hell of a lot of them.

Now the action scenes I have to say are one of a kind. There is a match with a guy who is usign chains to fight donnie, that was my favorite. ALL of teh fights are unreal but awesome. The one with the guy using like monkey or tiger style was INTENSE. If you...

Donnie Yen should be commended for this gem...
This movie has been criticized excessively by many for being too different from the usual martial arts genre. Indeed, if you enjoyed Iron Monkey and are looking for something similar in a Donnie Yen film, such as people precisely executing each martial arts technique, pausing deliberately after several exchanges of punches and kicks, and sometimes even yelling out the name for a particular move, Legend of the Wolf may not be the movie for you.

Not all the criticisms are justified. Unlike Yen�s previous masterpiece which showcases his finest skills as a martial artist, Legend of theWolf exhibits a remarkable combination of raw energy and artistic elegance, and this movie is nothing short of spectacular. Like Yen�s subsequent effort, Ballistic Kiss, Legend of the Wolf has excellent cinematography, wonderful camera work, good music in addition to its kinetic if somewhat disorienting actions, which suit the film�s dark mood perfectly. Look beyond the norm of...

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