I don't know if I've ever seen any filmmaker explain action filmmaking as easily and as accessibly as Donnie Yen does in his demonstrations/interviews. He's ridiculously good at communicating and explaining his process.
He doesn't need to be the next Bruce Lee, he's the first Donnie Yen. He couldn't have done the Yip Man films any better. Amazing films. Hong Kong created an epic result.
Comparing ip man, bruce lee, and donnie yen is comparing long bow, cross bow, and musket. Donnie yen is more modern in style, and bigger in physics than bruce lee, as well as bruce lee when compared to ip man But in box office, bruce lee has the most influence nevertheless...
This is probably the best interview with Donnie Yen. He is not just a great martial art actors and also an inspiring action director. And well done Kenji. It's even awesome you understand Cantonese!
I love this guy. He is smarter then i ever gave him credit for. His movies are always great and always have great action sequences. Great to see his mind in action thru this, thank you.
Donnie Yen.....He's so good at being in action scenes and being behind the action scenes. A true martial arts director/choreographer and a martial artist in my eyes.
I had the privilege of seeing 'Fists of Fury' in Taipei in 1972. It's really great to see how Donnie Yen has taken the genre to a higher level. Great stuff. The man is a consummate professional. Unbelievable talent. Thanks for posting. I would pay to be a background Actor in one of his films.
he is quite tge specimen. Over 50, physically like a 30 year old man. Nice face, strong body, and great speaking voice in Chinese and English, calm and strong. He's impressive. Yeah...Imma fan
Donnie Yen learnt real martial art really well since like 16 years ago and he is very talented. he is also quite creative, he created a few new fighting/boxing styles of "Wing Chun" of his own.
He's an awesome actor and amazing and skilled martial artist. His English is a lot better than Jackie Chan and Jet Li but those two play in many Hollywood movies. Yen would have much bigger success than those two in Hollywood if he wanted
Love him in the Ip man films. Seeing him direct and just filming, makes me wish Bruce had lived to direct and star in films still, with all the technology at his finger tips, I think he woulda made some awesome films. Respect
Both Jackie and Jet paved way for hong kong cinema to reach wider audience. They did alot more than anyone can ever imagine. Jackies movies from the 80s and 90s has amazing fight scenes that are still way above any hollywood crap. 20 years ago almost I knew that not only hollywood but everyone could learn alot from hong kong cinema. They dont as donnie said make a scene into fragments in hong kong. They actually have like 1/10 of the cuts they have in hollywood and much of that is because of their skill with martial arts aswell as their passion for what they do. Many of them put in their entire life into making movies. They know action because they love it. Their way of doing action is being used all over the world but I have never ever seen a good martial arts movie without a chinese guy showing up in it. Even yuen wo ping made the fights in the matrix movies.
+Golden Arts You only give credit to these two actors for singlehandedly paving way for HONG KONG CINEMA to reach wider audience as a whole? Wow, you outta do thorough research on that. King Hu, Chang Cheh, Lau Kar Leung, Bruce Lee, Yuen Woo Ping, Corey Yuen, Tsui Hark, John Woo, Ringo Lam, Johnnie To, Sammo Hung, Wong Jing, Wong Kar Wai etc. There's too many names to mention here. Anyway, Hong Kong Cinema was shaped the way it is due to a network of talents.
Ye I agree I might have given them to much credit. Sammo Hung and Yuen wo ping did both do alot of good stuff for the HK Cinema. John Woo im not so sure about. Im talking about who actually made chinese movies bring in more money due to the fact that its more known world wide now. And Jackie Chan is probably the biggest reason for that.
He has a point. Hollywood action films have some of the most garbage fight scenes because Hollywood action directors don't know how to shoot these scenes and try to edit it all with shitty camera shaking and multiple cuts. Take the Hunger Games and Red Dawn for example. Awful, awful fight scenes where you can't even tell what's going on
great example of good American fight scenes, Taken...Baaaddd example is Taken 2. Horribly close up. All fragmented. But these movie fight scens show everything. Perfect camera angles and views
+JD Frank They have to edit like that because all the actors don't know how to fight. If they show a wide shot of 2 hollywood actors fighting you'll notice their bad form, slow and weak movement. The whole scene will look even worse.
This is a demanding profession. The job is not easy at all because you have to think about the angles and while choreographing the fight scenes. Donnie Yen is indeed a talent in this aspect.
mr yen raised a very good point, many times, the producers or the cinematographer outside hong kong normally don't have a very strong sense for action scenes, they thought multiple camera is all an action scene needs to make sure that the action is nice.sometimes, the action director have a better idea of where to place the camera for an action scene to make sure that the action are nicely captured. This short segment not only tells me the importance of a cinematographer, but also how important action directors are compared to what other people thought it might be the case. Coming from an aspiring cinematographer.
This issue has been raised many times before. It seems its the departmentalised nature of film making, where in the west filmmaking is clearly seperated into the directing and the editing and the story telling, and after its all been captured by the director and the actors, its stitched together by the editor, who maybe doesnt understand the true vision of the story teller or director. In HK as far as i can tell, if your making an action film, the action director can overide the shots or maybe suggest shots or take over from the directing duties for a segment of the movie. The roles of who does what in filmmaking is not so clearly delineated. In fact the action director may even also edit the film. The balance has to be there, of course not all HK action movies are good stories or movies. A few of donnies recent movies have been below SPL or Flashpoint. Maybe he should stick to playing a rogue cop? Im not a student of film but i know a good movie or good storytelling. Also this may also explain why Prometheus turned out in my opinion to be way below expectations... Ridley Scott, Alien origin and lore expanding movie, should be a no brainer.... yet really disappointing in terms of story telling. Key elements of that movie just grate and annoy me. And can all that blame be laid at Ridley Scotts door? Did he watch it before hand and think that it all made sense, and put his approval on it? who knows. Guy who looked like the dude who played Bane cant remember his name right now, was my Jar Jar Binks, as was the 2 female leads running along the projected fall path of alien ship, as was the 2 comic "scientists/experts" who get lost... sorry im digressing... that example just popped into my head... As your an aspiring cinematographer. I dont know if your aware of the youtube channel Every Frame A Painting? Amazing channel and work! Go there, theres a video that highlights the points being discussed, with Jackie Chan. All that channels videos are good tutorials! I love it and im just a lover of good movies
yeah, i am aware of that channel and i love every video of it. Yeah, like you said, separate each department to take part of different jobs does make the logistic part of the filming easier, but it also limits each talent from each crew members. I think it is not just the Hollywood, but also many part of the world.
Not just nicely capture! It also shows the expressions of actors and expression of movements (fighting techniques). Bruce Lee was good at that . He used camera angles to show his techniques and super quickness that he didn't have. He was fast but his movies showed he was even faster. Please take a look at Enter the Dragon, when he did the "slap hand" with Bob Wall. The camera was placed behind Bob's back for a reason!!! Another pointer I want to give out is let's say Bruce and Bob Wall could run 50 yards at the same speed, they could reach the finish line at the same time. Then how could Bruce Lee show he could run faster than Bob Wall if they started the race at the same time? How?.....Bruce told Bob Wall to slow down and Bruce himself ran at the same speed. How could Bruce hit Bob first with his spinning heel kick when Bob was about to kick Bruce with front kick in Enter the Dragon? Bob Wall was told to slow down his front kick! When we look at the distances both kicks had to travel to hit the target, we knew the shortest distance between two points is a straight line; in other words, the front kick should hit the target first!
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***** But then it disappeared. Yes, we have movies with really good fight choreography here and there, but I still see way too much shaky cam in American action films.
+Max D. Agreed shaky cam is a disease I'm sorry to say they used that too much especially in Bourne Supremacy and Ultimatum but when they showed what it was like without it it looked much better. Look what they did with Matrix movies Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Ann Moss and Laurence Fishburne were taught by Yuen Woo-Ping and his team and they didn't need to use shitty shaky cam. And Donnie is right for action scenes give that role to the ACTION director.
I like how he can translate so efficiently from Cantonese to Japanese. Also allows me to understand that Japanese uses a lot more English words with a Japanese accent to it whereas Cantonese (a version of Mandarin) just says it in its own native way. E.g. Camera - Japanese says カメラ but 摄影机 in Mandarin. Which is actually Camcorder
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I have seen lots of Martial arts specialist actors.. But Donnie Yen is the best. Cause he knows how to act as well as how to express at different situations.. Perfect..
Everything he's saying is so damn true. we in the US cant make a good fight scene for shit unless its all CG computerized like in transformers or avatar (but thats not even martial arts). I couldn't stand the shaky camera fight scenes in the bourne movies, out of the whole trilogy i might have enjoyed one or two fight scenes but overall i wasn't too impressed, just a good storyline there.
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I personally enjoy the OG action movies of Hollywood tho especially the ones by Arnold. But I agree that many action movies are more fantasy like in the modern era
And now some acting: "You have stolen 3 dollars from me. I must have revenge" Attack! LOL Donnie Yen is not just a tough guy, he is a true entertainer as well.
PyRo Solid hahahaha you're hilarious dude can't tell if you're joking. Ip Man taught Bruce Lee. Donnie Yen portraying Ip Man does not make him Ip Man sorry. Bruce Lee died in 1973 (age 32) and Donnie Yen was born in 1963 (age 10). So you're saying Donnie Yen taught Bruce Lee kungfu when he wasn't even born yet?
PyRo Solid you're dumb as fuck dude. Learn the facts before you comment next time. lastly, it is "taught", not "teached". Learn both the facts and english.
Some of the footage are from Donnie working in Germany in 1999 and 2000. He was a second-unit director and fight choreographer for a TV series starring Mickey Hardt.
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+Ali Sakr you may think that because of the style of action movies they do.. but note that it's only in movies.. while jackie prefers more comic, donnie makes it look brutal and serious.. but that does not define their martial arts.. Jackie prefers to show his character weak.. at first.. making obstacles come his way, taking loads of beatings, a handicap match and what not.. and making him overcome out of all the weakness and still win the battle.. that's why some people think he's not a good fighter.. but that's the beauty of his fights.. making it relatable to everyone.. while donnie is a good fighter/choreographer.. his fights will make you go.. nah.. only donnie can do this..
+Kayla Gerbaud While Jackie does most of his stunts yes, however that is ALL he is a stunt man; and he ain't no martial artist like Donne Yen or heck even Sammo Hung. When I watch Jackie's movie, all I see are stunts and tricks. When I watch Donnie or Sammo it's martial arts plus real action.
Just a quick recap of Donnie's background: His parents were both martial artists and MUSICIANS. so Donnie is not only a kung fu expert, he's also a outstanding pianist :) He received intensive training when he was young. even when he moved to the United States he didn't stop his training. Everyone should be grateful to his dedication to kung fu and action movie or we would otherwise have no opportunities to watch such great movies
Kung fu is a type of martial arts which Donnie yen doesn't do. He does wing chun, wushu, taekwondo, tai chi,Brazilian jiu jitsu , judo, kickboxing, Muay Thai, hapkido, jeet kune do, boxing, and wrestling.
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He’s a martial arts choreographer and action director too. SPL action was choreographed by him. He’s trained in mma, boxing, many styles, multitalented.
I don't know if I've ever seen any filmmaker explain action filmmaking as easily and as accessibly as Donnie Yen does in his demonstrations/interviews. He's ridiculously good at communicating and explaining his process.
He doesn't need to be the next Bruce Lee, he's the first Donnie Yen. He couldn't have done the Yip Man films any better. Amazing films. Hong Kong created an epic result.
Mark Lowe perfect comment !
totemo amazing desu ka
Haven't seen it yet but thank you for the tip.
Comparing ip man, bruce lee, and donnie yen is comparing long bow, cross bow, and musket. Donnie yen is more modern in style, and bigger in physics than bruce lee, as well as bruce lee when compared to ip man
But in box office, bruce lee has the most influence nevertheless...
Yes
He looks younger than the ages.
Great actor... Respect!
This is probably the best interview with Donnie Yen. He is not just a great martial art actors and also an inspiring action director. And well done Kenji. It's even awesome you understand Cantonese!
I'm a big fan of his fight style, especially on Ip Man, he's even humble in real life.
A real master
Did you know he is a fan of group Earth Wind and Fire....I heard him say that, and I was like what...really!!! He seems like a great guy
Ip man wasn't choreographed by him. But most scenes were possible to be made because of his experience
I love this guy. He is smarter then i ever gave him credit for. His movies are always great and always have great action sequences. Great to see his mind in action thru this, thank you.
best line ever: "you have stolen 3 dollars from me. I have to revenge!"
+Tan Newton Dude where is that from? lol
Black Panther
from Donnie Yen. Haven't you watched the video above?
I just skipped to the martial arts but that line sounds like something Stephen Chow would say and made me laugh...
hahaha, that line is classic epic funny.
Black Panther 6:54 is where it is
Donnie Yen.....He's so good at being in action scenes and being behind the action scenes. A true martial arts director/choreographer and a martial artist in my eyes.
I had the privilege of seeing 'Fists of Fury' in Taipei in 1972. It's really great to see how Donnie Yen has taken the genre to a higher level. Great stuff. The man is a consummate professional. Unbelievable talent. Thanks for posting. I would pay to be a background Actor in one of his films.
he is quite tge specimen. Over 50, physically like a 30 year old man. Nice face, strong body, and great speaking voice in Chinese and English, calm and strong. He's impressive. Yeah...Imma fan
Yaminah Jackson 50?! 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
@@aleee641 late 30's in this video.
What's Chinese? I didn't know Chinese was a language?! LOL
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What's so funny? Chinese is a language...
@@jonkc3635 Think about it, wouldn't it be stupid/ignorant if I ask you, "Do you speak Indian?"
donnie yen, the man, the undefeated legend
Yes
Love this man! so badass, I could watch him all day.
Donnie Yen is the best martial artist and he is my idol!!
Donnie Yen learnt real martial art really well since like 16 years ago and he is very talented. he is also quite creative, he created a few new fighting/boxing styles of "Wing Chun" of his own.
He started when he was 4 by his mum
Nix Nil i
He's an awesome actor and amazing and skilled martial artist. His English is a lot better than Jackie Chan and Jet Li but those two play in many Hollywood movies. Yen would have much bigger success than those two in Hollywood if he wanted
he used to live in us.
He grew up in Boston. From the age of 3. He is more American than Chinese.
Donnie Yen has multiple talents, he is bilingual, he knows martial arts, he can break dance or something, direct movies, etc.
R Pang He is also a decent piano player..
A lot of people are bilingual, it isn't a big deal
this donnie yen is so fast,especially for his size. Men with big arms are usually much slower. wish i could steal his performance abilities :D
Love him in the Ip man films. Seeing him direct and just filming, makes me wish Bruce had lived to direct and star in films still, with all the technology at his finger tips, I think he woulda made some awesome films.
Respect
11:27 how freaking effortless was that?
I love Donnie yen and his style of action choreography. What's he doing is very unique and special.
8:21 that cat was the luckiest cat alive. Or still is.
Both Jackie and Jet paved way for hong kong cinema to reach wider audience. They did alot more than anyone can ever imagine. Jackies movies from the 80s and 90s has amazing fight scenes that are still way above any hollywood crap. 20 years ago almost I knew that not only hollywood but everyone could learn alot from hong kong cinema. They dont as donnie said make a scene into fragments in hong kong. They actually have like 1/10 of the cuts they have in hollywood and much of that is because of their skill with martial arts aswell as their passion for what they do. Many of them put in their entire life into making movies. They know action because they love it. Their way of doing action is being used all over the world but I have never ever seen a good martial arts movie without a chinese guy showing up in it. Even yuen wo ping made the fights in the matrix movies.
+Golden Arts You only give credit to these two actors for singlehandedly paving way for HONG KONG CINEMA to reach wider audience as a whole? Wow, you outta do thorough research on that. King Hu, Chang Cheh, Lau Kar Leung, Bruce Lee, Yuen Woo Ping, Corey Yuen, Tsui Hark, John Woo, Ringo Lam, Johnnie To, Sammo Hung, Wong Jing, Wong Kar Wai etc. There's too many names to mention here. Anyway, Hong Kong Cinema was shaped the way it is due to a network of talents.
Ye I agree I might have given them to much credit. Sammo Hung and Yuen wo ping did both do alot of good stuff for the HK Cinema. John Woo im not so sure about. Im talking about who actually made chinese movies bring in more money due to the fact that its more known world wide now. And Jackie Chan is probably the biggest reason for that.
+Dook MD Just let me set the record straight, im not talking about who made the best movie, the best fighting scene etc.
+Golden Arts
And the biggest master of Hong Kong cinema martial arts, Bruce Lee respect.
He has a point. Hollywood action films have some of the most garbage fight scenes because Hollywood action directors don't know how to shoot these scenes and try to edit it all with shitty camera shaking and multiple cuts. Take the Hunger Games and Red Dawn for example. Awful, awful fight scenes where you can't even tell what's going on
great example of good American fight scenes, Taken...Baaaddd example is Taken 2. Horribly close up. All fragmented. But these movie fight scens show everything. Perfect camera angles and views
+JD Frank They have to edit like that because all the actors don't know how to fight. If they show a wide shot of 2 hollywood actors fighting you'll notice their bad form, slow and weak movement. The whole scene will look even worse.
It should be mandatory for Hollywood actors to take some kung fu lessons
JD Frank some does not result to what we see in hk action films
+JD Frank , that's why matrix 1 fight scene was good
When Donnie Yen opens up a school, I'll head there to learn.
Same lol
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He is hero ..donnie
This is a demanding profession. The job is not easy at all because you have to think about the angles and while choreographing the fight scenes. Donnie Yen is indeed a talent in this aspect.
That first guy getting hit is doing like 3 jobs. Acting, translating, hosting. Jeez lol
imhellag 8x the pay
Donnie Yen A name of shining star & the sign of quality work Keep farward to success
mr yen raised a very good point, many times, the producers or the cinematographer outside hong kong normally don't have a very strong sense for action scenes, they thought multiple camera is all an action scene needs to make sure that the action is nice.sometimes, the action director have a better idea of where to place the camera for an action scene to make sure that the action are nicely captured.
This short segment not only tells me the importance of a cinematographer, but also how important action directors are compared to what other people thought it might be the case.
Coming from an aspiring cinematographer.
This issue has been raised many times before. It seems its the departmentalised nature of film making, where in the west filmmaking is clearly seperated into the directing and the editing and the story telling, and after its all been captured by the director and the actors, its stitched together by the editor, who maybe doesnt understand the true vision of the story teller or director.
In HK as far as i can tell, if your making an action film, the action director can overide the shots or maybe suggest shots or take over from the directing duties for a segment of the movie. The roles of who does what in filmmaking is not so clearly delineated. In fact the action director may even also edit the film. The balance has to be there, of course not all HK action movies are good stories or movies. A few of donnies recent movies have been below SPL or Flashpoint. Maybe he should stick to playing a rogue cop? Im not a student of film but i know a good movie or good storytelling.
Also this may also explain why Prometheus turned out in my opinion to be way below expectations... Ridley Scott, Alien origin and lore expanding movie, should be a no brainer.... yet really disappointing in terms of story telling. Key elements of that movie just grate and annoy me. And can all that blame be laid at Ridley Scotts door? Did he watch it before hand and think that it all made sense, and put his approval on it? who knows.
Guy who looked like the dude who played Bane cant remember his name right now, was my Jar Jar Binks, as was the 2 female leads running along the projected fall path of alien ship, as was the 2 comic "scientists/experts" who get lost... sorry im digressing... that example just popped into my head...
As your an aspiring cinematographer. I dont know if your aware of the youtube channel Every Frame A Painting? Amazing channel and work! Go there, theres a video that highlights the points being discussed, with Jackie Chan. All that channels videos are good tutorials! I love it and im just a lover of good movies
yeah, i am aware of that channel and i love every video of it.
Yeah, like you said, separate each department to take part of different jobs does make the logistic part of the filming easier, but it also limits each talent from each crew members.
I think it is not just the Hollywood, but also many part of the world.
Not just nicely capture! It also shows the expressions of actors and expression of movements (fighting techniques). Bruce Lee was good at that . He used camera angles to show his techniques and super quickness that he didn't have. He was fast but his movies showed he was even faster. Please take a look at Enter the Dragon, when he did the "slap hand" with Bob Wall. The camera was placed behind Bob's back for a reason!!!
Another pointer I want to give out is let's say Bruce and Bob Wall could run 50 yards at the same speed, they could reach the finish line at the same time. Then how could Bruce Lee show he could run faster than Bob Wall if they started the race at the same time? How?.....Bruce told Bob Wall to slow down and Bruce himself ran at the same speed. How could Bruce hit Bob first with his spinning heel kick when Bob was about to kick Bruce with front kick in Enter the Dragon? Bob Wall was told to slow down his front kick! When we look at the distances both kicks had to travel to hit the target, we knew the shortest distance between two points is a straight line; in other words, the front kick should hit the target first!
jerry Last so Bruce is not as fast or as skilful as we know him to be? Slowing down your opponents attacks so that you can perform a move?
Donnie Yen is a true master at directing, hope his new movie Kung Fu Jungle is as great as many of his other movies!
I cant stop laughing at the part where donnie was talking but the japanese guy translation was louder than donnie LOL.
I am a HongKonger, I am proud of Hong Kong style of action
+Roberto Cotto You gotta visit Hong Kong sometime
***** good gawwd fuck me. A chinese speaking Latino. 厲害！
***** I tried messaging you Google+
***** can't give out email on RUclips dude. I messaged you on the Google hangouts app already. So you can reply there
+Roberto Cotto he uses more than that.
Donnie, Kenji and the rest of the stunt team are the best in the biz. Truly experts in their field.
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Donnie is awesome and still crazy fast considering he's pushing 50.
Try pushing 60 lol
Bill B. Not that impressive. I can push 90
Bill B. he's 53 pushing 54
Asian longevity for you, due to their genetic makeup they age slower [correct me if I am wrong].
Hans Hans Hans Hans your English needs improvement
I love this man. He is so inspirational. Hes like the Jason Bourne + James Bond + Transporter dude but Asian style. Love Donnie.
Donnie yen is most talented super star in history...I believe that ❤👍
Esse cara é muito bom o ele aprendeu e poucas pessoas sabem lutar muito que nem esse homem
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New respect for the job these guys do, Jet Li, Donnie, Jackie e.t.c.
Tony Jaa
The Japanese guy translating at 5:30-ish is the action director for the rurouni Kenshin live action movies if I'm not mistaken
+Shinn27 Yup he is, Donnie's disciple. =)
+PTigris7 not gonna lie, he have beautiful hairs
+Shinn27 be honest, he has beautiful hairs,but just very short
Sharry jan
His hair length is just perfect
the lesson is creativity :) that's what makes a good fight
Donnie is the best martial artist.
We need more Hong Kong-style action directing (AKA choreographers who actually give a shit) in American films.
+Max D. That happened 15 years ago starting with Yuen Woo Ping's work on the Matrix movies
***** But then it disappeared. Yes, we have movies with really good fight choreography here and there, but I still see way too much shaky cam in American action films.
+Max D. Agreed shaky cam is a disease I'm sorry to say they used that too much especially in Bourne Supremacy and Ultimatum but when they showed what it was like without it it looked much better.
Look what they did with Matrix movies Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Ann Moss and Laurence Fishburne were taught by Yuen Woo-Ping and his team and they didn't need to use shitty shaky cam.
And Donnie is right for action scenes give that role to the ACTION director.
the thing is they're already a lot of good choreographers available but as long as they use shaky cam and horrible editing it will never look good
I like how he can translate so efficiently from Cantonese to Japanese. Also allows me to understand that Japanese uses a lot more English words with a Japanese accent to it whereas Cantonese (a version of Mandarin) just says it in its own native way. E.g. Camera - Japanese says カメラ but 摄影机 in Mandarin. Which is actually Camcorder
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I laughed unontrolably when Donnie said, "You have stolen 3 dollars from me. I have to take revenge". :-D
He’s really handsome . My favorite martial artist as well. I like him in Sword and Butterfly with Michelle Yeoh
ele atualmente é o " number one" dos filmes de ação ! assisti o ROGUE por ele estar no elenco....
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Donnie Yen is a great kung fu superstar, I think all of his movies outstanding great man.
I have seen lots of Martial arts specialist actors.. But Donnie Yen is the best. Cause he knows how to act as well as how to express at different situations.. Perfect..
Everything he's saying is so damn true. we in the US cant make a good fight scene for shit unless its all CG computerized like in transformers or avatar (but thats not even martial arts). I couldn't stand the shaky camera fight scenes in the bourne movies, out of the whole trilogy i might have enjoyed one or two fight scenes but overall i wasn't too impressed, just a good storyline there.
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I personally enjoy the OG action movies of Hollywood tho especially the ones by Arnold. But I agree that many action movies are more fantasy like in the modern era
John wick fixed a lot of that.
i like donnie yen her caracther and dedication very good...
Hay quá. Từ hieu đong thách đấu kìa. Nó đạp cho sấp mặt.
And now some acting: "You have stolen 3 dollars from me. I must have revenge" Attack!
LOL Donnie Yen is not just a tough guy, he is a true entertainer as well.
Donnie is great in what he does,his love for martial arts shows in all of his work over the years both in the front and in the back of the camera
After watching all four Ip Man Films seeing Donnie Yen in a hoodie is weird af. Lol
Love the creative ways these Kung Fu movies are made the standard is amazing !
Donnie yen el mejor del mundo
Donnie yen is the modern day bruce lee
donnie yen teached burce lee kungfu -.-
PyRo Solid hahahaha you're hilarious dude can't tell if you're joking. Ip Man taught Bruce Lee. Donnie Yen portraying Ip Man does not make him Ip Man sorry. Bruce Lee died in 1973 (age 32) and Donnie Yen was born in 1963 (age 10). So you're saying Donnie Yen taught Bruce Lee kungfu when he wasn't even born yet?
oh sorry for my mistake then, i don't know my history. thanks for the info :)
PyRo Solid you're dumb as fuck dude. Learn the facts before you comment next time. lastly, it is "taught", not "teached". Learn both the facts and english.
First, i said sorry about not knowing my history and second, i ain't english so what's your problem
Donie yen, hoje ele é o maior astro do Kung fu!
I'm fan of Donnie Yen.
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quality of this video looks like it was made in the 90s...plus the music used at the end as well
Some of the footage are from Donnie working in Germany in 1999 and 2000. He was a second-unit director and fight choreographer for a TV series starring Mickey Hardt.
ip man is one of the best martial arts movie ever Donnie yen is an great actor it was cool playing someone who was so notorious in kung fu
Holy crap Donnie Yen's english is really good
He lived in Boston since 1974-75 (since he was 11) and then moved back to Hong Kong around mid-80s.
🤗muito bom show 👍✌️👏
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00:29 Well hello there Mr. Yen! oh.... I'll just be going now..........
Donnie e show pra mim melhor que Bruce Lee
Jackie Chan also has a video were he talked about his action directing. It's just as badass to see
Esse cara é show na luta parabéns
He is sooo handsome, ahhh I love him.
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I love Donnie more than Jackie maybe because I feel his martial arts is better
+Ali Sakr at least jackie does his own stunts >_>
you are right, im watching Donnie movies right now and so far there are no stunts
+Ali Sakr you may think that because of the style of action movies they do.. but note that it's only in movies.. while jackie prefers more comic, donnie makes it look brutal and serious.. but that does not define their martial arts..
Jackie prefers to show his character weak.. at first.. making obstacles come his way, taking loads of beatings, a handicap match and what not.. and making him overcome out of all the weakness and still win the battle.. that's why some people think he's not a good fighter.. but that's the beauty of his fights.. making it relatable to everyone.. while donnie is a good fighter/choreographer.. his fights will make you go.. nah.. only donnie can do this..
Glad you took the time to write all that, cheers mate :)
+Kayla Gerbaud While Jackie does most of his stunts yes, however that is ALL he is a stunt man; and he ain't no martial artist like Donne Yen or heck even Sammo Hung. When I watch Jackie's movie, all I see are stunts and tricks. When I watch Donnie or Sammo it's martial arts plus real action.
Donie Yen, esse é um astro no Kung Fu!
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Awesomeness.... Donnie Yen the best...
Donnie yen is very intelligent
you know the name of the first song :)
I love his kicks...
thank you donnie yen you real chill duder :) :) :)
7:00 I love it when the do that, the sign they mean business
donnie yen...my hero!!
Thank you for this video. it's good for my training making Film.
Beautiful works I wish you success
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I like Donnie Yen!
这才是真正为动作电影默默做贡献的人 甄子丹 武术家 动作指导 国际一线动作演员 如今他的成功才是真正属于他的
どうぞ、オソロシクって所可愛い😆❤
This dude in his 50s and still can kick some ass
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Just a quick recap of Donnie's background:
His parents were both martial artists and MUSICIANS. so Donnie is not only a kung fu expert, he's also a outstanding pianist :)
He received intensive training when he was young. even when he moved to the United States he didn't stop his training.
Everyone should be grateful to his dedication to kung fu and action movie or we would otherwise have no opportunities to watch such great movies
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I want DY challenge Xu Xiaodong for bring back Kung Fu and especially Wing Chun dignity, otherwise world will underestimates to Kung Fu.
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Pokoknya klo ada donie Yen pasti aku like, ada yg sama??
my idol doney yen i very2 like...
7:49 I like the Bruce Lee way.that's real donnie yen style.
Chinese action fight films r directed by details n rare to be found
l love so much this actor more than jet li.
Jet loves you
One of great actor n real marital artist really m a big fan of D Y from india
I liked him in Ip Man.... Good movie.... Great martial artist...
Donnie Yen is sooo good at kung fu in real life!! ..i woulden't want to fight him!!!
Kung fu is a type of martial arts which Donnie yen doesn't do. He does wing chun, wushu, taekwondo, tai chi,Brazilian jiu jitsu , judo, kickboxing, Muay Thai, hapkido, jeet kune do, boxing, and wrestling.
Thanks for the update man :)
No problem.
The best performer and actors! Bravoo!
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Donnie yen is the best👍👍👍👋👋👋
me agrada ver a Donnie yen...hermosas sus manos
2:26 germans on the set! :D
Jupp, wurde auch in Berlin gedreht. Die Serie hieß Puma mein ich
I love Donnie Yen!!!!
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he is the one and I like his moves in a fight
So you're telling me he's acting & when he's not on screen he becomes a director ?! 😱😱
He’s a martial arts choreographer and action director too. SPL action was choreographed by him. He’s trained in mma, boxing, many styles, multitalented.