Jet Li stars as Chen Zhen, a martial artist studying in Japan, who returns home when his old master dies during a challenge against a Karate school. Chen Zhen suspects foul play, and discovers that his master was poisoned before the fight. It seems that the nasty Japanese aren't playing fair, so Chen Zhen sets out to get revenge.

This remake of the Bruce Lee classic Fist of Fury is one of Li's best films, chock full of top notch fight scenes in which our hero proceeds to kick seven shades of the proverbial out of his opponents. These fight scenes, by renowned action director Yuen Woo-Ping, show Li at his most brutal; any wire-fu is kept to a minimum, and Li is able to show off his blisteringly fast skills to great effect.

Standout fights include Li against a school of Karate students, Li fighting blindfolded against his Japanese girlfriend's uncle (played by Yasuaki Kurata), and the climactic battle against double-hard bastard General Fujita (Billy Chow).

If you've only ever seen Li in a US production, then do yourself a favour and watch Fist of Legend to see what he is really capable of.

Fist of Legend (Jing wu ying xiong) was filmed in 1994, 22 years after the famous "Fist of Fury" also known as "The Chinese Connection" were the legendary Bruce Lee was staring as Chen Zhen. After 22 years you could expect a better movie than the original and you would be right at least it is as good as Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury and to my opinion even better. The plot in "Fist of Legend" is very much the same as it's predecessor but Woo Ping Yuen added more fights: the movie tells the story of Chen Zhen (Jet Li) who is a student in Japan at a troubled time when Japan is trying to take control over China. While being in Japan Chen finds out that his old Kun Fu Master has been killed in a fight with a rivaling Karate School. Willing to find out the truth about his master's death Chen returns to China. The movie is build and (well) directed over two dynamics: the first one is the dynamic of hatred and racism in both ways (Chinese vs. Japanese and vice versa) the second one is the revenge/action dynamic which is a proved formula in those type of movie. Woo Ping Yuen manages these two dynamics with talent, he shows us that the country you come from is less important than the person you are and the goal you pursue. He also demonstrates that a Kun Fu movie is all about terrific actors, and very well designed choreography. Jet Li is of course amazing but Yasuaki Kurata (Fumio Funakoshi) and Billy Chow (Go Fujita) are equally very very talented. In this movie at least two of the fights (Yasuaki Kurata challenging Jet Li and Jet Li confronting Billy Chow) enter my top 10 favorite fights ever in the Kun Fu scene. Overall all the fights are truly amazing and Woo Ping Yuen (as well as Gordon Chan) shows us how gifted he is as a director and a choreographer. Don't forget that he is the director of the 1979 "Drunken Master", as well as the 1993 "Tai Chi Master". He has also directed the famous "Iron Monkey" in 1993 (Cult movie for the fan, according to me not that good). Remember that Woo Ping Yuen was the choreographer of the very famous and blockbuster "The Matrix" where he succeed in making us believe that Keenue Reeve is the one (true performance!!!). Fist of Legend is one of this very few very good Kun Fu movie. I personally consider this movie as one of the best Kun Fu movie ever made and definitely the best Jet Li movie. It is a must see/have along with Drunken Master (Jackie Chan), Legend of the Drunken Master (Jackie Chan), Enter the Dragon (Bruce Lee).

As in the original movie with Bruce Lee we follow Chen Zen, a martial arts student that returns home after rumors telling him about his master being beaten to death by another master.... Jet Li who stars in this movie does in my opinion his best performance when it comes to the martial arts point of view. This is a masterpiece for those who wants to see fast rapid fighting from start to the end. It really feels like they have been focused on the fighting scenes in this movie and the story is pretty much easy to understand for most people so there isn't much scenes with people talking about nonsense. If you like the fighting scenes in movies like the matrix you can sense some of it in this movie. ALTHO there isn't any "flying" people in this movie and stuff but there is a lot of extreme kicks and hits in this movie that has the same touch as in matrix. For me this movie is one of the best in its genre. Its almost like watching anime action where the two who fights thinks on every detail on there enemy's technics. A must see for you who like martial arts movies!