Donnie Yen is in the mix this week and stirring the pot with news both film-related and otherwise. Best of all is he’s tapped Well Go USA for his latest transition to stateside home physical media, Enter The Fat Dragon.
Spiritually reimagined from Sammo Hung’s 1978 original kung fu classic, the revival is shepherded by stunt industry professional Kenji Tanigaki in his feature-directing debut, with Yen in yet another body-consuming costumed role.
ENTER THE FAT DRAGON is a hilarious chronicle of the events that transformed super-fit super-cop Fallon Zhu (martial arts phenom Donnie Yen) into a glorified records clerk with a major snack cake habit. After a desperate request from an old colleague, Zhu teams up with a wily, wok-wielding restaurateur to solve a mysterious murder—and take his one last shot at regaining both his job and his fiancée.
I don’t have a star rating system on this site, but you can check out my own review here for your own curiosity. In the meantime, we’re giving away three copies of the film on Blu-Ray. Just make your entry into the contest by Monday, July 13 at filmcombatsyndicate@gmail.com with an answer to the following trivia:
Sammo Hung’s 1978 kung fu classic, Enter The Fat Dragon, released in the US in 1999 in response to the hit success of what hit American TV series?
More contests are coming soon, so stay tuned!
