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THE HEART Review: An Uplifting Post-Mortem Redemption Story

As far as obscure boxing dramas go, it’s understandable if at one point or another, you were trying to keep up with the progress on Liu Fendou’s 2019 boxing drama, The Heart. The film had a nascent niche rollout in the states via Smart Cinema USA following its mainland China release and thankfully, its release has also expanded to a few others. Well into the first half of the film, The Heart jumps back and forth in catching viewers up while telling its concurrent story. The crux? Down-and-out taxi driver Tan Kai (Yang Kun) has long since fallen from grace in the weeks and months after accidentally killing his best friend, Wang Yao (Xu Hou) in the ring during a match sanctioned by their coach. In the course of all this, he becomes fated with a young and aspiring singer named Li Chuan (Xia Zitong), the latest matching recipient of […]

THE HEART: Yang Kun Goes Pound For Pound In The Official Trailer For The Long-Awaited Sports Drama

Lee B. Golden III

It’s been maybe four years since production took for director Liu Fendou’s new sports drama, titled The Heart Of The Champion at the time. If you’re a Westerner like me and not in the loop as to what the exact situation was then your guess is about as good as mine; a music video did go viral in 2017 though, which was really the only sign of life this film had until this point. On Thursday, an official trailer arose for the new boxing drama which now goes by The Heart for its June release. Singer and songwriter, actor Yang Kun (Lethal Hostage) stars with actress Xia Zitong (The Monkey King) for the story of a down-and-out boxer who meets a girl who was the recipient of his late brother’s heart – hence the title, I guess. Also starring is actor Shi Yanneng (a.k.a. Xing Yu) and with an action […]