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Donnie Yen versus Jet Li


It's utterly beyond me why Donnie Yen is not not a household name in the west. At least, he should be as famous as Jet Li is in North America: he's cool, charismatic, lightning-fast, can do acrobatic flips without wires that don't seem humanly possible (though short on action, "Legend of the Fist" features some physical stuff that seems utterly impossible.), he is a good actor, an extraordinary fight choreographer, and he speaks English better than most other Asian martial-artist superstars (I couldn't believe it was him speaking when he was providing audio commentary for "Kill Zone".)

I used to understand the extent of Jet Li's fame because Li is super-fast. But now having watched Donnie Yen fight, I'm in awe of what this guy can do.

"I saw that movie on a plane and people still walked out." - Bill Hader (Sam Raimi birthday video)

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Jet also performed wushu in front of President Nixon and won championships in wushu so it was natural that in his movie career he was promoted quickly

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Donnies time is now jet li is washed up Donnie made his best films in his 40s and has stayed in great shape Donnie beat out jet li for the Star Wars role and has been making better films then li for awhile now

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