Why is the ＂Kung Fu Star＂ seriously broken？

　　Recently, the action movies on the big screen are very lively, but it is not difficult for the audience to find one of the "strange" phenomena-in the "Moscow Action", which made a box office success during the National Day, it was Andy Lau and Zhang Hanyu who punched each other on the train. In this week’s "Trapped Beast", 61-year-old Wu Zhenyu faces the challenge of 48-year-old Wallace Chung; Jackie Chan, who has won various "Lifetime Achievement Awards" for many times, will be 70 years old next year, and he is still trying different "styles" in various action comedies. Even Jason Wu and Max Zhang, the youngest kung fu stars in the eyes of movie fans, were born in 1974.

　　Jet Li starred in Shaolin Temple at the age of 19 and became popular all over the country overnight. At the age of 21, Jason Wu starred in "Kung Fu Kid", whose baby face and neat action style attracted countless audiences; Jackie Chan began to be a martial artist at the age of 17, and established a comedy action style at the age of 24. Donnie Yen, who can be called a "late bloomer", has been in the field of action movies for many years. At the age of 28, he "met" the series of films "Xinlongmen Inn" and "Huang Feihong" … At one time, action actors were impressed as "teenagers became famous" and wanted to "eat youth meals". However, nearly forty years later, it seems that kung fu stars who can take up the box office and have appeal.

　　Is the talent cut off? Action actors have high professional requirements, but there are obviously insufficient institutions to train talents in this field at present. Retired Wushu athletes are undoubtedly more in line with the requirements in action performance, but in acting, not only need time to temper, but also depends on performance talent. And the actors who come from the performance major need long-term training and accumulation, so they can’t be sloppy. The film and television industry, which is getting faster and faster in pace, can endure hardships and loneliness, and only a few people really persist with enthusiasm.

　　In the movie "Dragon Tiger Warrior" released in 2021, through the rise and fall of the development history of Hong Kong’s film martial arts, it reflects the indomitable evolution of an industry and the endless pulse of an era. The continuous development of film technology also poses new challenges to this industry. Green screen, special effects, motion capture, etc., on the one hand, make many dangerous actions be replaced by special effects, without the need for martial artists to "fight for their lives", on the other hand, make a large number of practitioners face more updated challenges. Jackie Chan once lamented that he couldn’t find a "successor" for the problem of "playing stars", and many netizens also said that the era of really kicking and fighting has passed.

　　In addition, from the perspective of market environment, action movies are no longer the box office panacea that was tried and tested in the past. Only the "action giant system" with big production, big cost, big scenes and big stars can have box office competitiveness. However, with the investment of hundreds of millions of yuan, there is no room for any mistakes. The mature actors with box office appeal are obviously more "insurance", and the fierce market competition has been unable to give new actors a chance to try and make mistakes. As a result, the action scenes in movies are getting more and more fierce, and the difficulty of action design is getting higher and higher, while those experienced "old stars" who are already in their fifties and sixties still have to bite their teeth and charge in the front line, and young actors can only play supporting roles.

　　It is noteworthy that Kung Fu movies are unique genre films in China, and "Kung Fu Star" is a unique business card. With the rapid development of the movie market, it is expected that while the Kung Fu superstars continue to shine, more shining action stars will emerge. (Ding Xiaochen)