China may be momentarily poisoning our bodies, but at the same time, it is providing enough soul food to help us get through with its movies and actors, famous to the western cultures.
In the seventies, Bruce Lee started the trend of Asian martial arts in American cinematography. In the present, many more popular actors, producers, or directors of Chinese and Hong Kong origin are well known to the audience of commercial movies. Jackie Chan and Jet Li are my most favorite, perhaps because of their characters’ innocence and moral principles.
Jackie Chan: Born in Hong Kong in 1954, this actor and producer provides us with uncountable hours of fun, amusement and showcasing of martial art skills. In the movies Rush Hour 1-4, he plays a Chinese chief inspector who is a temporary partner to American detective (Chris Tucker), and while trying to solve important international cases, many times they and up in various funny and embarrassing situations.
Shanghai Noon and Shanghai Knights are comedy movies set in 18 hundreds America’s Wild West. Jackie Chan, a Chinese imperial guard pairs up with a train robber (Owen Wilson). Together, they experience a lot of misadventures in humorous way.
Jet Li: Born in China in 1963, he is the second most famous Asian actor and martial art champion. Jet Li’s western career started with his movie Romeo must die, a modern Romeo and Juliet action drama. He plays the main character who investigates the death of his brother between the Chinese and American mafias.
Popular martial art movies that followed were Kiss of the Dragon, The one, The hero, and Fearless.
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