Overall, I am very excited for this movie and hope that it absolutely exceeds my expectations. Throughout the trailer there are hints of Asian culture, such as jade necklaces, Chinese temples, and foo dogs (Chinese guardian lions). The trailer ends with a crowd pleasing double jump kick that takes out two bad guys, and then Shang Chi and his friend Katy ( Awkwafina ) destroy some nice cars trying to save people in a bus. We are then shown intricate fight scenes that reflect a Chinese style of fight cinematography called “Wuxia”, where traditional Chinese martial arts heroes fight in beautiful scenery. We can infer this from the scenes of him and his father fighting, and the scenes where his father’s associates attempt to capture him to bring him back home.Īs the music intensifies, Shang Chi is brought back to his father’s secret lair in a helicopter, similar to how Wakanda was introduced, and we are shown “Razor Fist” ( Florian Munteanu ), a super villain who also works for the Mandarin. It seems like in this adaptation of the comic book, Shang Chi is going to find out his father is a crime lord and fight against him. We also see a preview of the ten rings, magical objects that each contain the soul of a great ancient warrior. We then flashback to Shang-Chi’s past where we see him training under his father, the infamous Mandarin, and an MI6 (British Secret Intelligence Service) assassin, the “Death Dealer”, who works for the Mandarin. We are shown a clever misdirect of a luxury car driving up, expecting Shang Chi to come out of it like other Marvel superheroes have, only to see that he is the valet. The trailer starts with the introduction of our main character Shang Chi ( Simu Liu ), who was given ten years to live a normal modest life by his father, the Mandarin ( Leung Chiu-wai ). Hopefully, this movie also has its own original soundtrack, similar to “Black Panther,” and it seems like it will because of the original song made by Jackson Wang for the trailer. An Asian Marvel superhero is long overdue.Īs the Marvel Cinematic Universe always loves to do, this trailer is filled with subtle but significant details and amazing cinematography. This movie is also important because of the recent rise in Asian hate crimes being committed in America and a lack of Asian heritage being represented in the media. Having an Asian superhero is significant because Asians and Asian Americans are historically not represented in Hollywood, especially in American superhero film studio franchises such as Marvel and DC. Analysis videos, such as the one done by New Rockstars, are flooding the internet as buzz grows around this film. Benedict Wong is confirmed to be reprising Wong in 2022’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Tim Roth will be back for Disney+’s She-Hulk series, which doesn’t have a release date yet.On April 19, just in time for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the trailer for “ Shang-Chi ,” the first Marvel superhero starring an Asian protagonist debuted, and so far it is exceeding expectations. Days ahead of schedule, Marvel unveiled a peek at its first blockbuster featuring an Asian superhero and an Asian-fronted filmmaking crew behind the camera with Simu Liu suiting up as the titular crime-fighter. Luckily for fans of either character (or both), Shang-Chi won’t be the last time we see them in a while. Even if you missed it on first viewing, there's no way you could now not know that the Abomination had a cameo in the new trailer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Ready, set, high-octane martial arts action: The first trailer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is here. And to see fans on that little tag of the trailer recognize that and embrace that is great fun.Įvidently the fighting tournament featured in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings draws people from all corners of MCU life, though it’s unclear if it’ll be specifically noted why Abomination and Wong are participating, or if we’ll just need to go along with it. a fun thing to have a character that we haven’t had on screen in over a decade show up again in the MCU. Speaking of Abomination’s long absence, Feige also said the following: Emil Blonsky, having not been seen since The Incredible Hulk in 2008. However, now we can expect to see at least a couple of familiar faces in the movie too, with Wong having last appeared in Avengers: Endgame and Abomination, a.k.a. the real Mandarin, who was teased in the All Hail the King One-Shot after it was revealed that Ben Kingsley’s Mandarin in Iron Man 3 was a fraud. Naturally Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was going to have ties to the wider MCU, most notably through Tony Leung playing Wenwu, a.k.a.
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