'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' review
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
is a gloriously entertaining action dramedy. That it’s also the 25th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is almost beside the point, except to offer hope and confidence that the post-wave of MCU flicks won’t just be resting on the established fandom or even the notion of being a demographically-specific event movie.
The first Asian-led MCU flick wastes no time asserting itself as a “MCU does wuxia” appropriation. Bill Pope’s lush cinematography and the multiple martial arts showdowns evokes many of the films which will be most familiar to western audiences. A first-act skirmish doesn’t just evoke Jackie Chan, it explicitly referencesHouse of Flying Daggers,Shang-Chi, but I guess that gives the sequel a new sandbox in which to play.
As far as its connections to a broader Marvel universe, it has its cake and eats it too. The 132 minute feature is probably 95% standalone, but it seems to revel in referencing some of the most arcane MCU continuity bits almost entirely for “Why the hell not?” sport. The trailer gives away the return of’s Abomination, but his reveal is only the set-up for a crowdpleasing pay-off.
The picture slowly lets its fantastical freak flag fly, with visuals and reveals that show Feige and friends either letting Cretton do whatever the hell he wanted (the film absolutely feels like a picture from the guy who made
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