{"id":25714,"date":"2026-01-04T21:22:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T13:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=25714"},"modified":"2026-01-04T21:22:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T13:22:35","slug":"why-jet-li-and-wong-jings-1994-martial-arts-movie-the-new-legend-of-shaolin-is-underrated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=25714","title":{"rendered":"Why Jet Li and Wong Jing\u2019s 1994 martial arts movie The New Legend of Shaolin is underrated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/01\/01\/3178eab0-412d-4d70-a03f-37a1d09d9130_b5b4afb6.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Hong Kong producer-writer-director Wong Jing churned out so many films in the 1990s that some were bound to succeed. The underrated gem <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">The New Legend of Shaolin<\/em>, starring <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Jet Li Lianjie<\/span>, stands out as a highlight, marrying lighthearted comedy and above-average action to good effect.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The storyline, while simple, is logical and tightly structured, with highs and lows hitting the right beats. Moreover, Wong\u2019s signature penchant for lowbrow comedy is deployed with restraint. When the cheesy jokes do occur, they fit neatly into the plot and actually land.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">\u201cAs far as films by <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Wong Jing<\/span> go, <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">The New Legend of Shaolin<\/em> rates far above average,\u201d noted Paul Fonoroff in his Post review.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cHong Kong\u2019s most prolific writer-director, Wong has a knack for reducing every genre to its most common elements. The results may be derivative, short of originality and just plain vulgar, but Wong knows his audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">The<\/em> <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">New Legend of Shaolin<\/em> performed well at the box office, even though audiences had become tired of the period martial arts films that had saturated local screens since 1990.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3338386\/why-jet-li-and-wong-jings-1994-martial-arts-movie-new-legend-shaolin-underrated?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong producer-writer-director Wong Jing churned out so many films in the 1990s that some were bound to succeed. The underrated gem The New Legend&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[4681,15123,15124,1968,6106,1543,13274,5045,1209],"class_list":["post-25714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-arts","tag-jet","tag-jings","tag-legend","tag-martial","tag-movie","tag-shaolin","tag-underrated","tag-wong","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}