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The much-anticipated “Legend of the Eagle-Shooting Heroes: The Greatest of the Great” is coming strongly in the Spring Festival! As a classic work of Jin Yong's martial arts, it started the “Shooting Eagles Trilogy”. From the TVB version in 1983, to the Chilam Cheung and Zhu Yin version in 1994, to the mainland version by Zhang Jizhong, each has its own characteristics, and it is not easy to surpass the classics.

The new version of “Shooting Eagles” brings together a top-notch cast, with Jin Yong's national IP, wuxia director Tsui Hark and traffic youngster Xiao Zhaoshan, which not only inherits the wuxia sentiment, but also presents an explosive effect with dazzling visual effects.

Wuxia film is a unique movie genre in China. In recent years, there are few wuxia movies on the big screen, and young people seem to have gradually forgotten about Jin Yong's world of Jianghu. How to inherit the spirit of martial arts has become a subject for filmmakers, and Tsui Hark's answer is to keep the right and innovate. The new “Shooting Eagles” respects the original and gives it a modern twist.

The subtitle of the movie, “The Greatest of Chivalry” distills the theme of “chivalry”, while Guo Jing's dedication to his country and the people demonstrates his desire for peace. Through the relationship between Guo Jing, Hua Zheng, and Huang Rong, the movie shows the complexity of emotions, avoids the clichéd love triangle, and highlights the spirit of chivalry.

Tsui Hark continues to innovate in the field of martial arts, sublimating Jin Yong's original novel with Chivalry, adapting the content and linking Guo Jing's growth and martial arts learning. The movie presents stunning martial arts fight scenes with special effects, showcasing the subtle moves written by Jin Yong.

In the climactic battle, Guo Jing's Dragonfalling Eighteen Palms and Ouyang Feng's Toadstool Kung Fu fight against each other, revealing the character's personality. The combination of reality and fiction is visually stunning, and the movie is more youthful and close to modern times.

The Legend of the Eagle Shooting Heroes: Chivalry is a work full of sentimentality, showing chivalry, family and country, with a magnificent scroll of the Jianghu unfolding in front of us. The movie is over, the dream of martial arts is not over, Tsui Hark may already be brewing the next “Shooting Eagles”.

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