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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is a 2021 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Shang-Chi. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 25th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
- Shang-Chi
In the Ultimate Marvel universe, Shang-Chi first appeared in...
- Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
Tony Leung Chiu-wai (Chinese: 梁朝偉; pinyin: Liáng Cháowěi,...
- Fala Chen
Fala Chen (simplified Chinese: 陈法拉; traditional Chinese:...
- Meng'er Zhang
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the ten Rings was her debut...
- Ten Rings
A life-sized replica of the dragon's head was built for the...
- Destin Daniel Cretton
Cretton was born and raised in Haiku, Hawaii on the island...
- Death Dealer
Shang-Chi then suggests they go to a bar, and he, Katy, and...
- Xialing
Then he engages Shang-Chi when the Ten Rings target...
- Benedict Wong
Benedict Wong (born 3 July 1971) [1] [2] is an English...
- Florian Munteanu
Florian Munteanu (Romanian: [floˈri.an munˈte.a.nu]; born 13...
- Shang-Chi
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. With Simu Liu, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Awkwafina, Ben Kingsley. Shang-Chi, the master of weaponry-based Kung Fu, is forced to confront his past after being drawn into the Ten Rings organization.
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- Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Destin Daniel Cretton
- 2021-09-03
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―Shang-Chi to Xu Wenwu
is a 2021 superhero film, based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name. It is the twenty-fifth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the sixth installment of Phase Four. The film was released on September 3, 2021.
The film is directed and co-written by Destin Daniel Cretton and stars Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, Awkwafina as Katy Chen, Meng'er Zhang as Xu Xialing, Fala Chen as Ying Li, Florian Munteanu as Mattias/Razor Fist, Benedict Wong as Wong, with Michelle Yeoh as Ying Nan, and Tony Leung as Xu Wenwu.
A sequel was revealed to be in development on December 6, 2021.
Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.
In ancient times, a man named Xu Wenwu discovered ten mystical rings. These artifacts blessed him with immortality and unmatched power, allowing him to become a dominating conqueror. Founding the Ten Rings organization, the terrorist syndicate would spread to nearly every corner of the world over the millennia. Still, Wenwu was not satisfied — having heard of the ancient village of Ta Lo, he sought to enter the realm for its mythical creatures. In 1996, he ventures into a bamboo maze and comes across Ying Li, a woman guarding the entrance to Ta Lo, who decrees that he is unwelcome in their village. Wenwu refuses to back down, leading them to fight. The two lock eyes on multiple instances, and while Li manages to defeat him, they quickly fell for each other. Li retells this story to her young son Shang-Chi, while also giving him a green pendant to find his way back home.
In the present day, Shang-Chi (now going by "Shaun") and his best friend Katy Chen work as hotel valets in San Francisco. This comes as a minor annoyance to their friends Soo and John, along with Chen's parents, as Chen and Shaun are overqualified for their job. One morning, while they ride the bus to work, Shaun is suddenly attacked by men seeking his pendant. As he manages to hold his own against them, Chen is forced to take over the wheel after the bus driver is knocked unconscious. After Shaun throws his attackers off the bus, Razor Fist emerges and attempts to kill him with his machete limb. While Shaun escapes unharmed, the assassin, working for the Ten Rings, has seized his pendant. Recalling a postcard supposedly sent by his sister Xu Xialing, Shaun prepares to depart for Macau. Chen insists on tagging along with him, determined to learn who Shaun truly is.
On the flight, Shaun reveals his true name to Chen and his life before meeting her: After his mother died while he was 7, Wenwu began to train his son to become an assassin. Under the cold supervision of his mentor, the Death Dealer, Shang-Chi learned the many ways to kill a man. Finally, after seven years of training, he was sent on a hit, but he fled to San Francisco instead. After landing in Macau, Shang-Chi and Chen locate the address of the postcard, finding the Golden Daggers Club. However, as Shang-Chi had signed a form when he first entered the building, he unknowingly had placed his name in for a fight on the grand stage.
As Chen spectates, Shang-Chi faces a new opponent — a woman whom he immediately recognizes as Xialing. Shang-Chi refuses to fight and attempts to inform her about their father's impending arrival, but he is knocked out. Xialing, embittered at her brother for abandoning her when he fled for San Francisco, reveals that she was not the one who sent the postcard. The Ten Rings infiltrate the Club searching for Xialing's pendant; Shang-Chi and Chen are left by themselves when Xialing deserts them for the elevator. They attempt to scale the scaffolding outside to reach another elevator, but the terrorists attack them there. Shang-Chi fails to catch Chen when she begins to fall, but Xialing saves her.
Death Dealer appears to snatch Xialing's pendant, prompting Shang-Chi to give chase and fight him. Shang-Chi prepares to kill his mentor, recalling his harsh treatment during his childhood training. However, Shang-Chi is stopped by Wenwu, who has already captured Xialing and Chen. They are taken back to the Ten Rings Headquarters, where Wenwu reveals that his late wife has been calling out for him to come and save her. Recounting that she had left her village to be with him, he believes that the people of Ta Lo have imprisoned her for that decision. Then, using the pendants from both his children, he generates a magical map made of water. The map illustrates a clear path through the bamboo forest to Ta Lo, which only opens before the Qingming Festival.
Wenwu reveals his intention to burn the village of Ta Lo down after rescuing his wife, a plan which alienates his children and Chen into raising their objections. For this, they are thrown into a cell. They eventually meet an imprisoned Trevor Slattery and his Dijiang pet Morris, who reveals there's a way to pass through Ta Lo's forest maze without waiting for the clear path to be revealed. Using an escape route discovered by Xialing, the party infiltrates the garage. After hijacking Razor Fist's car, they fight off the Ten Rings and flee from the compound.
•Simu Liu as Shang-Chi
•Arnold Sun as Teenage Shang-Chi
•Jayden Tianyi Zhang as Young Shang-Chi
•Tony Leung as Xu Wenwu
•Awkwafina as Katy Chen
•Ben Kingsley as Trevor Slattery
Locations
•Earth •China •Ten Rings Headquarters •Iron Gang Headquarters •San Francisco, California •Alcatraz Island •Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary •Shang-Chi's Apartment •Fairmont San Francisco •Chen Residence •Golden Gate Bridge •Coit Tower •Transamerica Pyramid •Ghirardelli Square •Stockton Street Tunnel •Macau, China •Golden Daggers Club •Casino Lisboa •Damage Control Supermax Prison, California •Kathmandu, Nepal •Kamar-Taj •London, England (flashback) •Madripoor (flag) •University of California, Berkeley (mentioned) •Hunan, China (mentioned) •Romania (mentioned) •Liverpool, England (mentioned) •Seagate Penitentiary (mentioned) •Afghanistan (mentioned; deleted scene) •Multiverse •Ta Lo •Ancient Village •Dark Gate
Events
•Siege of the Seljuk Mosque •Quest for Ta Lo •Search for Ta Lo •Attack on Shang-Chi •Duel at the Golden Daggers Club •Attack on the Golden Daggers Club •Escape from the Ten Rings Headquarters •Battle of Ta Lo •Attack on Ying Li (flashback) •Massacre of the Iron Gang (flashback) •Assassination of the Iron Gang Leader (flashback) •Snap (mentioned) •Blip (mentioned) •Aldrich Killian's War (mentioned) •Battle on the Norco (mentioned) •Kidnapping of Trevor Slattery (mentioned)
Items
•Ten Rings •Eyes of the Dragon •Dragon Scale •Dragon Scale Armor •Dragon Scale Collar •Dragon Scale Shield •Dragon Scale Staff •Dragon Scale Dao •Dragon Scale Podao •Dragon Scale Spear •Dragon Scale Bow and Arrows •Xu Xialing's Rope Dart •Razor Fist's Prosthetic Blade •Death Dealer's Daggers •Hooked-Swords •Electrified Crossbows •Sling Ring •Tao Mandalas •Inter-Dimensional Portal •Extremis •Starforce Uniform •Hulk Inhibitor Device •Codex ••Lucky Charms •Vibranium (mentioned)
In 2001, Stephen Norrington announced that he had agreed to direct a film based on the Marvel Comics character Shang-Chi, describing it as "a real honest-to-goodness martial arts film, rather than a film that simply has martial arts in it."
In 2004, Ang Lee announced that he would be a producer on the film. In 2005, Stan Lee announced that he would executive produce the film for DreamWorks with Yuen Woo-ping set to direct from a screenplay by Bruce McKenna, while Avi Arad stated that he believed a PG-13 adaptation of the character was possible.
In 2006, Marvel Studios announced financing to produce the film, with the film set to be distributed by Paramount Pictures.
On December 3, 2018, Deadline reported that Marvel Studios had hired David Callaham to write a screenplay which would modernize the character to avoid stereotypes while Marvel was looking at a number of Asian and Asian-American directors to helm the film, while also intending for the film to be Marvel's first superhero film with an Asian protagonist.
On March 13, 2019, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Destin Daniel Cretton would direct the film following a shortlist that included Deborah Chow, Justin Tipping, and Alan Yang.
On April 5, 2019, Marvel Studios announced that one of their upcoming films, believed to be this film, would shoot in Sydney and throughout New South Wales. At the end of the month, it was reported that the film would not begin shooting until Eternals was finished shooting.
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In the Ultimate Marvel universe, Shang-Chi first appeared in Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #15. He is the son of an international crime lord. Trained from birth to become a living weapon, he became the world's greatest martial artist and being a noble spirit, he eventually came to renounce his father's empire.
Xu Shang-Chi (English: / ˈ ʃ uː ʃ ɑː ŋ ˈ tʃ iː / SHOO shahng-CHEE; Chinese: 徐尚氣; pinyin: Xú Shàngqì) is a fictional character portrayed by Simu Liu in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) multimedia franchise, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.
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