Corey Yuen

In the 1990s, Yuen played Man in the Boat in the 1990 film She Shoots Straight, (who also directed) along with Joyce Godenzi, Sammo Hung and Yuen Wah. Yuen played Li Kwon Bon in 1993 film Fong Sai-yuk II (who also directed) alongside Jet Li. Yuen played Uncle Po in 1997 film Hero (not to be confused with the Zhang Yimou directed, Jet Li starring 2002 film of the same name) (who also directed) alongside Yuen Biao and Takeshi Kaneshiro.

In the 2010s, Yuen played Cao Cao's General in the 2010 film

In 1993, he began an alliance and good friendship with actor Jet Li. He directed several of Li's films, beginning with Fong Sai-yuk and Fong Sai-yuk II, and continuing through The Bodyguard from Beijing, The New Legend of Shaolin and My Father Is a Hero, and also he choreographed two Jet Li's films: The New Legend of Shaolin and High Risk.

In the 2000s, Yuen directed the 2006 film DOA: Dead or Alive, based on the Dead or Alive fighting game series. The film stars Holly Valance, Jaime Pressly, Devon Aoki, Sarah Carter and the former WCW, TNA and WWE wrestler Kevin Nash.

Later and American works

Once Li gained stardom in American cinemas beginning with 1998 film Lethal Weapon 4, Yuen's action direction also received fame in the West. He worked in the 2000 blockbuster X-Men as an action director, and he would also handle the martial arts and action sequences in six of Jet Li's other American works: Romeo Must Die, Kiss of the Dragon, The One, Cradle 2 the Grave, War, and The Expendables.

He also directed So Close and partially directed The Transporter, both released in 2002. He did not return to direct the sequel Transporter 2, released in 2005. However, his team of stuntmen and martial artists are featured in the film, and Yuen was the fight choreographer and second unit director.

Filmography

Films

This is a partial list of films.^[2]

• Deaf and Mute Heroine (1971)
• Fist of Fury (1972)
• The Yellow Killer (1972)
• Tough Guy (1972)
• Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (1972)
• The Brutal Boxer (1972)
• The 14 Amazons (1972) (cameo)
• The Rats (1973)
• The Money Tree (1973)
• Death Blow (1973)
• Chinese Hercules (1973)
• The Black Belt (1973)
• Wits to Wits (1974)
• The Tournament (1974)
• The Shadow Boxer (1974)
• Naughty! Naughty! (1974)
• The Evil Snake Girl (1974)
• Valiant Ones (1975)
• The Man from Hong Kong (1975)
• The Himalayan (1976)
• Bruce Lee and I (1976)
• To Kill a Jaguar (1977)
• Snuff Bottle Connection (1977)
• Six Directions of Boxing (1977)
• Secret Rivals 2 (1977)
• Pursuit of Vengeance (1977)
• The Mighty Peking Man (1977)
• Last Strike (1977)
• The Invincible Armour
  (1977)
• Instant Kung Fu Man (1977)
• Heroes of Shaolin (1977)
• The Fatal Flying Guillotines (1977)
• Death Duel (1977)
• Broken Oath (1977)
• The Vengeful Beauty (1978)
• Flying Guillotine 2 (1978)
• Massacre Survivor (1978)
• Dance of the Drunk Mantis (1979)
• We’re Going to Eat You (1980)
• Ring of Death (1980)
• The Buddha Assassinator (1980)
• Perils of the Sentimental Swordsman (1982)
• Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)
• Heart of Dragon (1985)
• Righting Wrongs (a.k.a. Above the Law) (1986)
• Millionaire's Express
  (1986)
• Eastern Condors (1987)
• Spooky, Spooky (1988)
• In the Blood (1988)
• Couples, Couples, Couples (1988)
• She Shoots Straight (1990)
• The Raid (1990)
• The Nocturnal Demon (1990)
• Mortuary Blues (1990)
• All for the Winner (1990)
• Top Bet
  (1991)
• Saviour of the Soul (1991)
• Red Shield (1991)
• Fist of Fury 1991 (1991)
• Bury Me High (1991)
• Saviour of the Soul 2 (1992)
• A Kid from Tibet (1992)
• Fist of Fury 1991 II (1992)
• Women on the Run (1993)
• Kick Boxer (1993)
• Fong Sai-yuk II (a.k.a. The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk II and The Legend 2) (1993)
• The New Legend of Shaolin (a.k.a. Legend of the Red Dragon) (1994)
• High Risk (a.k.a. Meltdown) (1995)
• Hero (a.k.a. Ma Wing Jing) (1997)
• Just Another Pandora's Box (2010)
• A Chinese Odyssey Part Three (2016)

Director

References

External links

• Corey Yuen at
  IMDb
• Chinese Actors
• Kung Fu Cinema: Corey Yuen Filmography (complete)
• Corey Yuen at AllMovie
• Corey Yuen at the Hong Kong Movie Database