Jet Li is Highest-Paid Actor, But He Only Get 1 Dollars to Shoot This Film

Jet Li is arguably the best martial arts actor alive, and Jet Li's movie career has crossed numerous cultural and geographic boundaries, from mainland China to Hong Kong, from Hollywood to France.

In 2014, Jet Li accepted the invitation from Sylvester Stallone to shoot the Hollywood action film ‘The expendables 3’, during the filming, jet brought the 10 bodyguards, massage therapists and assistants, actually, Jet Li only work 3 hours in the 7 days and also enjoy Brazil sunny beach.

　　

When he accepted the interview by the media, the reporter asked Jet Li whether got the 60 million payment for this film, but Jet Li answered:” it’s not right, many years ago, I could get the $10 million’ payment, it is equal to 60 million.

　　

In recent years, Jet Li engaged in public welfare undertakings, he has made great contribution to the society, we will all see, Jet Li said that he mainly do the charity industry now, the sideline is an actor.

　　

In 2009, Director Xue Xiaolu found Jet Li and hoped he could starred the film ‘Ocean Heaven’, after seeing screenplay, Jet Li was moved to tears by the script. In order to be able to help more vulnerable, more public awareness, Jet Li only got 1RMB payment for thus film, In fact, as early as 4 years ago, Xue Xiaolu Completes the creation of the script, but because the script does not have a commercial subject, so the process of looking for movie investing was particularly difficult. Because of Jet Li, this film can be finished the shooting.

　　

Jet Li said, the current attention to vulnerable groups of lackluster movies, and life in this impetuous society, need to work with such sincerity, warmth, so he hoped that everyone could be touched by the movie.

Jet Li’s Wonderful Adventure in Hollywood, Leaving These Amazing Action Blockbusters

The film ‘Unleashed’ was directed by Louis leterrier and written by Luc Besson, the film was starred by the famous Kung Fu star Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, Bob hoskins. The film tells a story that the killer Danny getting rid of non-human life and restored lost Dignities after meeting the Black blind Fiddler Sam and his adopted daughter Victoria.  

The film ‘War’ is a 2007 American action crime thriller film directed by Philip G. Atwell in his directorial debut, The film stars Jet Li and Jason Statham, it is also the best of Jet Li’s movies in Hollywood, the film ‘War’ features a collaboration between Jet Li and Jason Statham, reuniting them for the first time since 2001's The One. Jason Statham plays an FBI agent determined to take down a mysterious assassin known as Rogue (played by Jet Li), after his partner is murdered.

The Hollywood film ‘Kiss of the Dragon’ is a 2001 English-language French action thriller film directed by Chris Nahon and starring an international cast of Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, and Tchéky Karyo. The film was made to satisfy Li's fans, who requested more realistic fight scenes. It is notable as most of the action sequences did not use CGI or wire work; only two scenes required CGI enhancement and only one scene involved wire work.

The film ’Cradle 2 the Grave’ is a 2003 American action film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak, and starring Jet Li and DMX. The film was released in the United States on February 28, 2003. The film tells a story about the hero rescuing the hostages while he accidentally caught with conspiracy of the proliferation of the new weapon war,

The film ‘Romeo Must Die’ is a 2000 American action-crime thriller directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak in his directorial debut, the film starring Jet Li and Aaliyah. In the film, a Chinese former police officer is arriving to the US in order to avenge his brother's death, while he also falls in love with a rival mobster's beautiful daughter and struggling together against both the Chinese and both the American mobs. It is considered Jet Li's breakout role in the English speaking American film industry.

The One is a 2001 American science fiction action-martial arts film written and directed by James Wong. The film stars Jet Li, Delroy Lindo, Jason Statham and Carla Gugino. The film was released in the United States on November 2, 2001.

The Film ‘Shaolin Temple’, is Jet Li’s debut, Also His Most Classic Work

As we know, 1982’s film ‘Shaolin Temple’ was unarguably one of the most classic kung fu movies in Chinese film history. As the debut showing of Jet Li, who is now one of the most famous Chinese kung fu stars internationally alongside Jackie Chan, It tells a traditional Chinese heroic story: A talented young man’s family gets slaughtered, forcing him to escape to the Shaolin Temple, seeking revenge by studying martial arts. After a series of tests and difficulties, he grows to be a national hero by saving the life of the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Actually, to many people’s surprise, this was actually based on a true story. This film broke several records at that time. It was the first Hong Kong-produced film that entered the mainland market and whirled away more than 100 million RMB.

19-year-old Jet Lin in 1982's Shaolin Temple

As Jet Li’s film, the very first film, Shaolin Temple is a moviewith a lot of pretty solid martial arts action! This film is definitely somewhat of a stake in the sand for Jet Li as it has a quality story backed up with some good action.  The fights really show some fancy moves and high flying kicks that make up a good acrobatic performance. The young Jet Li’s first onscreen performance was surprised and he did it well, along with the rest of the cast.

Actually, this film was an effort to help a struggling Shaoloin Temple back in 1980.  By bringing a great story to the big screen they hoped to market Shaolin somewhat and revive it’s dwindling membership. Thanks to the quality of the film, it seems to have worked!

The Classics of Kung Fu Film: Hero, Starred by Jet Li

The famous director Zhang Yi-mou had directed many well-received motion pictures such as the film ‘Red Sorghum’, ‘Ju Dou, ‘Raise the Red Lantern’, but actually, the Chinese film director didn’t attract mainstream attention in the West until he tried his hand at the Kung Fu films, then in 2002, he made the film ‘Hero’ , which starred by Jet Li and Donnie Yen.

Very fortunately, Jet Li also persuaded Zhang to resurrect the Hero project and finish the film. As we know, Jet Li’sfilms are mostly Kung Fu films, so her was also invited to star this movie, In the movie, which boasted a $17-million budget, Donnie Yen plays Lone Sky Iron Shield, part of a trio of assassins trying to kill Emperor Qin Shi Huang Di, the infamous dynastic figure who fought to unify China during the third century B.C. Jet Li plays Qin’s bodyguard.

Jet Li told the reporter before heading to China to film that he loved the script so much that when he finished reading it, he cried twice because his character Nameless has strong feelings about what’s going on, Jet Li also expressed that in his career, it’s the first script that made him cry. It’s an incredible story where drama is first and action is there to help the story.

The unique aspect of the Jet Li in Hero is certainly the way they fight without fighting. According to kung fu folklore, martial artists with powerful chi could sit in front of each other, send their spirits out of their bodies and have the spirits fight. A fighter died if his spirit died during the fight. This is the first time most Americans had seen this on-screen.

In some ways, the success of these two different approaches was measured at the box office. Hero became the first foreign-language film to open at No. 1 in the United States. It went on to gross $53 million.

The Review of the Jet Li’s Best Film ‘Fist of Legend’

Jet Li's Fist of Legend was a remake of Bruce Lee’s movie ‘The Chinese Connection’ in 1972, that’s an iconic movie, but actually Jet Li was never going to match Lee’s intense, glowering charisma. In fact, he comes off as something of a passive figure during much of this movie, only fighting because it’s the only way to handle a situation that he can understand. He never shows malice or anger.

We know, Jet Li’s ‘Fist of Legend’ is just as much a classic as ‘The Chinese Connection’, and that’s because of the fights scene in the film. It’s one of the all-time great fight movies in the Kung Fu film history, it was probably the best thing that Jet Li has ever done in his other films.

In 1994, when Jet Li and the film director Gordon Chan shoot this film, the fights in Hong Kong martial arts movies were fantastical affairs, in the film ‘Fist of Legend’, everything is fast and grounded and brutal. Li’s always been something of a charisma black hole, but he’s a star because of the way he moves, with a speed and precision and elegance that his peers just couldn’t match.

In fact, one of the strangest things about JetLi’s film ‘Fist of Legend’ is the idea that anyone wants to fight this guy at all. He’s practically a superhero, and you’d think that everyone on both sides would just want to stand back and watch him work. Instead, the Japanese are mad at him for beating up all their guys and for being Chinese, while the Chinese are mad at him for falling in love with a Japanese woman. This is one of those moments where it doesn’t exactly help to be a clueless Westerner when you’re watching these movies.

The best reason to see the film ‘Fist of Legend’ is probably its final fight scene, a long and varied throw down that pits Li against a towering and indestructible Japanese general, played by Billy Chau. This is one of those perfect fight scenes, a visceral and kinetic battle that honestly couldn’t possibly be any better than it is.

The film told the story as just about every other Hong Kong martial-arts period piece. It also put together the fact that Fist of Legend was a Chinese Connection remake. The great Yuen Woo-ping did the movie’s fight choreography, and his work in it is supposedly what got him the job in the first Matrix movie.

Jet Li’s Wonderful Performance in the Film ‘The Expendables 3’

The international super star Jet Li was already a national wushu champion as a teenager in China before he made his film debut at age 19 in 1982’s ‘Shaolin Temple’ which had made him become very famous, In the next three decades, he would make over 40 films in both the US and China, and in recent years, he has been part of ‘Sylvester Stallone’ team of action heroes, playing the important role in the popular ‘The Expendables’ film series, including ‘The Expendables’ in 2010, ‘The Expendables 2’ in 2012, and ‘The Expendables 3’ in 2014, Jet Li performance in the film ‘The Expendables was shocking to the people.

Jet Li‘s movie 'The Expendables 3' is a 2014 American ensemble action film directed by Patrick Hughes, it features an ensemble cast that includes Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Antonio Banderas, Jet Li, Wesley Snipes, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, Kellan Lutz, Ronda Rousey, Glen Powell, Victor Ortiz. The film was released on August 15, 2014, it is the first film in the Expendables series not to be rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America.

The story follows the mercenary group known as "The Expendables" as they come into conflict with ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks (Gibson), the Expendables' co-founder, who is determined to destroy the team. It is instead rated PG-13.[5] The film grossed $206.2 million in box offices sales.

Jet Li’s performance in this film was wonderful, Jet Li must have been busy: He's in the film for about 30 seconds and has only one line. There are still three jokes from other characters about how short he is. Besides this film, let’s take a look at highlights from his filmography over the years.

1. ‘Jet Li’s Fearless’— The 2006 film is loosely based on the life of Huo Yuanjia, a Chinese martial artist who challenged foreign fighters for the pride of his country and became a symbol of patriotism in China.

2. ‘Lethal Weapon 4’, The 1998 action film from the Mel Gibson “Lethal Weapon” franchise was Jet Li’s Hollywood debut. He plays a high-ranking triad negotiator.

3. ‘Romeo Must Di’, The 2000 film was an action Romeo & Juliet story co-starring the late Aaliyah.

4. ‘Kiss of the Dragon’, This 2001 English-language French action thriller film has Li playing a Chinese intelligence agent sent to Paris to apprehend a mob boss.

5. ‘Unleashed’, in the 2005 film, Li stars as Danny the Dog, a mentally-slow protagonist who has been raised like a dog by his gangster owner and turns into a violently skilled fighter when his collar is removed.

6. ‘The Forbidden Kingdom’, the 2008 film was the much-anticipated pairing of Jet Li and Jackie Chan, two of the most popular Chinese martial arts stars of our time. The two would join forces to tell the epic Chinese tale of The Monkey King, played by Li. The story is based on the famous “Journey to the West” novel.