‘The Matrix,’ ‘Kill Bill,’ ‘Crouching Tiger’ Choreographer Yuen Woo-ping to Receive Far East Film Festival Lifetime Award

The Hong Kong action legend will also present his new wuxia feature ‘Blades of the Guardians’ as the closing film of FEFF28 in Udine

By Naman Ramachandran

Naman Ramachandran

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The Far East Film Festival will present Hong Kong action choreographer and director Yuen Woo-ping with its Golden Mulberry Award for lifetime achievement at the event’s 28th edition, in Udine, Italy.

His most recent directorial work, the wuxia feature “Blades of the Guardians,” will close the festival. Adapted from the award-winning Chinese manhua series “Biao Ren,” the film centers on a mercenary warrior making his way through the desert terrain and political chaos of China’s late Sui Dynasty, tasked with escorting a wanted man through seemingly insurmountable dangers. The picture draws on elements of the Western and period epic alongside the martial arts traditions that have defined Yuen’s career. The festival highlighted a sandstorm sequence – staged in a style reminiscent of “Mad Max” – as a particular standout, and noted that Yuen has already begun planning a sequel to the film, which opened during Lunar New Year.

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