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"Donnie Yen, looking all ripped, as Chen Zhen."

Here’s the official teaser trailer for Donnie Yen’s latest, Legend Of The Fist: The Return Of Chen Zhen:

Donnie Yen reprises his role of Chen Zhen from Hong Kong’s 1995 television series Fist Of Fury.

The masked superhero elements, a la the Green Hornet (also, Jet Li’s Black Mask), are new, as are the parkour/freerunning-inspired moves seen in the trailer.

Looks promising, and definitely one for fans of martial arts films and Hong Kong cinema to keep on the radar.

Legend Of The Fist: The Return Of Chen Zhen arrives in theaters in Hong Kong September 23rd of this year.

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And finally, how in the world did I miss this?

Here’s the trailer for Merantau, an Indonesian martial arts flick starring Iko Uwais, a practitioner of the Indonesian martial art Silat:

Not sure when we’ll see a North American release, but in the UK, the movie, retitled Merantau Warrior will be out on video June 7th.

The action in Merantau looks to be very Tony Jaa-like, although that’s not necessarily a bad thing. It’s nice to see the traditional Indonesian martial art of Silat (specifically, Silat Harimau) getting more exposure internationally, as well.

Here’s a cool behind the scenes look at the fight choreography in Merantau:

Poster For Ong Bak 3

Here’s the second official trailer for Ong Bak 3 (a word of warning, the trailer begins with a fairly brutal torture scene):

Looks pretty crazy.

Interestingly, it seems Ong Bak 3 will be delving a bit into the supernatural with what appears to be evil spirits possessing the golden-armored main baddie from Ong Bak 2, as well as the already creepy-looking, black-clad “Crow Ghost” (played by Dan Chupong) from the previous entry in the series.

While Ong Bak 2 wasn’t what I had hoped it would be, this new trailer has me pretty excited to see the story’s conclusion.

You can check out the first full trailer for Ong Bak 3 here.

Ip Man 2 Official Movie Poster

Here’s the teaser trailer (with English subtitles) for the sequel to 2008′s Ip Man, one of my favorite martial arts films of all time:

And here’s the full theatrical trailer (also subtitled) which is chock full of Wing Chun awesomeness courtesy of Donnie Yen:

The movie comes out April 29th.

Can’t wait until I can watch it stateside!

Poster For Ong Bak 3

Here’s the new trailer for Tony Jaa’s latest, Ong Bak 3, which debuts in Thailand May 5, 2010:

No word yet on a U.S. release date.

You can check out the teaser trailer here along with some of my thoughts on Ong Bak 2 and other two-part sequels.

Despite being somewhat disappointed by 2008′s Ong Bak 2, I’m still looking forward to seeing this year’s followup; after all, Tony Jaa’s always a lot of fun to watch, even if we have seen his signature “elbow(s) to the top of the head” and “super high jumping double knee to the chest” moves a bajillion times.

Story-wise, it’ll be nice to see Tony Jaa’s Tien go toe-to-toe again with the “Crow Ghost” character (played by Dan Chupong) from the previous installment.