Some martial arts movie stars are best known for playing villains - we rundown the 11 greatest villain actors in martial arts films.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Martial arts movie stars often play heroes, but there are also many great martial arts villain actors. One of the most important rules of martial arts movie-making is that the villain has to be as strong and as menacing as possible. Usually, that entails making the villain an extremely formidable fighter, in order to create the highest possible stakes for the hero or heroes to overcome.
10 Lu Feng The Shaw Brothers studio produced many iconic kung fu movie legends, with the Venom Mob standing tall among them and Lu Feng being the group's staple villain. Lu Feng's kung fu villainy lit up the screen in such Shaw Brothers classics as Five Deadly Venoms, Invincible Shaolin, Crippled Avengers, Shaolin Rescuers, and many other Shaw Brothers classics.
8 Collin Chou Collin Chou is primarily known in the West for his portrayal of Seraph in The Matrix franchise, but he's built much of his career on playing villains with punishing kung fu skills. Chou portrayed the assassin Wong battling Jet Li in The Bodyguard from Beijing, while he later faced Donnie Yen in 2007's Flash Point, with their duel bringing MMA into Hong Kong action movies.
5 Darren Shahlavi The late Darren Shahlavi brought a commanding presence to his career in martial arts films, with Shahlavi playing his first major villain roles in Wu Jing's film debut Tai Chi Boxer and Bloodmoon, opposite Gary Daniels and Chuck Jeffreys. Shahlavi gained further international recognition for his villainous portrayal of Taylor "The Twister" Milos in Ip Man 2, in which he had intense fight scenes with Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung.
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