Yuen Sheng-I
(aka Armstrong Yuen)

 
  • Buddhist Fist
  • Drunken Master
  • Operation Scorpio
  • Heroes 2
  • Wits To Wits
  • Dreadnaught
  • Born Invincible
  • The Big Showdown
  • Iron Monkey '93
  • Miracle Fighters
  • Heroic Ones
  • Shaolin Drunkard
  • Hell's Wind Staff +
  • Drunken Tai-Chi
  • Invincible Armor
  • Disciples Of Death
  • Snuff-Bottle Connection
  • Dance Of The Drunken Mantis
  • Bruce Lee: His Last Days & Nights

Also known as "Ugly Yuen", his skills are probably the best of all the Yuen Brothers. He is usually cast as the villain in the films that they shot and he was such an amazing talent that the films the he appeared in (where he actually got to show off his skills) were exellent vehicles for his talent. Whatever his brother Yuen Woo-Ping could dream up, he could perform (and flawlessly).

Though he often appeared in many films some of his biggest standouts were Dreadnaught (playing the killer "White Tiger", driven crazy by the death of his wife, this could have easily been called "Bells Of Death"). In Dance Of The Drunken Mantis (originally written for Jackie Chan), this was the first time he was thrust into the spotlight and truly given the chance to show everyone what he could do and he established himself as a "star-in-the-making".

But the film Buddhist Fist had many (including me) shaking their heads wondering "where the hell did this guy's been hiding". His performance was so powerful that if you didn't take notice of his skills you were either blind or dead (his forms were awesome and the fight-scenes were first-rate). Even Samo Hung would share the screen with him in the kung-fu comedy 2 Toothless Tigers featuring an electrifying finale with master-villain Wang Lung-Wei.

He also played the villain in Drunken Tai-Chi opposite a young Donnie Yen, easily stealing every scene they appeared in. A total package when using either fists, feet, or weapons (as well as Choreography), he may go down in history as one of the most underrated martial-arts actors in the kung-fu genre. But, as they say, "It's better to have loved and lost, than to not have loved at all", it's definitely great to have seen what he could do, than to have never witnessed this true professional in action.


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