When his children and Katy object, he imprisons them. He plans to destroy the village unless they release her.
Wenwu explains that he has heard Li calling to him and believes she has been held captive in Ta Lo behind a sealed gate. They are taken to the Ten Rings' compound, where Wenwu uses the pendants to reveal a mystical map leading to Ta Lo.
The Ten Rings attack the fight club and Wenwu arrives to capture Shang-Chi, Katy, Xialing, and her pendant. They find Xialing at an underground fight club in Macau, which she founded after escaping from Wenwu at a young age. He reveals his past to Katy, who insists on helping him. Shang-Chi flies out to meet his sister, fearing that the Ten Rings will go after her matching pendant from Li. They are attacked on a bus by the Ten Rings, who steal a pendant that Li gave to Shang-Chi. In the present day, Shang-Chi works as a parking valet with his best friend Katy, who does not know about his past. After completing his mission, a traumatised Shang-Chi runs away to San Francisco and adopts the name "Shaun". When Shang-Chi is 14, Wenwu sends him to assassinate the Iron Gang's leader. He makes Shang-Chi undergo brutal training in martial arts, but does not allow Xialing to train with the others so she teaches herself in secret. Wenwu dons the Ten Rings once again, massacres the Iron Gang, and resumes leadership of his organization. When Shang-Chi is seven years old, Li is murdered by Wenwu's enemies, the Iron Gang. Having found love, Wenwu abandons leadership of his organization and locks away the Ten Rings and the power and immortality it grants. The two fall in love, and when the Ta Lo villagers reject Wenwu, Li chooses to leave with him, and they marry and have two children, Shang-Chi and Xialing.
He travels through a magical forest to the village entrance but is stopped by guardian Ying Li. In 1996, Wenwu searches for Ta Lo, a village said to harbor mythical beasts. He establishes the Ten Rings organization, conquering kingdoms and toppling governments throughout history. It garnered positive reviews from critics, many of whom praised the choreography of the action sequences, exploration and representation of Asian culture, and the performances from the cast, particularly those of Liu and Leung.Īround a thousand years ago, Xu Wenwu discovers the mystical ten rings which grant immortality and godly powers. The film broke several box office records upon release, including records for a film released during the pandemic, and has grossed $431.7 million worldwide, making it the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2021. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings premiered in Los Angeles on August 16, 2021, and was released in the United States on September 3, as part of Phase Four of the MCU. Production resumed in August before completing in October, with additional shooting occurring in San Francisco. Filming began in Sydney in February 2020 but was put on hold in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is the first Marvel Studios film with an Asian director and a predominantly Asian cast. The film's title and primary cast were announced that July, revealing the film's connection to the Ten Rings organization, which previously appeared throughout the MCU, and its leader Wenwu. Cretton joined in March 2019, with the project fast-tracked as Marvel's first film with an Asian lead. In the film, Shang-Chi is forced to confront his past when his father Wenwu (Leung), the leader of the Ten Rings organization, draws Shang-Chi and his sister Xialing (Zhang) into a search for a mythical village.Ī film based on Shang-Chi entered development in 2001, but work did not begin in earnest until December 2018 when Callaham was hired. The film was directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, from a screenplay he wrote with Dave Callaham and Andrew Lanham, and stars Simu Liu as Shang-Chi alongside Awkwafina, Meng'er Zhang, Fala Chen, Florian Munteanu, Benedict Wong, Michelle Yeoh, Ben Kingsley, and Tony Leung. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 25th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is a 2021 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Shang-Chi.
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