Corey YuenFilmography

Occupation:
Director, Fights Choreographer, Action Director
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  • Blood: The Last Vampire

    Crew: Stunts Coordinator

    Actors: Gianna Jun, Koyuki, Michael Byrne, Colin Salmon, Allison Miller

    Synopsis: Hiroyuki Kitakubo's cult anime hit comes to life in this live-action adaptation starring Gianna Jun as Saya. Saya has been hunting demons and slaying vampires for 400 years. Now it's the 20th century, and Saya is working for a clandestine organization known only as the Council. She's the last of Read More

    7/10/09
  • Transporter 3

    Crew: Fights Choreographer

    Actors: Jason Statham, Natalya Rudakova, François Berléand, Robert Knepper, Jeroen Krabbé

    Synopsis: Strong-armed into transporting the kidnapped daughter of the head of the Environmental Agency for the Ukraine from Marseilles to Odessa, skilled wheelman Frank Martin (Jason Statham) enlists the aid of Inspector Tarconi (François Berléand) in accomplishing the treacherous assignment in this Read More

    11/26/08
  • War

    Crew: Fights Choreographer, Second Unit Director

    Actors: Jet Li, Jason Statham, John Lone, Devon Aoki, Luis Guzman

    Synopsis: An FBI agent whose partner and family were killed by a notorious assassin sets out for revenge as the elusive triggerman sparks a sprawling gang war between the triads and the yakuza in the feature debut from prolific music video director Phillip Atwell. FBI sgent Jack Crawford (Jason Statham) is Read More

    8/24/07
  • DOA: Dead or Alive

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Jaime Pressly, Holly Valance, Sarah Carter, Devon Aoki, Kane Kosugi

    Synopsis: Legendary Hong Kong action director and choreographer Corey Yuen brings Tecmo's best-selling video-game franchise to the big screen in a martial arts extravaganza featuring an impressive quartet of female fighters including Devon Aoki, Sarah Carter, Jaime Pressly, and Holly Valance. Tina (Read More

    6/15/07
  • A Chinese Tall Story

    Crew: Action Director

    Actors: Nicholas Tse, Charlene Choi, Fan Bingbing, Chen Bo-lin, Isabella Leong

    Synopsis: Jeffrey Lau's epic, mythological fantasy adventure A Chinese Tall Story unfurls in the distant past, when a small band of travelers - monk Tripitaka (Nicholas Tse) and his (human) companions Monkey King (Chen Bo-lin), Piggy (Kenny Kwan) and Sandy (Steven Cheung) - embark on a lengthy Read More

    2006
  • Transporter 2

    Crew: Fights Choreographer, Martial Arts Instructor/Coordinator, Second Unit Director

    Actors: Jason Statham, Alessandro Gassman, Amber Valletta, Kate Nauta, Matthew Modine

    Synopsis: Driver and muscle for hire Frank Martin returns in this sequel to the 2002 box-office hit. Frank Martin (Jason Statham) is a former special-forces officer who will transport anything anywhere for a price, and his latest assignment is acting as chauffeur for Jack Billings (Hunter Clary), the young Read More

    9/2/05
  • 2004
  • So Close

    Crew: Director, Fights Choreographer

    Actors: Shu Qi, Zhao Wei, Karen Mok, Song Seung-heon, Michael Wei

    Synopsis: A high tech corporation is sent into turmoil when hackers demanding ransom break into their internal computer system with a powerful and apparently unstoppable virus. A mysterious, beautiful young woman who calls herself "Computer Angel" quickly saves the business. But when she requests a meeting Read More

    9/12/03
  • Bulletproof Monk

    Crew: Fights Choreographer, Second Unit Director

    Actors: Chow Yun-Fat, Seann William Scott, Jaime King, Karel Roden

    Synopsis: A monk and a pickpocket become unlikely allies in this action adventure story. Sixty years ago, a nameless monk (Chow Yun-Fat) was appointed the guardian of a mysterious scroll that grants remarkable powers to those who possess it. After six decades of traveling the world to protect the scroll Read More

    4/16/03
  • Cradle 2 the Grave

    Crew: Fights Choreographer

    Actors: Jet Li, DMX, Mark Dacascos, Kelly Hu, Anthony Anderson, Tom Arnold

    Synopsis: A thief and a lawman join forces to hunt down a common enemy in this action thriller. Tony Fait (DMX) is a master thief who, along with his crew (Gabrielle Union, Anthony Anderson, and Drag-On), pulls off a major score when they steal a cache of highly valuable black diamonds. However, the Read More

    2/28/03
  • The Transporter

    Crew: Action Director, Director

    Actors: Jason Statham, Shu Qi, François Berléand, Matt Schulze, Ric Young

    Synopsis: An outlaw finds his life becoming all the more dangerous when he turns against a gang of criminals in this action drama. Frank Martin (Jason Statham) is a former Special Forces officer who lives on the French Mediterranean and has a lucrative second career as a underworld courier for hire. Martin Read More

    10/11/02
  • The One

    Crew: Martial Arts Instructor/Coordinator

    Actors: Jet Li, Carla Gugino, Delroy Lindo, Jason Statham, James Morrison

    Synopsis: Former X-Files writer James Wong makes his sophomore feature as a director at the helm of this science fiction thriller that's reminiscent of Timecop (1994). In the near future, a technology called "quantum tunneling" allows human beings to travel between parallel universes. The abuse of this Read More

    11/2/01
  • Kiss of the Dragon

    Crew: Action Director, Fights Choreographer

    Actors: Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, Tchéky Karyo, Laurence Ashley, Burt Kwouk

    Synopsis: This action thriller co-written by filmmaker Luc Besson stars Jet Li as Liu Jian, a Chinese intelligence officer in Paris on an assignment that finds him in the midst of an international conspiracy. When Liu's investigation gets too close to uncovering the truth, his life is seriously jeopardized Read More

    7/6/01
  • The Avenging Fist

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: The work of two of Hong Kong's top action directors, Andrew Lau and Corey Yuen, The Avenging Fist is a science-fiction-fueled action epic set in a futuristic city where violence and weapons are outlawed. Out of this time comes a weapon known as the Power Glove, which activates hidden powers in the Read More

    2001
  • X-Men

    Crew: Fights Choreographer, Second Unit Director

    Actors: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, James Marsden

    Synopsis: One of the most popular superhero teams in comic book history finally comes to the screen in this big-budget adaptation of the long-running Marvel Comics series. Psychic Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) leads a school of skilled mutants called X-Men, a peacekeeping force to safeguard the world Read More

    7/14/00
  • Romeo Must Die

    Crew: Fights Choreographer, Martial Arts Instructor/Coordinator

    Actors: Aaliyah, Anthony Anderson, Edoardo Ballerini, DMX, Jon Kit Lee

    Synopsis: William Shakespeare's streak as the hottest storyteller in Hollywood continues with this modern-dress variation on Romeo and Juliet. In this loose adaptation, Hang Sing (Jet Li) is a former police officer from Hong Kong who comes to the United States following the death of his brother, the leader Read More

    3/22/00
  • Lethal Weapon 4

    Crew: Fights Choreographer

    Actors: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock

    Synopsis: Detectives Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) reteamed for their fourth foray together in this buddy-cop action-comedy series based on characters created by Shane Black. With the passage of years, Murtagh's daughter Rianne (Traci Wolfe) is now about to upgrade Murtagh to Read More

    7/10/98
  • Black Rose 2

    Crew: Director

    1997
  • Hero

    Crew: Action Director, Director, Screenwriter

    Actors: Takeshi Kaneshiro

    Synopsis: Not to be confused with director Zhang Yimou's acclaimed 2002 effort of the same name, director Corey Yuen's 1997 crime drama is loosely based on the 1972 feature Boxer From Shantung. As thousands of refugees make their way from Shantung to Shanghai, Ma Wing Jing (Takeshi Kaneshiro) and his Read More

    1997
  • Mahjong Dragon

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Josephine Siao Fong-fong, Zhao Wenzhuo, Ko Shou-liang, Desiree Lam

    Synopsis: Corey Yuen Kwai and David Lai Tai-wai team up once again to direct this yarn about Fan Sau-tin (Josephine Siao Fong-fong), a middle-aged cop and mahjong fanatic who flees Hong Kong for mainland China when her gambling debts grow too huge and the mob comes to collect. There she realizes that she Read More

    1997
  • High Risk

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Billy Chow, Bobby Yip, Jet Li, Jacky Cheung, Yau Chingmy

    Synopsis: This action parody is a Die Hard clone with an interesting twist. Kit (Jet Li) leaves the police force after the death of his family at the hands of a terrorist named "The Doctor." Kit becomes the bodyguard for Frankie (Jacky Cheung), a movie star who is famous for supposedly doing his own daring Read More

    1995
  • My Father Is a Hero

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Jet Li, Anita Mui, Tsue Miu

    Synopsis: Jet Li stars in this kung-fu vehicle directed by Corey Yuen Kwai. Though a committed father and husband, Kung (Li) is a mainland undercover cop assigned to a case so sensitive that he dare not tell what he does to those he loves the most. Ordered to infiltrate the crime syndicate run by the Read More

    1995
  • The New Legend of Shaolin

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Jet Li, Wong Jing, Chen Sung-Yung, Chuen-Hua Chi

    Synopsis: This Hong Kong martial arts film that is chock full of colorful, nonstop action starring superstar Jet Li. Hong Xiguan learned kung fu at a Shaolin temple. He joins rebels to try to usurp the oppressive rulers. Unfortunately, a fellow student squeals upon him and Hong's family is slain, except for Read More

    1994
  • The Bodyguard from Beijing

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Jet Li, Christy Chung, Kent Cheng

    Synopsis: Director and martial arts choreographer Corey Yuen Kwai adapts the 1991 American hit The Bodyguard into a kung-fu flick starring Jet Li. After spoiled debutante Michelle Yeung (Christy Chung) witnesses a powerful businessman committing homicide, she realizes that her life is in grave danger. Her Read More

    1994
  • Women on the Run

    Crew: Director, Producer

    Synopsis: Corey Yuen's Hong Kong style action film Women on the Run features a pair of female police officers named Rainbow and Swallow. The duo is on the trail of a wicked drug dealer who turns the table on the pair by framing them for a crime. The two officers escape to Canada where they stay hidden until Read More

    1993
  • Fong Sai-Yuk

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Jet Li, Josephine Siao Fong-fong, Adam Cheng, Zhao Wenzhuo, Michelle Reis

    Synopsis: Starring the fabulous Jet Li, this incredible historical epic with its deft blend of high drama, slapstick, and more subtle forms of comedy coupled with breathtaking martial-arts action represents Hong Kong -- filmmaking at its very best. The story contains many serpentine twists and a complex Read More

    1993
  • Savior of the Soul 2

    Actors: Corey Yuen, Andy Lau, David Lai

    Synopsis: David Lai and Corey Yuen team up again for this name-only sequel to their 1991 box-office hit. Ching-yan (Andy Lau) along with his adventuring buddies, Tim and Doc, are searching for the mythical Snowy Mountain where the beautiful Ice Woman resides. They venture to a bizarro world at the bottom of Read More

    1993
  • Fong Sai-Yuk 2

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Jet Li

    Synopsis: Following closely on the heels of the original Fong Sai Yuk, a martial arts action-comedy featuring the acrobatic skills of martial arts star Jet Li, Fong Sai Yuk 2 offers a similar mixture of adventure, action, and farce. The previous film had concluded with Fong Sai Yuk working with the secret Read More

    1993
  • Royal Tramp

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Cheung Man

    Synopsis: This blend of comedy and historical adventure from Hong Kong stars Stephen Chiau as a trusted advisor of the emperor, while Cheung Man plays the leader of a sect out to stop the imperial forces. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

    1992
  • Savior of the Soul

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Andy Lau, Anita Mui, Kenny Bee

    Synopsis: David Lai and Corey Yuen spins this unusual -- for Hong Kong cinema -- sci-fi flick inspired in part by Japanese manga. Set in the near future, notorious assassin Silver Fox (Aaron Kwok) is out to avenge his master who was blinded by cop May-chun (Anita Mui). Fox's first attempt manages to kill Read More

    1992
  • Royal Tramp 2

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Directed by Gordon Chan, Royal Tramp 2 stars Brigitte Lin as the leader of an all female martial arts sect whose power is based soley on remaining celibate. Knowing this, the ill-intentioned Prince instructs his goons to poison her with one of the few substances she is not immune to; a poison that Read More

    1992
  • The Shaolin Idiot

    Crew: Action Director, Producer

    Actors: Stephen Chow

    Synopsis: When an incompetent cop continually fails to clean up the streets, it takes a little assistance from beyond the grave to ensure that justice is served in this action comedy featuring Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle star Stephen Chow. A police officer has been murdered in the line of duty, and it Read More

    1991
  • Lee Rock II

    Crew: Action Director

    1991
  • The Top Bet

    Crew: Action Director, Director

    Actors: Anita Mui, Carol Cheng, Ng Man Tat

    1991
  • Raid

    Synopsis: Tsui Hark and Ching Siu-ting spin this adventure yarn inspired by old Hollywood adventure serials. Set in the 1930s when China's last emperor Puyi allies himself with the invading Japanese army, the film centers on aged though wily Dr. Choy (Dean Shek) vows to lend his experience and his medical Read More

    1991
  • All for the Winner

    Crew: Director, Screenwriter

    Actors: Stephen Chow, Ng Man Tat

    Synopsis: This low-budget knockoff of God of Gamblers succeeds primarily due to an exuberant star-making turn from Stephen Chiau as Shing, a rube from the Chinese mainland who comes to Hong Kong to visit his uncle, Blackie Tat (Ng Man-tat). Blackie isn't thrilled about his nephew's visit until he learns Read More

    1990
  • She Shoots Straight

    Crew: Director

    1990
  • No Retreat, No Surrender 2

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Loren Avedon, Max Thayer, Cynthia Rothrock, Matthias Hues

    Synopsis: In this loose sequel to the earlier film No Retreat, No Surrender, young martial artist Scott (Loren Avedon) now living in Thailand, he has a Vietnamese girlfriend whose wealthy father would strongly disapprove of their liaison. When she is kidnapped after one of their dates, Scott seeks to rescue Read More

    1/27/89
  • The Master

    Actors: Jet Li

    Synopsis: Tsui Hark directs this critically panned kung fu action spectacular starring Jet Li as Jet, a martial arts master who ventures to San Francisco to find his old teacher Uncle Tak. When he gets there, he discovers that Tak's herbal shop has been trashed and the old man is missing. The reason, he Read More

    1989
  • 1989
  • No Retreat, No Surrender

    Crew: Director, Screenwriter

    Actors: Tim Baker, Kurt McKinney, Jean-Claude Van Damme, J.W. Fails, Kathie Sileno

    Synopsis: This film is a kind of David meets Goliath story told in martial arts terms. Young Jason Stillwell (Kurt McKinney) moves with his parents to Seattle, where local bullies harass them without mercy. Jason's father Tom (Tim Baker) does not believe in violence, so the family takes it on the chin. One Read More

    5/2/86
  • Righting Wrongs

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Cynthia Rothrock, Yuen Biao

    Synopsis: Kung fu star and choreographer Corey Yuen spins this vigilante flick featuring Yuen Biao as Hsia Ling-ching, a court prosecutor who is sick of watching the criminal and the corrupt waltz away from justice. After knocking off well-connected drug pushers and underworld denizens, Hsia finds himself Read More

    1986
  • Yes, Madam!

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Michelle Yeoh, Cynthia Rothrock

    Synopsis: Michelle Yeoh makes her starring role debut in this police drama\action spectacular, directed by Corey Yuen. The film opens with the fierce, relentless Inspector Ng (Yeoh) cleaning the clocks of a band of thieves. Meanwhile, vicious crime boss Tin (James Tien Chun) puts a hit out on his accountant Read More

    1985
  • The Instant Kung-Fu Man

    Crew: Action Director

    Actors: John Liu

    Synopsis: Instant Kung-Fu Man stars John Liu...and John Liu. The story concerns twin brothers; more specifically, the story concerns one twin being mistaken for the other. One of the Lius is a martial-arts expert; the other isn't. The less physically prepared brother finds it expedient to learn a few tricks Read More

    1984
  • Dragon Lord

    Crew: Action Director

    Actors: Jackie Chan, Chen Hui-Min

    Synopsis: International martial arts superstar Jackie Chan directed and choreographed (along with veterans Corey Yuen and Fung Hark-on) this action-packed follow-up to The Young Master. Chan also stars as Dragon, a rebellious young man who is always getting into trouble along with his best friend, Cowboy Read More

    1982
  • Tower of Death

    Crew: Action Director

    Actors: Bruce Lee

    Synopsis: Ng See Yuen directs Bruce Lee and Tang Lung in the martial arts film Tower of Death. Jim Koo's funeral service takes an unexpected turn when his coffin is stolen by a helicopter. His best friend falls to his death after grabbing onto the helicopter as it flies off. The best friend's brother tracks Read More

    1981
  • Dragon Forever

    Crew: Associate Producer, Director

    Synopsis: Sammo Hung directs himself and Jackie Chan in the Hong Kong action film Dragon Forever. Chan plays a lawyer who discovers that his client is a drug king. Chan teams up with a hapless friend (Hung) and a mentally unstable associate (Yuen Biao) to stop the kingpin. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

    1980
  • Jade Claw

    Crew: Action Director

    Actors: Billy Chong, Yuen Siu Tin

    Synopsis: Wa Yat Wang directs Billy Chong in the martial arts film Jade Claw. Chong plays Billy, a man who, as a boy, saw his father murdered at the hands of Phoenix Eye Fist expert Jen (Chi Tiet Wo). Billy works at a gym and makes friends with the building's cook, who himself has an old score to settle Read More

    1979
  • The Seven Grandmasters

    Crew: Action Director

    Actors: Jack Long, Li Yi Min

    Synopsis: An aged Kung Fu practitioner seeks to challenge the seven Grandmasters to prove his martial mastery. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide Read More

    1978
  • Battle Wizard

    Synopsis: Pao Hsueh-li spins this wild, eye-poppingly bizarre kung-fu period epic adapted from Jin Yong's 2,000-page tome Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. Two decades after getting his legs whacked off by Prince Tuan Ching-tun -- who used a rare Yang Chi technique that fires bolts of lightening from one's Read More

    1977
  • The Cub Tiger From Kwang Tung

    Crew: Choreography

    1973

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