The Prosecutor's Donnie Yen On Balancing Courtroom Drama With "Extravagant" Action In Return To Director's Chair
Donnie Yen is continuing his return to the director’s chair after a 20-year break withThe Prosecutor. Having started his career as a stuntman in Hong Kong, Yen first began finding success with the TV adaptation ofBruce Lee’sFist of Fury, as well as choreographing and starring in numerous Hollywood action movies, includingBlade II. Though having worked as an action director multiple times throughout his career, Yen’s list of full directorial efforts is relatively smaller, ranging from 1997’sLegend of the Wolfto 2004’s Protégé de la Rose Noire, after which he wouldn’t direct again until 2023’sSakra....