Non-traditional Heroes In Chinese Martial Arts And Action Movies

In the early time, the first kind of heroes which appeared in Chinese martial arts and action movies were mythical heroes who had strong sense of justice and responsibility which were incarnated a kind of Chinese national spirit and moral philosophy; They were bestowed with the features of sign of the times and nation. The appearance of non-traditional hero makes heroic characters to be vivid and brilliant; Especially, Chinese non-traditional heroes interpret non-traditional heroic characters by different angles. Non-traditional heroes are the kind of successful on-screen images which are the products of different social environment and culture background. They embody the current concept of values and possess some special characters which traditional hero lacks. Non-traditional heroes are not the kind of on-screen images created by traditional idea and approach, but emphasized by the feature of personalization and individualization. Some of whom have humble origin; some of whom have the same personality with common people, for instance, fear, sadness, greed, and etc; Some of them act in a queer way to achieve the justice, in order to achieve this goal, they even may break the law and harm society. However, they still become the truly heroes who are accepted by audience wholeheartedly. Therefore, analyzing the path of the development of non-traditional heroes and the relation between these successful screen images and different culture background provides meaningful reference to the research of film arts.