ShangChi & The Legend Of The Ten Rings Trailer Breakdown 27 Story Reveals & Secrets

Shang-Chi & The Legend Of The Ten Rings Trailer Breakdown: 27 Story Reveals & Secrets

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1 Shang-Chi & The Legend Of The Ten Rings Trailer Breakdown: 27 Story Reveals & Secrets

The first trailer for Shang-Chi & The Legend Of The Ten Rings introduces an unexplored area of the MCU. Here are the biggest revelations and reveals.

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The first trailer for Shang-Chi & The Legend Of The Ten Rings has been released, offering audiences their first glimpse at a new world within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Shang-Chi trailer promises action and adventure, along with a redefinition of some of Marvel Comics’ most interesting characters.

Shang-Chi was created in the early 1970’s to capitalize upon the growing popularity of Asian self-defense techniques in the United States, after Marvel Comics failed to secure the rights to publish a comic book based on the television show Kung Fu. First appearing in Special Marvel Edition #15 in December 1973, Shang-Chi’s adventures were an immediate hit and he soon became the first Asian hero at Marvel Comics to headline his own solo-series, The Hands of Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu. The series ran for 130 issues, including 125 monthly comics, one annual and four giant-size specials.

While it has been some time since Shang-Chi dominated the sales charts and his background has been reconfigured considerably over the years, he has remained an active part of the Marvel Comics universe and is widely regarded as the world’s greatest unarmed combatant. It is only naturally then that Marvel Studios would seek to bring this legendary hero to life on the silver screen in a way that honors the history of the character while avoiding some of the more problematic elements born of the age that birthed him, such as his father originally having been Fu Man Chu. Here are the biggest reveals from the trailer for Shang-Chi & The Legend Of The Ten Rings.

27. Shang-Chi Can Break Wood With His Fists

One of the most common tests of skill for unarmed combatants in Kung Fu movies is for them to break several wooden boards with a single strike. This proves not only their strength but their ability to focus that strength to a single devastating end. The opening scene, in which viewers see Shang-Chi in what appears to be a small dojo, shows him inspecting a wooden support beam and a dent the size of his fist, which he then strikes with a half-hearted punch. This implies that he created the impressive dent over the course of his training.

26. Shang-Chi Has Been Living On His Own For Ten Years In San Francisco

The opening narration in the trailer establishes that Shang-Chi has been living on his own for 10 years. This was apparently a gift from his father and is suggested to be quite unusual for someone in Shang-Chi’s position. Despite his father apparently being a man of means, Shang-Chi is shown to live quite humbly, working a job as a valet at the Fairmont Hotel while living in a one-room apartment. Furthermore, it differentiates the character from the comics, who entered society as essentially a “man out of time,” since he lived a sheltered life beforehand.

25. Kung Fu Hustle

A quick scene set in Shang-Chi’s modest apartment gives a nod to the film Kung Fu Hustle. Released in 2004, Kung Fu Hustle is widely considered to be one of the new wave of modern martial arts movies. Shang-Chi is apparently a fan, as he has a small poster for the movie on the wall by his bed.

24. Shang-Chi and Katy

The opening scenes establish the friendship between Shang-Chi and Katy; a co-worker whom it is said is still figuring herself out and is about to be thrust into a completely alien world because of her connection to Shang-Chi. Katy is played by acclaimed actress Awkwafina, who most recently played the role of Sisu in Raya and the Last Dragon.

23. A Whole New World

The fact that Katy’s life is about to change seems to be foreshadowed by the scene where she and Shang-Chi go to a karaoke bar. While the Shang-Chi trailer doesn’t include an audio track of their singing, it is clear from the screen that they are singing “A Whole New World” from Disney’s Aladdin. This seems oddly appropriate, as the song was sung by a young couple discovering a world that is much bigger than they ever imagine along with young love.

22. The Real Mandarin

The Shang-Chi trailer offers the first glimpse of Tony Leung as Wenwu; a warlord described as being the real Mandarin and leader of a syndicate known as the Ten Rings. This is a change from the modern Shang-Chi comics, where Shang-Chi’s father is an immortal sorcerer named Zheng Zu who leads a group known as the Five Weapons Society. Whatever the name, Wenwu is a man of great power who saw his son trained as an assassin in the hopes of forging a worthy heir to his empire.

21. The Masked Villain (Death Dealer)

The Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings trailer also offers the first glimpse of a mysterious masked warrior, who was one of Shang-Chi’s more vicious instructors as a boy. Known only as Death Dealer, they are a member of the Ten Rings and will be a major enemy of Shang-Chi over the course of the film. Presumably they either see themselves as a more worthy heir to the Mandarin’s legacy or are willing to avenge the slighted honor of their master when Shang-Chi refuses to join them.

20. A Young Shang-Chi

A montage in the trailer speaks to starts with Shang-Chi as a young boy, punching the same wooden pillar from earlier in the trailer repeatedly. This shows that his father began training him to follow in his footsteps at a young age.

19. Shang-Chi’s Training

The next part of the montage speaks to Shang-Chi’s upbringing, with the Mandarin noting that he was trained “so the most dangerous people in the world couldn’t kill you.” This montage shows a teenage Shang-Chi fighting multiple ninjas and winning.

18. A Blue Flash

In the flashback montage, the Mandarin leads a young Shang-Chi into a restaurant, before suddenly attacking a man in the middle of it. As he does so, blue light flashes around his fists. It is unclear if this is a manifestation of chi or some kind of magic, but it proves effective, whatever it is.

17. Shang Chi’s Necklace

The flashback also reveals that Shang-Chi has a distinctive necklace. This is believed to be a keepsake of his beloved mother.

16. Shang-Chi’s Mortal Kombat-Style Fighting Tournament

The trailer also hints at a fighting tournament, similar to the one in Mortal Kombat. At one point a crowd can be seen swarming around a steel cage arena. Death Dealer and another dangerous looking man are among those waiting to enter, as Shang-Chi himself enters the cage.

15. The Ten Rings

The Shang-Chi trailer also offers a glimpse at the Ten Rings: the organization controlled by the Mandarin. They appear to be the standard private army every world-conquering James Bond villain maintains, but there is ample reason to believe they are far more than that. If nothing else, their leader employs a variety of elite assassins more dangerous than common soldiers with guns.

14. Shang-Chi’s Bracelets

At one point, Shang-Chi can be seen to be wearing a strange pair of gauntlets made up of rings that glow with a faint blue light. Could these gauntlets be a symbol of the Ten Rings? Or are they a magical artifact known as the Ten Rings?

13. A Shrine To Shang-Chi’s Mother

One revealing detail emerges in the temple scene in which water gushes out to envelope Shang-Chi. A quick glance to the left side of the shot reveals a small shrine. This seems to be a memorial to Shang-Chi’s mother.

12. Shang-Chi’s Powers

Shang-Chi is more than just a master martial artist. He also has the ability to harness his life-force (or chi) to further enhance his mind and body. There’s some hint of this in the trailer, as he is able to react to the rush of water approaching him as if it were frozen in place.

11. Shang-Chi Refuses To Join His Father

While Shang-Chi’s background in the comics has changed several times, along with the identity of his father, one point has remained constant: he is defined by his refusal to follow the dark path dictated by his father. The trailer marks this with a quick scene, shortly after Wenwu asks Shang-Chi to take his rightful place at his side, where Shang-Chi simply says, “That’s not going to happen.”

10. Death Dealer Vs. Shang-Chi

One of the most impressive parts of the trailer is a brief glimpse of a battle between Shang-Chi and Death Dealer. The fight scene also include a chase, which features Death Dealer jumping out of a helicopter in his pursuit of Shang-Chi.

9. The Forest Fight Sequence

Another breath-taking fight in the trailer takes place in a forest. The sequence seems to be a tribute to the 2004 wuxia romance House Of Flying Daggers.

8. A Familiar Necklace

At one point Shang-Chi does battle with a woman who is able to knock him down in a cage fight. She appears to be waring a necklace that is twin to his own or may be wearing his necklace, having taken it from him. In either case, this would appear to be Xialing, Shang-Chi’s estranged sister.

7. An Impressive Sword

In one quick shot, Shang-Chi is seen fighting one of his tournament opponents in close-quarters on a moving bus. The bearded opponent is armed with a sword that appears to be mounted on the end of his arm in place of a lost hand and glows with red energy. It is unclear if this effect is magical, technological, or based around chi.

6. The Battle Inside The Temple

Another quick cut shows Shang-Chi fighting another man inside of a Buddhist temple. Shang-Chi can be seen wearing his full costume in this scene (highlighted in the movie’s first official poster as well), unlike in most of the other fights shown in the trailer.

5. The Battle Outside The Temple

One of the more interesting clips in the Shang-Chi trailer depicts a mass battle outside an ancient Chinese temple, with soldiers on horseback riding in to attack. This, coupled with the Mandarin’s narration, suggests that he has been around for hundreds of years and that his plans for conquest have been waged on a grand scale for quite some time.

4. A Fight Scene On A Bus

The Shang-Chi trailer ends with a dramatic fight that pits Shang-Chi against multiple opponents on a moving San Francisco bus. The fight is notable for how it displays Shang-Chi’s acrobatic prowess in a compressed space.

3. Foo Dogs

Large four-legged creatures pop up at several points during the trailer, fighting alongside the monks defending one temple. While they look giant lions, they are actually Foo Dogs; a creature from Buddhist mythology said to protect sacred sites from defilement.

2. MCU Spider-Man Character Cameo

Quick-eyed viewers can spot a familiar looking figure sitting on the bus watching Shang-Chi’s fighting. It is actor/comedian Zach Cherry, who played the street vendor who commanded Spider-Man to do a flip for him in Spider-Man: Homecoming.

1. Shang-Chi’s Hand Gesture

The Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings trailer ends with Shang-Chi striking a dramatic pose before the astonished commuters. Fans of the comics will recognize this as Shang-Chi’s trademark stance.

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