Hong Kong Films: Starting with The Way of the Dragon

All the characters in the novel are portrayed as incredibly stupid, almost like they have no intelligence, and are easily subdued.

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Author, you can develop this into a comic book storyline; it's very engaging. In the comics, Chicken is the protagonist, possessing various halos, and there's a main plot. He's also a major villain, and most importantly, he's arrogant, wicked, domineering, qualified, and handsome. The Chicken in the movie is just trash. However, the character Ding Yao needs to be handled well; she's the epitome of a venomous woman. Actually, in the comics, if Chicken hadn't died, she wouldn't have dared to have any ambitions, but she secretly trained the Seven Viper Sons.