Teasers for a cool Chinese action movie have appeared online "Invincible Hero" (Ultimate Hero), and we have to say, we're impressed with what they showed us.
"Invincible Hero" is a project of a martial artist, actor and director Dragon Chen, who sometimes makes very interesting B-category films. His directorial portfolio includes such films as "The Pride of Kung Fu" (2003) "Jet Kune Do" (2010) "Nunchucks" (2012) and "Kungfuist" (2013)
The creators of the film do not disclose plot details. We only know that the action will take place in Ethiopia and Somalia. The hero of Dragon Chen, who plays the main role in his film, will fight with arms smugglers, led by the character Alexandra Bailey.
The cast of the film generally consists of almost Europeans, among whom, however, only Bayley is sufficiently known. Despite the fact that he played small roles in such notable projects as "Mission Zodiac" и "Police Story 2013" Jackie Chan, fans of martial arts in cinema, Alexander is known primarily as a member of the stunt team Z-Team and the main antagonist of an excellent short film "Brothers".
Judging by the teaser, the film "The Invincible Hero" will not need hand-to-hand combat, shootouts, chases and explosions. And no need to pretend – we are waiting for a full trailer!
The Chinese premiere is scheduled for 26 of August.
A trailer for a Chinese blockbuster also appeared online. "Under a Dark Sky" (Heartfall Arises), where the stars of Chinese cinema met again on the screen Lau Ching-Wan и Nicholas Tse.
To the creators of the film, headed by the director Ken Wu (Ng Ban-Yu) manages to keep plot details under wraps, and there's no rush to come up with an official synopsis.
In addition to the title actors, the ensemble is filled with: Tun Liya ("Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons"), Mavis Fan ("Silent War") Shawn Tam (“Udan”) and others.
The action director is a professional Jack Wong, who is responsible for the action scenes in films such as "Legendary Killer" (2008) "Bodyguards and Assassins" (2009) "Ice Man" (2014) and others.
The project is positioned as an expensive crime blockbuster - the film's budget is 25 million US dollars. We have already published futures upcoming film, now it's time for the trailer.
The premiere in China is scheduled for on September 1.
It is worth paying attention to another Chinese-Hong Kong-made action movie, which suspiciously resembles "War of the Wolves" Jackie Wu. It's about the movie "Operation Mekong River" (Operation Mekong) classic Chinese cinema Dante Lama (“Hungt the Beast”, “Viral Factor”, “Invincible”).
The plot of the film is based on real events, when in 2011 a merchant ship was attacked by bandits in the Mekong Delta. Then 13 people died. The action movie will focus on an operation carried out by police from China, Thailand, Laos and Burma.
Dante Lama starred in the title role of "Operation" Eddie Pan, with whom Lam had already worked in the film "Invincible". The rest of the cast includes equally big names: Zhang Hanyu ("Bodyguards and Assassins") Joyce Feng (“Helios”) and Indian actor Ganesh Acharya ("Everyone can dance")
Filming took place in China, Thailand and Malaysia.
The exact release date of the action movie is not yet known, but the premiere should take place in 2016.
Let's wrap it up with a film in the half-forgotten girls with guns genre called "Special Women's Squad" (Special Female Force). We're already waiting special women's unit from Indonesia this year, but we won’t refuse beautiful Chinese girls with guns either.
The genre of the film is an action comedy and it is directed by Wilson Chin, who has previously directed mostly romantic comedies.
The plot is not particularly interesting to us, but the cast is interested: Jana Ho ("Badges of Rage") Jade Leung (“Kungfu Mahjong”), Joyce Cheng ("Cold War") Stephy Tan (“Badges of Rage”) and other girls of model appearance. The male half of the acting ensemble is presented Philip Ng, on whose shoulders the lion's share of the action will probably fall.
The film must come out November 18, 2016 year in Chinese distribution.
The second trailer for “Special Forces of Women” has appeared online.
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Tags: Heartfall Arises, Operation Mekong, Special Female Force, Ultimate Hero, Z Team, Alexander Bayley, Ganesh Acharya, Dante Lam, Jana Ho, Jade Leung, Jack Wong, Joyce Feng, Joyce Cheng, Dragon Chen, Ken Wu, Lau Chin Wan, Mavis Fan, Nicholas Tse, Stephy Tan, Tun Liya, Wilson Chin, Philip Ng, Zhang Hanyu, Shawn Tam, Eddie Pan
Added the second trailer for "Special Women's Squad"
Added trailer for "The Invincible Hero".
I would have looked at it even without a translation for general development, for example, I can’t find the same “nunchucks” anywhere
Hello to everyone who knows if there are Dragon Chen films with translations, and if so, please provide a link.
Dave,
"Kungfuist" can definitely be downloaded from the root tracker.
Danil Chupakhin,
You wrote in the article that Kungfuist 2013. And on the root tracker it is 2007.
Sanya,
On imdb the year is 2013. Look, is this the same movie? Kungfu Fighter or Gong Fu Zhan Dou Ji.
Thank you.