Enlight Pictures has unveiled the first trailer for the Wang Zi Ming-directed/Po Chu Chui-produced action comedy Badges of Fury. In true buddy cop fashion, Jet Li as Huang Fei Hong is a hard boiled cop capable of delivering ass-kicking martial arts against deadly criminals, while Wen Zhang as Wang Bu Er is his bumbling partner with the tendency of getting into silly predicaments.Also in the cast are Michelle Chen, Liu Shi Shi, Liu Yan, Wu Jing and Collin Chou. Corey Yuen, a long-time Jet Li collaborator in other contemporary Hong Kong action films such as High Risk, The Bodyguard from Beijing and My Father is a Hero, serves as fight choreographer once again.When a spate of eerie murders erupts across Hong Kong, two troublemaking cops...
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- 5/1/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Hot on the heels of the European Film Market, the first promotional art for the cop actioner Badges of Fury (aka The One Detective) has debuted via Easternlight Films, featuring an explosive Jet Li standing tall and gun ready. The cop standing beside Li is Wen Zhang who previously appeared with the action star in Ocean Heaven and The Sorcerer and the White Snake.The film is directed by Wang Zi Ming and produced by Po Chu Chui of Kung Fu Hustle and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon fame. With Wu Jing (Spl) and Collin Chou (The Matrix Reloaded, Flashpoint) also onboard in the cast line-up and Corey Yuen (Shaolin) serving as fight choreographer, martial arts fans will surely not be disappointed for the lack of quality...
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- 2/11/2013
- Screen Anarchy
“Sorcerer and the White Snake” has been one of the more hotly anticipated Chinese releases of 2011, and it’s not hard to see why, given the talent in front of and behind the camera. Boasting an impressive Us$25 million budget and premiering at the Venice Film Festival, the fantasy production stars Jet Li in the lead as a Buddhist monk, butting heads with Eva Huang (“Kung Fu Hustle”) and Twins’ Charlene Choi as snake demons, with Raymond Lam (“Jade and the Pearl”) and Wen Zhang (“Ocean Heaven”) as the two young men caught in the middle, plus cameos by from the likes of Vivian Hsu, Miriam Yeung, Chapman To and Jiang Wu. Directed by legendary helmer and action choreographer Ching Siu Tung, responsible for numerous genre classics including “Swordsman”, “A Chinese Ghost Story” and others, the prestigious film was produced by Yang Zi and Chui Po Chu (“Crouching Tiger Hidden...
- 12/7/2011
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
2009 Hong Kong Film Awards 2009 Hong Kong Film Award nominations: Feb. 12 2009 Hong Kong Film Award winners: Apr. 19 ("*" denotes the winner in each category) Donnie Yen in Wilson Yip’s Ip Man, a biopic of Bruce Lee’s kung fu master. Best Film The Way We Are (prods: Ann Hui & Wong Yat Ping) Red Cliff (prods: Terence Chang & John Woo) Cj 7 (prods: Stephen Chow, Chui Po Chu, Han San Ping, Vincent Kok, Shi Dong Ming, Connie Wong) Painted Skin (prod: Gordon Chan Ka Seung) * Ip Man (prod: Raymond Wong Pak Ming) Best Asian Film If You Are The One (China) Cape No. 7 (Taiwan) Suspect X (Japan) Forever Enthralled (China) * Assembly (China) Best Director * Ann Hui On Wah (The Way We Are) Johnnie To Kei Fung (Sparrow) John Woo (Red Cliff) Benny Chan (Connected) Yip Wai Shun (Ip Man) Best New Director * Derek Kwok (The Moss) Heiward Mak (High Noon) Ivy Ho (Claustrophobia...
- 4/19/2009
- by Irene Young
- Alt Film Guide
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