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-- Invisible Target: Danger in Every Move --
Tough action heroes are hard to come by, but Invisible Target by director Benny Chan features three rising young Hong Kong stars who simply can’t resist action. Among the biggest challenges of filming an action movie are safety concerns. When it involves veteran action stars like Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung who know exactly what they are doing, the burden is significantly lighter. But in renowned Hong Kong director Benny Chan’s new blockbuster Invisible Target, he is dealing with not one but three young gung-ho artistes who are raring to go, with perhaps just a tad of disregard for safety.

They are always willing to do their own stunts,” he said during a phone interview arranged by Grand Brilliance recently. “The problem is, they just do it and that’s dangerous. With veterans like Jackie, he is doing warm-up exercises even as he speaks with you and that is important. They know what they are doing and what needs to be done before every dangerous stunt but the young ones won’t notice such things. They just jump right in!”

As a result, Chan had his hands full reining in his young stars during filming. It is saying a lot when he revealed that insurance on the set was bought at HK$60 million (RM26.4 million). With a budget of US$8 million (RM27.2 million), Invisible Target is expected to be one of the most anticipated films from Asia this year. The story follows three young cops who are driven by differing motives as they join forces to defeat a gang of thieves. The movie stars such fast-rising young Hong Kong stars as Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue and Jaycee Chan with the addition of kungfu champions Wu Jing and Andy On.  The New Straits Time >>More<<

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