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Director Benny Chan didn't thought of doing a science-fiction initially (This was also echoed by Wu Jing on another occasion, who mentioned that it was a crime film when the director first approached him.), but as he doesn't want to repeat what he has done before, such as the typical cops vs crooks, car chase or gun combats.

Continue reading "Benny Chan Interview on City Under Siege: It's the Mutating Heart that is Most Gruesome"

Ngai Sing (or Collin Chou) says that he admires director Benny Chan for his enterprising spirit, "Director Benny Chan is very bold, he dares experiment something he has never done before, I take my hats off to him for that. I also admire his talents, no matter what subject he's filming, it's as if he's telling the ups and downs of one's life.

Continue reading "Ngai Sing Interview on City Under Siege: A Day in the Life of A Mutant"

 -- City Under Siege --
 As a Mainland cop who is after the malevolent mutants in City Under Siege, life is full of risks and fears for Zhang Jing Chu, who is constantly facing grotesque and gruesome mutants, and she has to keep looking out for her boyfriend Wu Jing, who often neglects or ignores her. She has shattering fights, and a melancholic, heartrending, ponderous relationship. Continue reading "Is Wu Jing Heartless or Caring Towards Zhang Jing Chu in City Under Siege"

-- City Under Siege --

In this sci-fi actioner directed by Benny Chan, action directed by Ma Yuk Sing and Nicky Li, and starring Aaron Kwok, Ngai Sing, Wu Jing, Zhang Jing Chu, Tie Nan, Zhang Bao Wen, Shu Qi, Benny Chan is upping the ante by lavishly spending around 70m yuan on big explosive action scenes, one of which involves 30 cars crashing.   

 

Having a hand in the choreography, Wu Jing is incorporating some elements of Tai Chi in his martial arts sequences, such as his climatic battle against Ngai Sing, that the latter describes as so intense and frenzied that sparks were flying all over the place.

 

City Under Siege opens in China on August 8, in Hong Kong on the following week, and in Singapore and Malaysia 2 weeks later.

 

Trailer 1: View / Download (Youtube)

Trailer 2: View / Download (Youtube)

Trailer 3: View (Imgo)

Continue reading "Red Alert: Three Theatrical Trailers for City Under Siege"

 Why did you opted for the era of warlords?
 Benny Chan: The story concerning thirteen cudgel monks rescuing Tang prince has been adapted too many times. So, I checked with the abbot, the notable legends of Shaolin Temple in the past 1500 years, there was this legend, concerning a warlord ransacking Shaolin Temple to look for another warlord, before setting it ablaze. Being partial to this legend, I settled for the warlords era. That period was very turbulent, China was already facing foreign invasion, yet the Chinese were still fighting among themselves. Continue reading "Benny Chan Interview on Shaolin: Advocating The Spirit of Martial Arts"

Directed by Dennis Law, Bad Blood, starring Simon Tam, Bernice Liu, Andy On, Jiang Lu Xia, Xiong Xin Xin, is about gang members turning against each other following the death of their chief, with Nicky Li bringing you the hard-hitting action.   

 

Bad Blood Blu-ray and DVD are being released on March 4, 2010.

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 Set against backdrop of the boundless, arid, desolate desert in the western part of China, revolving around the three polar groups: detectives, runaway convicts, and assassins, Tempest of the Westerly Winds explores the hope for survival, the true meaning of love, the final resting place of destiny as the three groups keep each other in check and struggle against each other. Continue reading "Nicky Li Responds to Gao Qun Shu's Call to Give Everyone a Tempestuous Ride on Tempest of the Westerly Winds"

《西风烈》

Director: Gao Qun Shu

Screenplay: Gao Qun Shu

Cinematography: Du Jie

Art Direction: Xiao Hai Hang

Action & Car Stunts: Nicky Li

Composer: Han Jae Kwon

Principal Photography: Late Oct 2009 to May 2010 (with breaks in between)

Release: September 2010

Cast: Duan Yi Hong, Ni Da Hong, Wu Jing, Zhang Li, Francis Ng, Yu Nan, Charlie Yeung, Xia Yu, He Tie Hong, Ma Guo Wei

Cameos: Ma Su, Wang Shuang Bao, Luo Luo, Ma Zi Han, Biao Zi

 

Plot Synopsis:

On the vast and boundless desolate desert in the Western part of China, Zhang Ning (Xia Yu) and girlfriend Sun Jing (Charlie Yeung) are facing great difficulties staying afloat: on the one hand, four super sleuths are pursing them relentlessly; on the other hand, a pair of male  and female assassins are mercilessly hot on their heels too...

Continue reading "Tempest of The Westerly Winds Information"

-- Bad Blood --

Dennis Law's Bad Blood is opening in Hong Kong on January 21, while gala premiere will be held on 18. Playing a mute girl in this film was very challenging to Jiang Lu Xia, who had to convey all her emotions through gestures and facial expressions. She went to a deaf-mute school for training, and while the film was in production, she treated herself almost as if she was a mute, barely uttering a word on the set, and would use hand signs to communicate instead.

Dennis Law says that there are many fresh and exciting martial arts sequences, choreographed by Nicky Li, in the film, especially the finale between Jiang Lu Xia and Bernice Liu. Jiang Lu Xia says she was very happy to be working with Bernice Liu, "I had always thought of Bernice Liu as someone very gentle, but unbeknownst to me, she was very good at fighting too, especially the finale, after calling it a day, I realised I was bruising, I was so worried that I might suffer from internal injury. Haha!"

Owing to low temperature and onslaughts of tempest, filming progress of Legendary Four: Tempest of the Westerly Winds, directed by Gao Qun Shu, choreographed by Nicky Li, is stymied. But, according to Lang Chen on his blog, the film should be wrapping up pretty soon.

Lang Chen, who was commissioned by Wu Jing to write Way of Tai Chi, is personally planning another work 《战士》 Warrior (tentative) for Wu Jing. He's writing the script with Wu Jing in mind and he would also be directing, though it is still quite far off before production begins.

He says that he mentions Wu Jing very often on his blog because he likes Wu Jing very much, for his simplicity, for his dedication to filmmaking, for the vulnerabilities and sensitivities within his heart.

It was when he first talked to him, for a few hours, that changed the way he looked at Wu Jing, who was but a kungfu star to him, a sunny person, and one with pride. When chatting, it is inevitable to gossip, to speak ill of others, yet in those few fours of talk, any word that came from Wu Jing's mouth did not involve anything negative about anyone.

And that is the type of people Lang Chen respects and adores. "Wu Jing is an actor, and has also become a director, I'm a director, and also a script writer, so, in our interaction, our topics mostly revolve around those things we that shared most passions on. He had his own views, and in fact, he had never-ending streams of ideas. Being in the industry of over 10 years, working till he's all burned out, was perhaps what he would desire most. I would augment his ideas, and also got rectified by him, I brought out new ideas... and the time passed quickly."

-- Bad Blood --
Bad Blood official site has been launched officially. This upcoming action film directed by Dennis Law is about internecine conflicts among the triad members following the death of their boss.

 

Trailer isn't ready yet but there's a 4:38 minutes making-of which shows highly intense and complex martial arts sequences being done by the various cast-members Jiang Lu Xia, Ken Lo, Xiong Xin Xin, Andy On and Bernice Liu, under the choreography of Nicky Li who seems to have scored a hit this time.

Legendary Assassin, directorial debut of Wu Jing and Nicky Li, will be released on DVD on January 22. The cast of the action film includes Wu Jing, Celina Jade, Aoyama Noriko, Kou Zhan Wen, Kara Hui, Alex Fong, Lam Suet, Ken Lo, etc.

 

Wu Jing stars as a cool and lethal hitman with a heart of gold being marooned on an outlying island due to an incoming typhoon and befriends a small-time cop Celina Jade. Meanwhile, the Aoyama Noriko, wife of the crime boss Kou Zhan Wen, is out for vengeance as well as wanting to recover his corpse after discovering he was killed on the island, with his head missing. Preorder at YesAsia.