For those of you who haven’t heard about this movie yet, it stars Donnie Yen (one of my faves) and Sammo Hung. It also features Wu Jing (look for the guy with bleached hair in the trailer). He is a younger training brother of Jet Li and has been mostly doing Chinese TV.
There is no wire work and no camera tricks. One of the high points of the movie is a one on one fight between Yen and Wu. Rumor has it the fight itself was unchoreographed because the 2 actors decided they were highly trained enough to do the scene without the choreography…supposed turned out to be a great scene…
i brang this topic up a few months back and know one seemed interested. this brings back, kung fu in movie making, this and seven swords are going to be the best to come out of hk in a while. i still haven’t seen spl(as it’s called) and i’m dying to see it. if you fined a site thats selling it let me know. i don’t even think it’s out in hk yet.
oh well guess i was wrong about the seven swords thing. the trailer was okay i guess. but i really want to se sha po lang, i had my heart set on seeing this one for a while.
Well I’m certainly interested. Donnie is one of my favourites, and with Sammo should be seriously cool.
Many Chinese films that do really well in the west bomb in Asia (CTHD being a prime example). They’ve struggled somewhat with the demands of Sync sound (which we prefer) because many HK actors don’t speak Beijing dialect very well (Obviously Donnie and Wu Jing do, but is Sammo’s that great?). In the same way, many films that do really well in Asia are received with bewlderment in th west.
Trying to find a copy of this somewhere if anyone knows where i can find it please tell me! i heard the fight between donnie and sammo is worth the price of admission. so if any body knows where i can buy or download it(seen the trailer like 6 or seven months ago) let me know. thanks
is a donni/sammo flick that was supposed to be out since last year, but they just started screening a few months ago. you can check out the trailers(they have a new english one) on donnieyen.net, this film is amazing an a welcome back to hong kong action films. i really want to see this film.
It’s the whole bloody reason to watch that movie. I didn’t know it was Sammo (the long grey hair and beard threw me off) when I was watching it and I was like:
SPL was a good one. Excellent choreography. Overdone plot, but tolerable because it sets up the fights well, and that’s all I ever ask. It’s my favorite recent kung fu flick. It blows out the over-anticipated Tom Yum Goong.
I completely agree Gene. But I am not a Tony Jaa film fan. I didn’t like Ong Bakh and didn’t particularly like Tom Yung Goon. I did like SPL. But you are right about the plot. The gift from the daughter scene was so overblown.
I just watched this movie. My title says it all.
I liked the blend Donnie used of CMA and grappling. It filmed well and was believable (for a movie).
I like Wu Jing but don’t you think he has too much of a baby face for the killer roll? I kept thinking of the leader of the lost boys in “Pan” I read a review that said that the fight between Donnie and Wu Jing was improved. Anyone know? When I saw it I thought it dragged on too long but I need to go back and watch it again.
I really enjoyed this story. (sans the daughter part) It’s totally old school chinese cops and ganstas.
They need to cast Donnie in a good US vehicle. He has good presence. He really buffed out for this role too.
I thought Wu Jing’s baby face worked well as the killer. It made him more psycho. I’ve always thought Wu Jing had great potential. I really liked the baton vs. wakizashi scene between Donnie and Wu Jing. There was some nice broken tempo stuff instead of the usually tik-tak-tik rhythm that pervades most choreographed swordfights. I’m eager to see what Wu Jing does next…
