# SPL aka Sha Po Lang aka Flashpoint **URL:** \ **Category:** Martial Media and Popular Culture\ **Created:** [August 24, 2005, 12:09pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/spl-aka-sha-po-lang-aka-flashpoint/33918 "2005-08-24T12:09:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GreenCloudCLF](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/greencloudclf/32/570_2.png) [@GreenCloudCLF](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/GreenCloudCLF)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 12:09pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/spl-aka-sha-po-lang-aka-flashpoint/33918/1 "2005-08-24T12:09:29Z")
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… Here’s a link to the [trailer](http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/003243.html) ---
**Author:** ![doug\_maverick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/doug_maverick/32/72_2.png) [@doug\_maverick](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/doug_maverick)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/spl-aka-sha-po-lang-aka-flashpoint/33918/2 "2005-08-24T16:36:51Z")
sha po lang 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. ---
**Author:** ![GreenCloudCLF](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/greencloudclf/32/570_2.png) [@GreenCloudCLF](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/GreenCloudCLF)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/spl-aka-sha-po-lang-aka-flashpoint/33918/3 "2005-08-24T19:02:20Z")
spl debuts at the toronto film festival (next week or something I think). As far as I’ve heard Seven Swords bombed in Asia ---
**Author:** ![doug\_maverick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/doug_maverick/32/72_2.png) [@doug\_maverick](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/doug_maverick)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/spl-aka-sha-po-lang-aka-flashpoint/33918/4 "2005-08-26T17:56:00Z")
so i heard 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. ---
**Author:** ![Ben\_Gash](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/ben_gash/32/34_2.png) [@Ben\_Gash](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/Ben_Gash)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/spl-aka-sha-po-lang-aka-flashpoint/33918/5 "2005-09-03T09:37:24Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![doug\_maverick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/doug_maverick/32/72_2.png) [@doug\_maverick](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/doug_maverick)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/spl-aka-sha-po-lang-aka-flashpoint/33918/6 "2005-10-11T15:46:23Z")
Spl 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 ---
**Author:** ![gwa\_sow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/gwa_sow/32/556_2.png) [@gwa\_sow](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/gwa_sow)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/spl-aka-sha-po-lang-aka-flashpoint/33918/7 "2005-10-12T14:28:43Z")
spl??? sorry but can you elaborate a little more on that pls. sounds interesting ---
**Author:** ![doug\_maverick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/doug_maverick/32/72_2.png) [@doug\_maverick](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/doug_maverick)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/spl-aka-sha-po-lang-aka-flashpoint/33918/8 "2005-10-12T16:45:54Z")
Sha Po Lang 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](http://donnieyen.net), this film is amazing an a welcome back to hong kong action films. i really want to see this film. ---
**Author:** ![gwa\_sow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/gwa_sow/32/556_2.png) [@gwa\_sow](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/gwa_sow)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/spl-aka-sha-po-lang-aka-flashpoint/33918/9 "2005-10-13T12:54:44Z")
hmmmm sounds intresting. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SimonM](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/simonm/32/535_2.png) [@SimonM](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/SimonM)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/spl-aka-sha-po-lang-aka-flashpoint/33918/10 "2006-01-12T03:04:34Z")
That was Sammo? It is all beginning to make sense now.😃 ---
**Author:** ![RAYNYSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9a140/32.png) [@RAYNYSC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/RAYNYSC)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 5:46am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/spl-aka-sha-po-lang-aka-flashpoint/33918/11 "2006-01-12T05:46:37Z")
Hey Doug, I have a copy of SPL the fight between Donnie & Sammo is bad ass. Shoot me a pm or a e-mail maybe we can work on getting you a copy. ---
**Author:** ![SimonM](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/simonm/32/535_2.png) [@SimonM](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/SimonM)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/spl-aka-sha-po-lang-aka-flashpoint/33918/12 "2006-01-12T06:05:30Z")
Badass? 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: > [@Simonwatchingthemovie](#): > > \*\*\*\*! Whoever they cast to fight Donnie is certainly up to the job. I guess this movie wasn’t a wast of 10 RMB after all! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![doug\_maverick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/doug_maverick/32/72_2.png) [@doug\_maverick](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/doug_maverick)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/spl-aka-sha-po-lang-aka-flashpoint/33918/13 "2006-01-12T20:44:02Z")
Raynycs hey whats up! i live in the BX, in concourse village(grandconcourse) if you can hook me up with a copy that’ll be great. ---
**Author:** ![RAYNYSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9a140/32.png) [@RAYNYSC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/RAYNYSC)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/spl-aka-sha-po-lang-aka-flashpoint/33918/14 "2006-01-13T01:44:45Z")
No problem send me a e-mail so we can meet up. ---
**Author:** ![GeneChing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/geneching/32/96_2.png) [@GeneChing](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/GeneChing)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/spl-aka-sha-po-lang-aka-flashpoint/33918/15 "2006-01-23T22:01:11Z")
Sammo, Donnie and Wu Jing 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. ---
**Author:** ![SimonM](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/simonm/32/535_2.png) [@SimonM](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/SimonM)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/spl-aka-sha-po-lang-aka-flashpoint/33918/16 "2006-01-24T02:51:37Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![doug\_maverick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/doug_maverick/32/72_2.png) [@doug\_maverick](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/doug_maverick)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/spl-aka-sha-po-lang-aka-flashpoint/33918/17 "2006-01-24T17:51:01Z")
Ray I CAN’T SEEM TO FIND YOUR EMAIL, AND I CAN’T PM YOU. SO WHY DON’T YOU EMAIL ME AT: [DARKWATER2020@HOTMAIL.COM](mailto:DARKWATER2020@HOTMAIL.COM) THANKS ---
**Author:** ![hasayfu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hasayfu](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/hasayfu)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/spl-aka-sha-po-lang-aka-flashpoint/33918/18 "2006-01-28T02:03:35Z")
Donnie is the man 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. ---
**Author:** ![GeneChing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/geneching/32/96_2.png) [@GeneChing](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/GeneChing)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/spl-aka-sha-po-lang-aka-flashpoint/33918/19 "2006-01-30T21:25:01Z")
Wu Jing 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… ---
**Author:** ![hasayfu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hasayfu](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/hasayfu)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/spl-aka-sha-po-lang-aka-flashpoint/33918/20 "2006-01-30T23:46:36Z")
What a typo… My post should have read: The fight between Donnie and Wu Jing was IMPROVISED! that would explain the off tempo stuff. I need to watch the fight scene again. Any confirmation of the improv? [Next page](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/spl-aka-sha-po-lang-aka-flashpoint/33918.md?page=2)