Yep, it's been confirmed. At this year's Cannes Film Festival, Jackie Chan announced that he's backing off from making any more action films with the reasons being that he's too old for stunts and that the world is “too violent”. Jackie says that CZ12 - or Chinese Zodiac- will be his last official film where [...]
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Special Identity wraps up
onDonnie Yen's upcoming action film Special Identity has wrapped up. Collin Chou - who has a major role in the film - congratulated and praised Donnie for his endeavor and hard work pushing Collin's action performance to the max and bringing out the best of him physically. And according to Andy On - who will [...]
Motorway – the return of authentic and extreme vehicle stunts in Hong Kong films
onPoster Produced by film-making maestro Johnnie To (The Mission, PTU, Throw Down, Exiled) and directed by Soi Cheang (Dog Bite Dog, Accident), Motorway is an upcoming car-chasing action film about a rookie cop (Shawn Yue) who takes on a veteran escape driver (Guo Xiao-Dong) on a death-defying final showdown on the roads of Hong Kong. Other [...]
Special Identity – Update
onThe film has completed shooting in Shenzhen and the crew has now moved location in Hong Kong to complete the rest of the shooting. Beside action Donnie will also have emotional scenes, mainly with veteran actress Pau Hei-Ching who will play his mother. Donnie stated that lots of changes had to be done due to [...]
Xing Yu gets his first lead role
onFor those who have seen Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle will certainly remember one particular guy aside from Stephen himself as well as Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu, and Bruce Leung. I'm talking about Xing Yu who played Coolie, one of the three martial arts masters and defendants of Pig Sty Alley. In real-life, Xing is a [...]
Donnie Yen on Boston TV 1985
onSee where it all started with Donnie Yen, from the view of public access TV in Boston.
Release dates for two of the most anticipated Chinese action films of 2012
onFirst is Jackie Chan's comeback as lead actor, director, producer, writer and action director in his final action-packed film Chinese Zodiac, which has now changed its' international title to CZ12 and will premier in China on December 12. Will Jackie Chan finally impress us all with this one, after a long streak of disappointing films? [...]
Special Identity – More trouble & stills of Vincent Zhao’s intended role
onIt's been a while now since Vincent Zhao's accusations against Donnie Yen's work ethics and attitude problem on the set of Special Identity, which sparked huge reactions within and outside the film shooting and led to responses from everywhere and ugly consequences. Since then, Donnie has been quiet about the issue and kept focusing on [...]
High-octane action videos you probably haven’t seen
onTired of stunts done with computer graphics? Wires that gently float actors down after a dangerous 4-foot jump? Still imagining the pads off camera? Here is some much-needed medicine for your ailment. Let's start early on, just at the peak of the Hong Kong "old school" kung fu film. "Shapes", or succinct, posing movements that [...]