That Demon Within is the latest movie by Director Dante Lam, which stars Daniel Wu has a disillusioned cop who must chase down a psychotic killer whilst fighting his own demons.
The movie earned a reported $7.9 million in the first four days of release. Daniel Wu reportedly lost around 40 pounds within a two month period for the role, even staring himself to prepare the character.
That Demon Within also stars Nick Cheung, Andy On, Christie Chen and Liu Kai-chi.
Plot:
Reclusive cop Dave unwittingly saves the life of criminal gang leader Hon Kong by donating his blood, thus symbolizing that despite diametrically opposed outer appearances they are essentially made of the same stuff. The gang members hide their faces behind traditional demon masks when committing their violent crimes. In schizophrenic fits Dave experiences his own demons within as he sets out to play off the gang members against each other,...
The movie earned a reported $7.9 million in the first four days of release. Daniel Wu reportedly lost around 40 pounds within a two month period for the role, even staring himself to prepare the character.
That Demon Within also stars Nick Cheung, Andy On, Christie Chen and Liu Kai-chi.
Plot:
Reclusive cop Dave unwittingly saves the life of criminal gang leader Hon Kong by donating his blood, thus symbolizing that despite diametrically opposed outer appearances they are essentially made of the same stuff. The gang members hide their faces behind traditional demon masks when committing their violent crimes. In schizophrenic fits Dave experiences his own demons within as he sets out to play off the gang members against each other,...
- 4/27/2014
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Produced by Soi Cheang (Motorway, The Monkey King) and directed by Lau Ho Leung, writer of numerous Hong Kong movies including Painted Skin and The Great Magician, Two Thumbs Up is an action comedy starring Francis Ng and Simon Yam as members of a tight knit group of criminals who transform a public minibus into a Police van as part of a robbery.Currently in post-production, the film from Emperor Motion Pictures co-stars Leo Ku, Patrick Tam, Mark Cheng and Christie Chen and from this first teaser, looks very promising indeed. We can expect to see it arrive in Hong Kong at the end of the year.Official synopsis (possible spoilers):Lucifer and his gangsters dress their minibus to resemble a police vehicle, and pose as policemen for...
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- 4/5/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Hong Kong-based Emperor Motion Pictures (Emp) is launching sales on Soi Cheang-produced comedy drama Two Thumbs Up at Filmart
Currently in post-production, the film tells the story of a band of aspiring gangsters who impersonate policemen in order to commit a robbery, but end up working with the police to catch a gang of more dangerous criminals.
The film’s ensemble cast includes Francis Ng, Simon Yam, Leo Ku, Patrick Tam, Mark Cheng and Christie Chen.
It marks the directorial debut of scriptwriter Lau Ho Leung, whose credits include Emp’s The Great Magician and Triple Tap. He was also a co-writer on Painted Skin and Emp’s upcoming Kung-fu Jungle, starring Donnie Yen.
Soi Cheang recently directed Chinese New Year smash hit The Monkey King.
Emp has also added two romantic dramas – Chen Sicheng’s Beijing Love Story and Snow Zou’s With Or Without – to its Filmart slate.
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Currently in post-production, the film tells the story of a band of aspiring gangsters who impersonate policemen in order to commit a robbery, but end up working with the police to catch a gang of more dangerous criminals.
The film’s ensemble cast includes Francis Ng, Simon Yam, Leo Ku, Patrick Tam, Mark Cheng and Christie Chen.
It marks the directorial debut of scriptwriter Lau Ho Leung, whose credits include Emp’s The Great Magician and Triple Tap. He was also a co-writer on Painted Skin and Emp’s upcoming Kung-fu Jungle, starring Donnie Yen.
Soi Cheang recently directed Chinese New Year smash hit The Monkey King.
Emp has also added two romantic dramas – Chen Sicheng’s Beijing Love Story and Snow Zou’s With Or Without – to its Filmart slate.
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- 3/24/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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