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Elite special forces captain Chen Zijing (Kelly Yu) leads a team that includes Jinfeng (Celina Jade), Qi Yan (Jiang Luxia), and Ning Bao’er (Qu Jingjing), into a hostage rescue operation that is limited to 12 hours. Despite facing terrorist organizations, viruses and missile attacks, the team are determined to complete their mission. But with the clock ticking and facing an abundance of adversaries, will they be able to fight back and turn the tide?...

When Steele, a nuclear weapons expert, decides to make a public announcement to reveal the secrets that have been long-buried in his heart, he is suddenly hijacked and murdered. His suitcase which contains top-secret information is lost, shocking the entire world. Soon, a mysterious ship and a group of unidentified foreigners appear in China’s territorial waters. They prepare to salvage a nuclear bomb left by a certain superpower in the deep sea during the Cold War and simultaneously carry out terrorist attacks. The target of the terrorists is not a certain capital city, but they intend to detonate the nuclear bomb in the active Pacific Ring of Fire thereby causing an earthquake and tsunami, so that dozens of coastal countries will be wiped out in a fatal disaster. At the critical moment of imminent peril, with the full cooperation of China’s National Anti-Terrorism Center and the military, a...

Exclusive: Euro producer and sales firm Anton is launching world sales on completed Eric Cantona movie Magic 7 from Heartbreaker, The Intouchables and The Death Of Stalin producer Nicolas Duval Adassovsky of Quad Productions.

The family film will see former Manchester United legend Cantona playing ‘Eric’, a former football star and now coach for a Chinese league team, who ends up in a small village after being falsely accused of corruption. When a young boy saves him from near death in the desert he requests that in exchange Eric coaches the local team. At first only preoccupied by saving his reputation, Eric slowly comes around and rediscovers his passion for football thanks to the young players whom he guides to a junior cup final.

Steve Weiz directs the Mandarin-language movie (with English subtitles), which also stars Chinese actress Jingjing Qu, known for box office smash The Wandering Earth.

Chinese partners on...

Stars: Chuxiao Qu, Jing Wu, Guangjie Li, Man-Tat Ng, Jin Mai Jaho, Mike Kai Sui, Hongchen Li, Jingjing Qu, Yichi Zhang, Haoyu Yang, Zhigang Jiang, Huan Zhang, Jiayin Lei, Arkadiy Sharogradskiy, Hao Ning | Written by Gong Geer, Junce Ye, Yan Dongxu, Frant Gwo, Yang Zhixue | Directed by Frant Gwo

The sun was dying out, people all around the world built giant planet thrusters to move Earth out of its orbit and to sail Earth to a new star system. Yet the 2500 years journey came with unexpected dangers, and in order to save humanity, a group of young people in this age of a wandering Earth came out boldly and fought hard for everyone’s survival.

The Wandering Earth (Liu Lang Di Qiu), directed by Frant Gwo, is based on award-winning novelist Cixin Liu’s novel of the same name and at this moment in time stands as the largest scale...

The romanticised touches don’t help this account of a private bout involving the martial arts star, pre-fame, in San Francisco

This is an odd, romanticised take on an incident in the early life of Bruce Lee in San Francisco, almost like a superhero “origin myth” story. It is based on the semi-legendary private bout he had in 1964, before he became famous, with the Shaolin master Wong Jack Man. Philip Ng convincingly impersonates the cocky, athletic Lee, and Wong – who is incidentally still alive at 77 – is played by Yu Xia. In real life, their fight may have been due to Wong disapproving of Lee teaching kung fu to Westerners, or it may have been a regular alpha-male faceoff. It certainly had nothing to do with the fanciful explanation concocted here: a gallant contest to appease local Chinatown gangsters who would stand to gain from betting and so agree to release...

Author: Euan Franklin

Biopics never have a firm grasp on the truth, and any reasonably intelligent moviegoer understands this. Often, it’s obvious (merely by watching) what’s fact and what’s fantasy and it doesn’t hinder our enjoyment. In George Nolfi’s Birth of the Dragon, facts are kicked into the dirt of gangster-ridden Chinatown.

Set nine years before the release of Enter the Dragon, a young Bruce Lee (Philip Ng) is a martial-arts teacher (known as a sifu) in San Francisco. He is performative and egotistical, eager to introduce kung-fu to the Western world. But when Wong Jack Man (Xiu Yu) arrives in San Francisco, as penance for a sin committed in China, he threatens Lee’s aspirations – believing kung-fu shouldn’t be taught to Westerners. This builds to the famous (real) fight between the two of them – the results from which remain ambiguous.

The fantasies of...

2017-08-24T14:15:38-07:00Box Office Preview: Another Quiet Weekend on the Way

According to The Hollywood Reporter, this weekend is shaping up to be even quieter at the box office than last week was.

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The dog days of August are just that at the U.S. box office.

This weekend, a trio of smaller offerings enter the fray — The Weinstein Co.'s animated Leap!, martial arts pic Birth of the Dragon and All Saints, a faith-based film from Sony's Affirm label that is only opening in 700-plus locations. Even if they do solid business in their own right, tracking shows Leap! grossing the most of the three, or $4 million-$5 million, as summer revenue slips even farther behind from last year.

The Hitman's Bodyguard, Lionsgate's action comedy starring Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson, is tipped to stay atop the chart in its...

While the action-thriller The Hitman's Bodyguard ended up managing an easy opening weekend box office win just a few days ago, it also set a record for box office futility, with the lowest-grossing overall weekend to date in 2017. As the summer movie season comes to an end this weekend, that record may be broken, with three under-promoted movies hitting theaters, the animated comedy Leap!, the Bruce Lee biopic Birth of the Dragon and the religious drama All Saints, which are expected to open in 2,000 theaters or less. We're predicting that The Hitman's Bodyguard will actually come out on top again this weekend with a projected $12.5 million as the disappointing summer season comes to a close.

While The Hitman's Bodyguard didn't exactly have a stellar opening weekend, it will still have a much wider release than any of these newcomers. Box Office Mojo reports that Leap! will have the "widest" release of any of these newcomers,...

Sneak Peek new footage, plus images from the Vancouver-lensed, martial arts feature "Birth Of The Dragon", directed by George Nolfi, starring Philip Ng as 'Bruce Lee', Xia Yu, and Billy Magnussen, opening August 25, 2017:

"...inspired by a true evenet in 1965 San Francisco, 'Bruce Lee' (Ng), spurred by his student, 'Steve McKee' (Billy Magnussen), challenges 'Shaolin' monk and kung fu master 'Wong Jack Man' to a martial arts fight..."

Cast also include Jin Xing as 'Auntie Blossom', a brutal crime boss, and Jingjing Qu as 'Xiulan'.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Birth Of The Dragon"...

More than 40 years after his death, Bruce Lee’s influence continues to be felt. The martial artist’s story is once again being brought to the screen in “Birth of the Dragon,” which finds Lee breaking up fights and preparing for greatness in San Francisco. Watch the trailer below.

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Here’s the synopsis: “Set against the backdrop of 1960s San Francisco, ‘Birth of the Dragon’ is a modern take on the classic movies that Bruce Lee was known for. It takes its inspiration from the epic and still controversial showdown between an up-and-coming Bruce Lee and kung fu master Wong Jack Man — a battle that gave birth to a legend.”

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Philip Ng plays Lee,...

"Sooner or later, gunna have to fight him." Bh Tilt has just unveiled a brand new trailer for Birth of the Dragon, a fictional feature based on the true story of the legendary Bruce Lee. This film is controversial because it's not an accurate depiction of the events or history of Bruce Lee, and had a white main character but this new edit is apparently much better. Starring Philip Ng as a cocky, young Bruce Lee living in San Francisco training and teaching his kung fu skills. He is confronted by a legendary Shaolin monk named Wong Jack Man, played by Yu Xia, who is upset that he is sullying the art and spirituality of kung fu. The main white guy is played by Billy Magnussen, with a cast including Jin Xing, Jingjing Qu, and Simon Yin. The publicist is keen to point out that this is a brand new cut of the film,...