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The Sorcerer and The White Snake movie trailer (CN)

August 17, 2011 by Yein Jee

Trailer of Chinese movie The Sorcerer And The White Snake, starring Jet Li, Eva Huang, Raymond Lam, Charlene Choi, Wen Zhang and Vivian Hsu etc.

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Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Asian movies, Asian pop culture, China blog, Chinese movies, Chinese pop culture, East Asia, Eva Huang Shengyi, Jet Li, Raymond Lam, Vivian Hsu Ruo Xuan, Wen Zhang

Yao Ming, Jackie Chan, Jet Li

December 13, 2010 by Yein Jee

For the lulz. Probably the three biggest Chinese names in terms of global recognition; couldn’t find any pictures of the trio together though…

Yao Ming, Jackie Chan and Jet Li

Filed Under: Offbeat Tagged With: China blog, Chinese pop culture, East Asia, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Yao Ming

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor movie trailer

July 28, 2008 by Yein Jee

Official movie trailer for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, starring Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello, John Hannah, Luke Ford, Michelle Yeoh, Isabella Leong and Russell Wong etc. The film will hit the cinema in North America on August 1…

The trailer seems promising; probably a bit bitter to swallow for Chinese as their culture are being westernised completely (e.g. Chinese dragons aren’t supposed to look like that etc.), but from entertainment point of view, it should be a decent movie.

Starlet Isabella Leong is making her Hollywood debut with the movie, but her role seems almost negligible in the trailer. Hopefully she can still charm the audiences with her limited appearance. Michelle Yeoh seems cool though.

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: American movies, American showbiz, Asian American, China blog, Chinese showbiz, Isabella Leong, Jet Li, Liam Cunningham, Malaysian showbiz, Maria Bello, Michelle Yeoh, United States

The Warlords Chinese movie review

July 10, 2008 by Yein Jee

“The Warlords” (投名状; Tau Ming Chong) is a 2007 Chinese movie, directed by Peter Chan and starred Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Xu Jinglei. The movie was the biggest winner of Hong Kong Film Awards in April 2008, capturing the best movie, best director and best actor awards etc.

Chinese movie The Warlords poster

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Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Action movies, Andy Lau, Asian movies, Chinese movies, Chinese showbiz, Drama movies, Epic movies, Jet Li, Peter Chan Ho Sun, Takeshi Kaneshiro, War movies, Xu Jinglei

The Forbidden Kingdom tops North American box office

April 22, 2008 by Yein Jee

The Forbidden Kingdom, starring action superstars Jackie Chan and Jet Li, has topped the North American box office over the weekend. The Chinese-American film managed to haul in US$20.9 million in ticket sales (according to studio estimates) from Friday to Sunday in US and Canadian theatres.

This is the first film collaboration between the two big names, it obviously created plenty of buzz. Besides the duo, the movie also stars Collin Chou, Liu Yifei, Li Bingbing, and Michael Angarano. Directed by Rob Minkoff who’s best known for making The Lion King. Check out the official trailer…

Time travelling and Kung fu

The Forbidden Kingdom is about a young American who miraculously travels back to time to ancient China. There he meets with two masters of martial arts and a pretty girl. He then learns some kung fu and joins the quest to free the Monkey King and save the world. A bit more about the plot below…

Jason (Michael Angarano) is a teenager in Boston who’s a fan of martial arts films. He discovers a mysterious golden staff in a Chinese pawn shop, and somehow travels back to ancient China in the midst of an armed robbery.

Jason meets with Lu Yan (Jackie Chan) who tells him the story about the Monkey King who’s transformed into a stone statue by the evil Jade Emperor (Collin Chou). Lu also speaks of a prophecy, that a “seeker” with a golden staff will appear and rescue the King – obviously hinting at Jason.

The two begin their quest and meet Golden Sparrow (Liu Yifei) and Silent Monk (Jet Li) along the way. They have their own agenda but share a common enemy, the Jade Warlord.

While the group tries to teach Jason some Kung fu to make him more useful, the warlord sends Ni-Chang (Li Bingbing), a powerful witch and assassin, to retrieve the staff…

I’m going to leave the story here, otherwise it’s going to become a big spoiler. The film features elements from classic novel Journey to the West, and the characters of Golden Sparrow and Ni-Chang are inspired by other works too. The storyline is not related to any of those though.

Update and verdict

I watched the movie a couple of weeks later, it’s actually decent, better than I expected. The film also topped the box office in most Asian countries in the first few weeks, which is no no surprise at all.

Two main flaws tough. The films uses too much CGI, which unfortunately seems to be the norm these days. And despite starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li, Michael Angarano is the main character instead.

Nothing against Angarano, he did fine. Just felt that it’s a bit of waste featuring two Asian superstars in the same movie but created so few “sparks” in between. The trailer above pretty much shows everything the duo has done together in the film LoL.

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: American movies, American showbiz, Asian videos, Chinese pop culture, Chinese showbiz, Collin Chou, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Lantern Films, Li Bingbing, Lionsgate Films, Liu Yifei, Rob Minkoff, United States

The Forbidden Kingdom meet Beijing press

April 15, 2008 by Yein Jee

The cast and crew of Chinese-American movie The Forbidden Kingdom met the press in Beijing on April 14. The film features two Asian action superstars Jackie Chan and Jet Li, hence the buzz.

Besides the duo, also attended the event were director Rob Minkoff, action choreographer Yuen Woo Ping, and also actresses Liu Yifei and Li Bingbing. Image by Sina [Cn].

The Forbidden Kingdom team at Beijing media event

The Forbidden Kingdom cast at Beijing media event

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Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Beijing Municipality, China blog, Chinese pop culture, Chinese showbiz, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Li Bingbing, Liu Yifei, Rob Minkoff, Yuen Woo Ping

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