Prizes Two minor nominations, but nothing in the actual cabinet. Hollywood remake? No remake as such, though when Quentin Tarantino campaigned to have it released in the US, notable Westernisation occurred around the mention of the Chinese folk character Wong Fei-hung that Yen plays. And, it's fair enough to say, this has yet to be beaten in terms of fight skill and direction. If it's the nuanced acting seen in Crouching Tiger you're looking for, you've come to the wrong place, but set pieces such as the knife fight, and the final balancing-on-top-of-giant-sticks rooftop battle are stone cold classics of the genre.
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Iron Monkey is an action romp starring the then fresh-faced Donnie Yen, so chock-a-block full of breathtaking fighting sequences that you barely have time to place the popcorn in your mouth. It's the Robin Hood story transferred to the Ch'ing Dynasty, helmed by Yuen Woo-ping, the martial arts director that would go onto create such western fighting spectaculars such as Kill Bill and The Matrix Trilogy. "I just love Rembrant, don't you?"īuy Night Watch now on Amazon 99. "Do you think Christopher Nolan took his inspiration for the Dark Knight truck flip (around 1.40) from this (around 1.46)?" You can't expect successful films to win prizes. Look, it made lots of money at the Russian box office. Prizes A Russian Golden Eagle for Best Sound. So far, however, there's zero movement on that score and Bekmambetov is busy elsewhere. Hollywood remake? Back in 2004 when Fox signed Bekmambetov to a three-picture deal, the plan was that they'd make Twilight Watch, a prequel to Night Watch and Day Watch, and remake the other two in English if that did well.
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Extraordinary visuals on a shoestring budget, bravura subtitle design (it matters) and a plot that just makes sense (unlike its "Chalk of Destiny" powered sequel), this is the most visually imaginative superhero movie of the last decade. It seems that the world is still peopled with witches, werewolves, vampires and the rest - but they are divided into Light and Dark Others, battling it out for supremacy, and the souls of new, emerging Others, on the streets of Russia's capital. In August, South Korea’s CJ CGV Co Ltd spent $25.4 million to raise its stake in Indonesia’s second-biggest cinema chain, CGV Blitz, to nearly 23 percent from 14.75 percent.It's Buffy meets The Matrix meets Blade! In Moscow! Russian madman / genius Timur Bekmambetov arrived on our screens with a bang thanks to this demented, dizzily dark twist on the action movie. Previously, the so-called "negative investment list" shut most of the industry to foreigners. The movie market, one of dozens of industries that Indonesia liberalized in February, is increasingly whetting the appetite of overseas companies. “The investment by GIC reflects our confidence in Indonesia’s long-term growth potential,” GIC said, adding that NSR stands to benefit from “the rapidly expanding consumer class and economic development in Indonesia.” GIC’s partnership with PT Nusantara Sejahtera Raya (NSR), which runs Cinema 21, Cinema XXI and The Premiere brands in Indonesia, will expand “NSR’s cinema footprint nationally”, according to a joint statement on Monday. JAKARTA (Reuters) - Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC is investing 3.5 trillion rupiah ($260.7 million) in a company that operates Indonesia’s biggest cinema chain, marking the latest foreign investment in the country’s burgeoning movie industry. A group of youths practice dancing in front of a Cinema 21 theatre in Jakarta February 22, 2011.