DragonBlade (2005)

When a town is being attacked by a deadly creature Lang becomes the one to have to deal with it. But, only one thing can stop this menace is the Dragon Blade. Now the one person who knows ... See full summary »

Director:

Antony Szeto

Writers:

Trevor Morris (English translation), Trevor Morris (screenplay),

Stars:

Karen Mok, Daniel Wu, Stephen Fung

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Karen Mok	...	Yingying (voice)
Daniel Wu	...	Hung Lang (voice)
Stephen Fung	...	Hung Lang (Cantonese Voice)
Sandra Ng Kwan Yue	...	Bali-Ba (Cantonese Voice)
Sui-man Chim	...	Master Wu (Cantonese Voice) (as Jim Chim)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Doug Baker	...	Lord Ko (voice)
Sam Bobertz	...	Short Youngster (voice)
Stephen Bolton	...	Mr. Hung / Guardian Spirit (character movement)
Simon Broad	...	Sifu (voice)
Anna May Chan	...	(voice)
Anson Chan	...	(voice)
Victor Chan	...	Masu (character movements)
Matthew Cheung	...	Ari (character movement)
Amy Chum	...	Mrs. Hung (character movement)
David Collier	...	Lord Ko (character movement)

Storyline

When a town is being attacked by a deadly creature Lang becomes the one to have to deal with it. But, only one thing can stop this menace is the Dragon Blade. Now the one person who knows where the blade is won't tell Lang, and even if he did, untold peril will fall on anyone who dares to find this legendary weapon.

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Plot Keywords:

magic | love | trap | martial arts | wooden dummy | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

English Mandarin Cantonese

Release Date:

6 January 2005 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Dragon Blade: The Beginning

Filming Locations:

Beijing, China

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$20,767 (Hong Kong) (7 January 2005)

Gross:

$1,966,342 (Hong Kong) (22 July 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

DCDC, China Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The idea of using "outtakes" (better known as "NG"s in Hong Kong) was used by the director as a homage to Jackie Chan as his films always features out takes during the end credits.

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Crazy Credits

As with many animated features, the end credits feature "outtakes".

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Connections

Spoofs RoboCop (1987)

User Reviews

Go girl power

I really wasn't hot on seeing this film. I'm not into cartoons, and even less into fighting movies. But my friends wanted to see it and so in I went. I have to say that going to watch the film with not expecting anything much might have helped, but I actually really liked it. I'm amazed that this was made in Hong Kong. The last thing I saw like this was Shrek which was very funny - but this is actually a lot more cooler. Even with me not being into fight stuff I was really tensed up for the fighting bits. I actually left nail marks on my bf's arm :p Also, what I really liked was that they didn't make the girl part (Ying Ying) in the film too girly. I mean, she was actually even cooler than the lead guy. I really had to laugh at the way she controlled Lang - go girl power go! I'm going to get the DVD and learn some of her moves ;)