DragonBlade (2005)

Director:

Antony Szeto

Writers:

Trevor Morris (English translation)
Trevor Morris (screenplay)

Release Date:

6 January 2005 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Animation | Fantasy

Plot:

When a town is being attacked by a deadly creature Lang becomes the one to have to deal with it. But...

Plot Keywords:

Surrealism | Love | Tournament | Skateboard | Warrior

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

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 and 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)
Scott Evens	...	Noodle Seller / Tall Youngster (voice)
Wioletta Glazewska	...	Pretty Student (voice)
Crystal Goh	...	Ari (voice)
Clarence Hui	...	The Counselor (character movement)
Daniel Kao	...	Short Youngster (character movement)
Colette Koo	...	(character movement) (voice)
Chris Kung	...	Mr. Hung (voice)
Sharon Kwan	...	Big Sister (character movement)
Chi Tai Lam	...	Tall Youngster (character movement)
Kin Leung Lee	...	Fat Man Shum (character movement)
Hiu Man Li	...	Pretty Student (character movement)
Lily Meyer	...	(voice)
Reuben M.	...	Masu / Guardian Spirit (voice)
Jack Murphy	...	(voice)
Ada Ooi	...	Yingying (character movement)
Arvin Robles	...	Hung Lang (character movement)
Kathryn Ryan	...	The Apprentice (voice)
Pierre Sieur	...	Big Sister (voice)
Sarah Sieur	...	Little Brother (voice)
Wai Fong Suen	...	Mrs. Hung (voice)
Karl Suriya	...	(character movement)
Antony Szeto	...	(voice)
Xavier Szeto	...	Little Brother (character movements)
Mike V. Szuc	...	Master Wu and The Boar King (character movement and voice)
Hugh Terry	...	Fat Man Shum (voice)
Grant Thatcher	...	Bali-Ba / The Counselor (voice)
Jamie Wilson	...	Bali-Ba (character movement)
Tweety Wong	...	The Apprentice (character movement)

Also Known As:

Dragon Blade: The Beginning (International: English title) (DVD title)
DragonBlade: The Beginning (International: English title) (DVD title)
DragonBlade: The Legend of Lang (Hong Kong: English title) (working title)
Long dao qi yuan (China: Mandarin title)
Long dou kei yuen (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

English | Mandarin | Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Hong Kong:I

Filming Locations:

Beijing, China

Company:

DCDC

Trivia:

World's first 3D animated martial arts movie.

Movie Connections:

References Shichinin no samurai (1954)

China's first computer generated kung fu movie...

Hong Kong's first fully-fledged computer-animated movie is, for the most part, a treat. Distinctly Chinese in its orchestration, the fantasy elements are played up for the kids, the humour a little too cagey to really laugh at, while the martial arts spectacles are really quite astonishing. The story concerns local hero Hung Lang, a kung fu supremo, who befriends a talking bird (of course) and is sent on a dangerous adventure to retain the sacred Dragon Blade from the mystically cavernous underworld known as Asteria, facing insurmountable peril along the way, in order to slain the Boar King, a giant pig-looking tyrant causing havoc in the town. The characters are a little wet, particularly our soulless hero, yet Karen Mok's engaging sidekick Ying Ying is a worthy substitute, and the delirious spurts of action make the whole experience quite compelling.