Jackie Chan Presents: Wushu (2008) Wushu (original title)

Director:

Antony Szeto

Writers:

Dennis Chan (screenplay)
Ho Leung Lau (writer)

Release Date:

23 October 2008 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Family

Tagline:

The art of combat has a new generation.

Plot:

Ten years ago, five students joined a martial arts school and learned the disciplines of Wushu and the bonds of friendship. Today, both will be put to the test after they and a former student stumble into a child kidnapping ring. |

Plot Keywords:

School | Kidnapping | Martial Arts | Teenager | Paper Frog

Cast

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo	...	Li Hui
Fengchao Liu	...	Yang Yauwu
Wenjie Wang	...	Li Yi
Phoebe Wang	...	Fong Fong (as Wang Fei)
Yongchen Liu	...	Xiao Zhang
Yachao Wang	...	Li Er
Junjie Mao	...	Xiao Yi
Dong Wei	...	Young Li Yi
Zhicheng Liang	...	Young Yang Yauwu
Xin Liu	...	Young Fang Fang
Yao Shi	...	Young Xiao Zhang
Dezhou Wu	...	Young Li Er
Jin Zhang	...	Guo Nan
Nan Tie	...	Ke Le
Jing He	...	Zhang Ting
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cheung-Tak Hung	...	Ah-De
Wai Cheung Mak	...	The Bookkeeper
Dave Mallow	...	Li Hui (English version)
Thomas Nguyen	...	Thomas

Directed by
Antony Szeto

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Dennis Chan		screenplay
Ho Leung Lau		writer

Produced by
Dennis Chan	....	co-producer
Jackie Chan	....	executive producer
Colette Koo	....	producer
Bin Liu	....	line producer: China
John Sham	....	executive producer
Carrie Wong	....	associate producer
Shirley Yung	....	line producer

Original Music by
Jerald Chan
Allan Lau

Cinematography by
Ricky Lau
Gigo Lee

Film Editing by
Chi-Leung Kwong

Art Direction by
Andrew Cheuk

Costume Design by
Connie Au-Yeung

Makeup Department
Justinpaul Chambers	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Tao Jia	....	production manager
Ge Yang	....	assistant production manager
Changliang Zhong	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dennis Chan	....	co-director
Wai Hung Chan	....	first assistant director
Di Huang	....	second assistant director

Sound Department
Martin Richard Chappell	....	sound (as Martin Chappell)
Sin-kwok Lee	....	sound recordist

Visual Effects by
Ken Law	....	visual effects supervisor
Patrick Tasse	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Hau Chee Cheung	....	assistant stunt coordinator (as George Cheung)
Hailong Hu	....	stunts
Cheung-Tak Hung	....	stunt coordinator (as Douglas Hung)
Zuoqiang Liang	....	stunts
Wai Cheung Mak	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Peng Ren	....	stunts
Antony Szeto	....	fight director

Camera and Electrical Department
Paul Chan	....	camera operator
Kim Wing Kok	....	gaffer
Chee Seong Lai	....	first assistant camera
Kee Wing Yau	....	gaffer

Casting Department
Chuan He	....	casting

Editorial Department
Kwok-Wing Leung	....	assistant editor

Transportation Department
Zheng Wang	....	driver
Yuan Yuan	....	driver
Yuan Yuan	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Bob Buchholz	....	english language director
Yudan Guo	....	script supervisor
Wang-Bok Lau	....	documentary footage
Crystal Li	....	production assistant
Guiwei Liu	....	documentary footage
Ran Liu	....	production assistant
Xu Liu	....	production accountant
Agnès Seelinger	....	child acting coach
Zhongren Yang	....	documentary footage
Hong Zhang	....	location manager

Production Companies

• Beijing Dadi Century Limited (presents)
• Hippopotamus Films

Distributors

• Long Shong Entertainment Multimedia Company (2008) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Golden Scene (2008) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Grindstone Entertainment Group
• Vendetta Films (2009) (New Zealand) (all media)

Other Companies

• Sonjiang Wushu College  special thanks

Also Known As:

"Wushu" - Hong Kong (original title)
"Wushu: The Young Generation" - Hong Kong (English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violence

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:PG | New Zealand:M | USA:PG-13 (certificate #45670) | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Beijing, China

Company:

Beijing Dadi Century Limited

Trivia:

In March 2007 the 'Wushu' feature film proposal was officially endorsed by Mr. Zhang Haifeng, Director General of the State General Administration of Sport - China's top governing body of all competitive sports and national competitors in the country.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Wushu Cannes 2008 (2008) (TV)

This is Entertainment!

There's been a lot of hype about this film, and as a fan of kung fu films I've been looking forward to seeing it. The other thing that made me interested is the director, Antony Szeto, cause I saw his first film Dragon Blade in the theaters. Dragon Blade was a kid's computer animated film but the martial arts action in it is far more superior to the jumping around camera shots used for the fights in Kung Fu Panda. And Dragon Blade had a well thought out story to it, unlike the run of the mill production-line senseless stories that have been coming out of Hong Kong over the last ten/fifteen years. In Wushu, the director again gives us something unexpected, and again a well thought out story. As a family film it has something for everyone and I enjoyed myself throughout it. The story of the kids growing up in a poor single parent family is both touching and current, and I thought the way wushu as a sport was presented was very smart. Sammo Hung's performance as the father and teacher was surprisingly good... he should have got an award for it! Though the fight scenes in it don't number enough to satisfy the die hard action over all else fans, the main fight scene where Sammo comes up against the main bad guy is fantastic edge of the seat stuff. All in all, I laughed at the fun parts, was touched by the father-son relationship, was excited by the action, and amazed by the skills. This film was all out good entertainment... and in the end isn't that what we all pay to watch a film for?