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Director:
Yen-ping Chu
Writer:
Takehiko Inoue (comic)
Contact:
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Release Date:
7 February 2008 (Hong Kong) more
Genre:
Comedy | Sport more
Plot:
The story of a Chinese basketball star. | add synopsis
User Comments:
Slick crowd-pleaser more

Cast

 

Bo-lin Chen
Charlene Choi ... Lily
Jay Chou ... Fang Shijie
Yen-ping Chu

James Z. Feng ... First Univ. Teammate
Bo Huang
Eddy Ko ... Fang's Master
Lichun Lee ... Bi Tianhao
Ka-Yan Leung
Ken Lin
Man Tat Ng
Eric Tsang ... Zhen Li

Kenneth Tsang ... Wang Yiwuan
Jacky Tsung-hsien Wu
Ni Yan ... Master Ni
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Directed by
Yen-ping Chu 
 
Writing credits
Takehiko Inoue (comic)

Cinematography by
Xiaoding Zhao 
 
Costume Design by
Chung Man Yee 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sean Liu Xiao .... second assistant director
 
Visual Effects by
Austin Basile .... digital compositor
Ann-Marie Blommaert .... visual effects project manager
Dan Brittain .... digital compositor
Jon Cowley .... visual effects supervisor: Technicolor
Lee Croft .... senior digital compositor: Technicolor Beijing
Steve Elliott .... visual effects I/O: Technicolor Vancouver
John Fukushima .... compositing supervisor: Technicolor Vancouver
Martin Halle .... lead visual effects artist
Phil Jones .... visual effects supervisor: Technicolor Beijing
Ken Lam .... compositor: Technicolor
Jonathan Tex Levitt .... compositor
Robert Luo .... technical director
Robert Luo .... visual effects technical director
Stephen Misek .... visual effects artist
Christophe Pacaud .... digital compositor
Jeremy Price .... visual effects artist
Jun Ren .... animator
Persis Reynolds .... visual effects executive producer: Technicolor Vancouver
Tanya Schuck .... digital compositor
Michael Stewart .... digital compositor: Technicolor
Patrick Thompson .... digital compositor
Jerry Tung .... visual effects
Noel Wright .... compositor
Marusha Xeros .... visual effects producer
 
Stunts
Siu-Tung Ching .... stunt coordinator
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Raymond Lam .... Steadicam operator
Raymond Lam .... camera operator
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Kung Fu Dunk (International: English title)
Slam Dunk (International: English title) (working title)
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Language:
Cantonese | Mandarin
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Shanghai, China more

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8 out of 22 people found the following comment useful:-
Slick crowd-pleaser, 9 February 2008
8/10
Author: Simon Booth from UK

Jay Chou plays an orphan raised in a kung fu school, but kicked out by the corrupt headmaster after fighting with a bunch of thugs in the employ of a nefarious villain. He happens upon down-on-his-luck trickster Eric Tsang, who immediately sees cash potential in the youngster's skills. Basketball is the chosen avenue for riches, and Tsang bids to get him a spot on a University team and to promote him in the media. General success leads to a basketball championship and a really nasty rival team managed by the same nefarious villain of before.

It's all a bit Shaolin Soccer I guess, but not so quirky or ridiculous - the plot sticks pretty close to sports movie conventions, and delivers all the elements the crowd expects from the set-up. You've seen it all before, but it's the kind of stuff it never hurts to see again when it's done well. Luckily it really is done well here (some might say 'surprisingly' with Chu Yen-Ping in the director's chair... I expect he had good 'assistants') - the script delivers and the presentation is slick and stylish. Jay Chou remains pretty much expressionless throughout, but such is his style, and when he does let an emotion flicker across it can be to quite good comic effect. Eric Tsang compensates with a larger-than-life character that he's played many times before (in real life, for instance) who gets many of the films most emotional moments.

Since the film revolves around basketball, it's good that the scenes of basketball matches are suitably rousing. The cast show some real skill, including Chou, and some well done wirework and CGI add that element of hyper-real kung fu skill that make the scenes even more entertaining (assuming you like that sort of thing) and justify the movie's plot/existence.

There's only one significant fight scene in the movie, but it's a doozy in the "one against many" style. Jay Chou appears to do a lot of his own moves, and is quite impressive - he's clearly pretty strong and fast for real, and Ching Siu-Tung's choreography makes him look like a real martial artist. I wish there'd been more, but at least it's a lengthy fight.

Very much the kind of Chinese New Year blockbuster I hoped it would be from the trailer, and recommended viewing!

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