Transformers director attacked by 'zombie' triad wielding aircon unit

American director and producer Michael Bay has described how he was attacked by suspected triads as he shot his latest Transformers movie in Quarry Bay.

The director fought off the attackers, one of whom was wielding an air conditioning unit. It followed an attempt to extort HK$100,000 from his Paramount Pictures crew.

Two brothers, aged 27 and 28, approached Bay on the set at 8.30am as the crew prepared to shoot a scene from Transformers: Age of Extinction in a ground-floor open space behind the Fook Cheong Building in King's Road.

The older brother, a technician, uses a ground-floor shop in the area as his office.

"The younger brother was accused of moving goods in and out of the shop and walking around in the area to cause disruption," a police source said.

The brothers, who also put some bricks on the ground to cause obstruction, claimed the shooting was affecting their business and demanded HK$100,000 compensation.