Filmart 2017: the 10 Hong Kong movie trailers that had us most excited, from Paradox to The Invincible Dragon
If the glimpses studios gave film buyers of upcoming productions are anything to go by, there are some mouthwatering movies coming our way this year, from the likes of Chapman To, Fruit Chan, and Ann Hui. Louis Koo is everywhere
Hong Kong Filmart has always been a significant showcase of the best of the city’s movie industry, and the 2017 edition this week was no different, with studios offering glimpses of many notable upcoming films. Here, in alphabetical order, are trailers from Filmart for 10 of the films we’re most looking forward to seeing.
1. The Brink
Director: Jonathan Li
Starring: Max Zhang, Shawn Yue, Gordon Lam
Why we’re excited: This stylish crime thriller co-produced by Soi Cheang is looking suitably hysterical in the teaser trailer... a bit like Soi’s early work, if you will.
2. The Empty Hands
Director: Chapman To
Starring: Stephy Tang
Why we’re excited: Tang puts aside her pop idol image to play a young woman looking to conquer her unhappy life through karate in To’s directorial debut.
3. The Invincible Dragon
Director: Fruit Chan
Starring: Max Zhang, Anderson Silva, Annie Liu
Why we’re excited: Expect a great fight between Zhang and Brazilian mixed martial artist Silva – in what surely looks to be Chan’s most commercial effort to date.
4. Meow
Director: Benny Chan
Starring: Louis Koo
Why we’re excited: It’s long been action film veteran Chan’s wish to direct a fantasy comedy – and he gets to do it with a hammy Koo and a bunch of alien cats.
5. Our Time Will Come
Director: Ann Hui
Starring: Zhou Xun, Eddie Peng, Wallace Huo
Why we’re excited: It’d be hard to find a more humanistic director than Hui to look back on the chaotic lives in a Japanese-occupied Hong Kong in the 40s.
6. Paradox
Director: Wilson Yip
Starring: Louis Koo, Tony Jaa, Gordon Lam
Why we’re excited: Ip Man director Yip reunites with action director Sammo Hung for an action showcase, with Jaa co-starring after his impressive turn in SPL2 .
7. Shock Wave
Director: Herman Yau
Starring: Andy Lau, Jiang Wu
Why we’re excited: As he continues to recover from his horse-riding injury, this bomb disposal thriller produced by Lau may be his only output in a while.
8. The Sleep Curse
Director: Herman Yau
Starring: Anthony Wong
Why we’re excited: The Yau and Wong combo revisit the grotesque horror they once made their names with via the cult classics The Untold Story and Ebola Syndrome.
9. Taste of Crime
Director: Nick Cheung
Starring: Nick Cheung
Why we’re excited: Let’s see if actor-director Cheung can build on the improvement notable from his first film (Hungry Ghost Ritual) to his second ( Keeper of Darkness ).
10. Warriors of Future
Director: Ng Yuen-fai
Starring: Louis Koo, Lau Ching-wan
Why we’re excited: A long-gestating passion project by Koo, this mega-budget production is set to be a technical landmark of sci-fi filmmaking in Hong Kong.
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