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If you're a fan of Donnie Yen (IP Man, Rogue One), you're not going to want to miss this new movie that he stars in called Chasing The Dragon. The movie is a 1960's set Hong King gangster action thriller and it looks like it could be a pretty badass film. 

Donnie Yen stars as infamous real-life drug kingpin Crippled Ho, who came to Hong Kong an illegal immigrant in 1963 and ruthlessly carved an empire from the chaotic underworld of drug dealers and corrupt police that ruled the city under notorious detective Lee Rock (Andy Lau).

This film is being marketed as Donnie Yen's first real non-martial-arts role in a film and I've heard that he does an awesome job in the role. Don't worry, though, it looks like he still sees a lot of action!

Chasing the Dragon will get a limited theatrical release on September 29th. Check...

"From now on, we're the kings of Hong Kong." Well Go USA has dropped another new trailer for the Hong Kong action/crime film Chasing the Dragon, from directors Jason Kwan & Jing Wong. This true story is about a drug lord in the 1960s, who snuck into British-ruled Hong Kong as an illegal immigrant. Donnie Yen stars as "Crippled Ho", who uses his combat skills to get deep into the underground world before being physically destroyed. He eventually works under the control of Chief Detective Sergeant, Lee Rock, played Andy Lau, until the Independent Commission Against Corruption (aka Icac) in 1974. The cast includes Philip Keung, Kang Yu, Kent Cheng, and Bryan Larkin. This film already first opened in September this year, but this is another trailer for the upcoming DVD/VOD release this January, in case you missed it. Here's the second trailer (+ poster) for Jason Kwan & Jing Wong's Chasing the Dragon,...

“One Of The Best Movies Of The Year” ~ Eoin Friel, The Action Elite Starring Hong Kong Superstars Donnie Yen & Andy Lau “Seeing these two actors play off each other is a definite treat …” ~ Calvin McMillin, Birth. Movies. Death. Chasing The Dragon Debuts on Digital, Blu-ray Combo Pack & DVD January 23 …

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After his brief Hollywood Sojourn with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and XXX: The Return of Xander Cage (2017) , Donnie Yen returns to Hong Kong cinema screens with crime epic Chasing the Dragon (2017). A change of pace for Yen, with the film being more of a crime drama than his usual martial arts actioners, although there is still enough bone crunching violence to keep fans happy. Yen stars as Crippled Ho, an illegal immigrant from Mainland China who manages to work his way up the criminal ranks to become the number one drug lord in Hong Kong. He is assisted in his endeavours by corrupt cop Lee Rock (Andy Lau), with the two forming a close but tenuous bond. Crippled Ho...

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The blockbuster Stephen King adaptation It returned to take the top spot this weekend, after being knocked off by Kingsman: The Golden Circle last weekend, winning with an estimated $17.3 million, followed closely behind by newcomer American Made in second with $17.01 million and last weekend's winner Kingsman: The Golden Circle with $17 million. With all newcomers expected to underperform at the box office this weekend, it was believed to be quite the close race, which turned out to be true, with the top three spots separated by just $300,000. Since these movies are so close together in today's estimates, it's possible, if not likely, that the top three movies may switch spots when the actual numbers are released tomorrow.

Box Office Mojo reports that the It remake dropped 90 theaters in its fourth frame at the box office, bringing its theater count down to 3,917, but it still earned a respectable $4,419 per-screen average, bringing its domestic total to $291.1 million,...

Judwaa 2, Chasing the Dragon, and more international cinema titles opening this weekend!Judwaa 2, Chasing the Dragon, and more international cinema titles opening this weekend!Amanda Wood9/28/2017 1:40:00 Pm

If you love checking out movies from other countries and cultures, then you’re in luck. Cineplex plays a selection of films from around the world each week alongside all the other releases, and there are always some exciting gems just waiting to be found. We’ve chosen three of our most-anticipated international films coming to Cineplex theatres this week, check them out below!

Never Say Die (Mandarin w/ Chinese and English subtitles)

Acclaimed Chinese director Song Yang is back with Never Say Die, a story about a boxer and a journalist who accidentally switch bodies. Much hilarity ensues. Allen Aia, Mary Ma, and Shen Teng star.

Never Say Die opens September 29th at select Cineplex locations.

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Chasing The Dragon is one of the most anticipated Chinese films of the year for the simple reason that it unites two superstars – Donnie Yen and Andy Lau. Yen plays notorious drug dealer ‘Crippled Ho’ (previously played by Ray Lui in To Be Number One) while Lau reprises the role of corrupt police chief Lee Rock (whom he played in Lee Rock 1 and 2 in 1991). Early reviews for the film are very positive and Donnie is earning praise for his acting. The rest of the cast includes Philip Keung, Philip Ng and Kent Cheng. Thanks to Magnum Films, we have Five double passes for the film to give away to our readers. For a chance to win, all...

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After New Line Cinema's It remake shook the box office out of its horrendous summer slump, it seems those glory days may be already over, with what looks to be a rather weak showing in theaters this weekend. Universal's American Made, Sony's Flatliners remake, PureFlix's A Question of Faith and Novus' Til Death Do Us Part will all be vying for the box office crown, along with an expanding Battle of the Sexes. But it seems like, despite a strong critical showing from American Made, Kingsman 2 will likely repeat atop the box office with a lukewarm $19.7 million, followed by American Made with $16.4 million.

Box Office Mojo reports that American Made will debut in roughly 3,000 theaters, while the Flatliners remake will only arrive in 2,200 theaters, although no theater count estimates were given for Til Death Do Us Part or A Question of Faith. Fox Searchlight's Battle Of the Sexes,...

As Hong Kong’s premier schlockmeister, Wong Jing has never been shy about mining his own legacy to depletion. This is the man, after all, who managed to drain whatever fun there was left in his own trademark gambling comedies with his recent From Vegas to Macau franchise. With Chasing the Dragon (Jui Lung), Wong and co-director Jason Kwan offer a pale reboot of the mobster-biopic genre Wong helped make a cornerstone of Hong Kong cinema in the 1990s. Revisiting the characters and stories from two classics of that era — Lawrence Ah Mon’s Lee Rock, which Wong himself produced, and Poon...

As expected, after two weekends of box office dominance, New Line Cinema's It remake was finally dethroned. While it came in far lower than most projections, 20th Century Fox's Kingsman: The Golden Circle took the top spot at the box office with $39 million. Also as expected, Kingsman 2 easily beat its fellow newcomers The Lego Ninjago Movie and Friend Request, although they both came in far lower than most projections.

Box Office Mojo reports that Kingsman 2 opened in 4,003 theaters for a solid $9,743 per-screen average. While some had projected it to open in the $50 million range, the Kingsman sequel still managed to out-gross its predecessor, which opened with $36.2 million en route to a $128.2 million domestic debut and $414.3 million worldwide from an $81 million budget. The sequel was produced under a $104 million budget, but with its $61.2 million foreign debut, for a worldwide tally of $100.2 million, it's already very close to breaking even.

I'm a big fan of Donnie Yen and it's awesome to see him star in a new Hong Kong gangster crime action thriller called Chasing the Dragon. This seems like a different kind of role for him, but it looks like he still brutally kicks some ass in the movie! We've got a couple of trailers for you to watch that have been released for the film and it looks like a blast. It's definitely a flick that I'll be checking out! Here's the synopsis:

Donnie Yen stars as infamous real-life drug kingpin Crippled Ho, who came to Hong Kong an illegal immigrant in 1963 and ruthlessly carved an empire from the chaotic underworld of drug dealers and corrupt police that ruled the city under notorious detective Lee Rock (Andy Lau).

Chasing the Dragon will get a limited theatrical release on September 29th.

While the It had no trouble repeating atop the box office for a second straight frame in a row last weekend, it doesn't seem that it will be going for a three-peat, with three new movies vying for the crown in wide release, 20th Century Fox's action-packed sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Warner Bros.' Lego Movie spin-off The Lego Ninjago Movie and Entertainment Studios' horror-thriller Friend Request. While it very well could be a close race, we're predicting that Ninjago will come out on top with $55.6 million, while Kingsman 2 will follow just behind with $52.4 million.

Box Office Mojo reports that both Kingsman 2 and Ninjago will be released in roughly 3,900 theaters, with Friend Request opening in roughly 3,000 theaters. All of those movies will still fall short of the 4,138 theaters that the blockbuster It remake was playing in last weekend, but after a record-breaking opening weekend, and a normal second-weekend drop,...

Hong Kong superstars Andy Lau and Donnie Yen face off in director Wong Jing's upcoming 1970's set crime thriller Chasing The Dragon. And, yes, if the trailer is to be believed then fans of both stars should be very, very happy with the results. A remake of 1991's To Be Number One the film stars Lau reprising his role as police officer Lee Rock, a role last taken on in a pair of films carrying the character's  name from 1991. As for Yen, he plays a gangster known as Crippled Ho - reportedly based on an actual figure - who arrives illegally from Mainland China and climbs to top position in the drug trade. The scale here is impressively large and the action looks glossy...

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"Whatever I get in the future, you will get half." Well Go USA has unveiled two official trailers for the Hong Kong action film Chasing the Dragon, from directors Jason Kwan & Jing Wong. This true story is about a drug lord in the 1960s, who snuck into British-ruled Hong Kong as an illegal immigrant. Donnie Yen stars as "Crippled Ho", who uses his combat skills to get deep into the underground world before being physically ruined. He eventually works under the control of Chief Detective Sergeant, Lee Rock, played Andy Lau, until the Independent Commission Against Corruption (aka the Icac) in 1974. The full cast includes Philip Keung, Kang Yu, Kent Cheng, and Bryan Larkin. This looks cool but also totally crazy, almost like a parody more than a drama. It also seems like there might be a few badass action scenes hidden in this film. Here's the Us trailers (+ intl.

Just like this group of medical students in this upcoming thriller, the Flatliners franchise has been brought back from the dead with a new movie hitting theaters later this month. To get fans ready for this "revival" that continues the story from the original 1990 movie, Sony Pictures has dropped a new trailer, that shows how these medical students' lives change drastically after an experiment where they're brought back from the dead. The trailer also reveals the sequel's new tagline, "You haven't lived until you've died."

In Flatliners, five medical students, obsessed by the mystery of what lies beyond the confines of life, embark on a daring and dangerous experiment: by stopping their hearts for short periods of time, each triggers a near-death experience giving them a firsthand account of the afterlife. But as their experiments become increasingly dangerous, they are each haunted by the sins of their pasts, brought on...

Exclusive: Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired rights to Chasing the Dragon and The Golden Monk, a pair of films from Hong Kong director Wong Jin. The Chasing the Dragon deal reunites the indie distributor with Donnie Yen, who most recently appeared in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and xXx: Return Of Xander Cage; Well Go was behind the U.S. release of the Yen-starring Ip Man movies. Based on a true story, Chasing the Dragon stars Yen as an immigrant in Hong Kong who is…...

Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau is in hospital and will need 6 to 9 months to fully recover from multiple pelvic fractures and muscle / tendon injuries that were sustained from an accident while shooting a commercial in Thailand last week.

The accident happened when the horse Lau was riding threw him off and stepped on his back. He was flown back to Hong Kong for medical treatment last Wednesday evening.

There have been speculations by the local media on the extent of his injuries and the actor only spoke publicly today for the first time since the accident.

“I will fully comply with the recommendations of the medical team,” Lau wrote in his blog. “I know your pain will not be any less than mine. I will rest quietly and quickly get better!”

Lau was most recently seen in Zhang Yimou’s “The Great Wall“, in which he stars alongside Matt Damon.

Exclusive: Gangster drama stars Donnie Yen and Andy Lau.

Hong Kong’s Mega-Vision Project Workshop is launching sales on action crime drama Chasing The Dragon, which brings together two of Hong Kong’s biggest stars – Donnie Yen and Andy Lau.

Yen (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) plays notorious 1970s gangster Ng Sek-ho (aka Crippled Ho) in the film, co-directed by Wong Jing and Jason Kwan.

Currently in production, the film follows Ho from his days as an illegal immigrant through his rise to becoming one of Hong Kong’s most powerful drug lords. Wong Jing’s Mega-Vision Project Workshop is producing with Bona Film Group.

Mega-Vision is also launching sales on action adventure The Golden Monk, directed by Wong Jing and Billy Chung, and starring Zheng Kai (So Young) and Zhang Yuqi (The Mermaid).

Currently in post-production, the film is produced by Mega-Vision and Beijing Hairun Pictures. The story revolves around a monk who realises he is the...

China’s Bona Film Group has unveiled an ambitious 26-picture slate to celebrate the company’s 15th anniversary, along with a strategic cooperation with Huaxia Film Distribution.

Bona Film Group founder and CEO Yu Dong said he expected the slate would gross a combined $1.6bn (RMB10bn) at the China box office. The slate announcement came just days after it emerged that Bona is trying to delist from the Nasdaq.

Speaking at the Siff Forum on Monday, Yu Dong said it wasn’t surprising that he wanted to take his company private again because “my audience and customers are in China – coming home is the wish of all our investors and partners.”

Bona, which floated on New York’s Nasdaq exchange in 2010, currently has investors including Studio 8 backer Fosun International and private equity company Sequoia.

The company’s new slate includes Ang Lee’s previously announced Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, which Bona is...

Exclusive: Richard Regen has been set by Kennedy/Marshall and New Franchise Media to adapt A Matter Of Honor, the bestselling novel by Jeffrey Archer. In the book, a disgraced Army colonel bequeaths a mysterious letter to his only son. Once Adam Scott opens the yellowing envelope, a deadly chain of events unfold that have global implications. When he finally figures out what he has opened, the son must protect it as a matter of honor. New Franchise Media, a rights ownership and development company devoted to bringing Archer properties to the screen, is financing development. The hope is to turn this into a franchise, with Frank Marshall producing through Kennedy/Marshall. Marshall has guided The Bourne Identity franchise. UTA-repped Regen most recently teamed with Gay Talese to script an untitled biopic about New York Jets linebacker Bart Scott for Warner Bros and Unique producers Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne.

British artist says Tate Modern Turbine Hall installation celebrates analogue film-making at a time when the 'beautiful medium is about to go'

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Pallbearers at the ready, for film is checking out. The great medium of the 20th-century – officially born on December 28th 1895, when the Lumiere brothers laid on the first paid public screening – is now facing its final fade out, killed off by new technology and outpaced by digital. "This beautiful medium, which we invented 125 years ago, is about to go," laments the British artist Tacita Dean. "How long have we got? I hope we've got a year left. It's that critical."

Film, Dean's acclaimed Turbine Hall commission at the Tate Modern, is an elegy to the joys of 35mm and the language of old-school analogue film-making. Elsewhere, the artist describes her working process and explains how film and digital are "intrinsically different mediums". Digital technology has no personal appeal for Dean.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Empire Magazine November 2011 Photos and Article. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Empire Magazine November 2011 photos and article feature Rooney Mara, Daniel Craig, and Robin Wright from the David Fincher film. The photos are new images from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) and the article, entitled “Chasing The Dragon”, details the casting and shooting process for the film, and also houses a nifty comparison of other films that have different versions like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

We previously posted The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011): Rooney Mara Nude, Topless Poster, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011): International Movie Poster, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): Character Profiles.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Empire Magazine November 2011 photos and article (click to enlarge and read the article):

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In his new book, Never Too Late: A 90-Year-Old’s Pursuit of a Whirlwind Life (Lyons Press), Roy Rowan—a career correspondent for Life, Time, and Fortune and the author of nine books, including Chasing the Dragon: A Veteran Journalist’s Firsthand Account of the 1946-1949 Chinese Revolution (a forthcoming motion picture)—reveals “the pleasures and potentials of old age,” recounting his years as a soldier serving in WWII and as a journalist covering Mao’s revolution and later the Korean, Vietnam, and Cold Wars. Below, Rowan looks back on a chance meeting in Shanghai in December 1947 that he regards as “the single most important and unexpected encounter in my life.” Listen to the podcast after the jump.

This year's coolest, bloodiest vampire movie, "Blood The Last Vampire" comes to Blu-ray DVD on Monday 19 October 2009. The film was directed and produced by the impressive combined talents of Chris Nahon ("Chasing The Dragon", "Kiss Of The Dragon") and William Kong ("Crouching Tiger", "Hero"), and is based on the hugely popular cult hit anime series of the same name. Starring Gianna Jun as Saya and Allison Miller ("Kings", "Desperate Housewives") as Alice McKee this samurai wielding fight-fest is not to be missed. Slick and highly stylised, this martial arts creation tells the story of Saya a young half-vampire, half-human, left to fight the demons that have invaded the earth. On the surface, Saya is a beautiful 16-year-old, but underneath that youthful exterior hides a...

Troubled Hollywood star Wesley Snipes is begging a judge to let him leave the U.S. so he can shoot two movies in Britain and Thailand, while he is appealing his conviction for tax fraud.

The Blade star was handed a three-year prison sentence in April after officials found him guilty of failing to file taxes for five years.

The 45-year-old is currently free on appeal, and has filed paperwork requesting permission to shoot Gallowwalker in London and Chasing The Dragon in Bangkok, insisting the money he earns from the two projects will "satisfy his civil tax liabilities".

In court documents, filed on Wednesday, Snipes' lawyer Daniel Meachum insists the actor is not a flight risk because "were he to abscond under these circumstances, it would destroy his ability to earn a living for the rest of his life."

Meachum adds, "Mr.Snipes will, of course, voluntarily return after his work on this film - as he has done each time he has been granted permission by this court."

But Snipes' request may be hampered by the fact the movie star failed to return to America immediately after charges were brought against him in 2006 - he was filming Gallowwalker in Namibia.