Member AlbertV Posted November 30, 2014 Member Share Posted November 30, 2014 Bu54UXAMRgU I came across this 2013 Australian-Chinese co-production produced by Roger Corman and directed by WUSHU helmer Antony Szeto, Strikeforce MMA champion Josh "The Punk" Thomson makes his film debut as Damon "The Dragon" Chamberlin, a retired MMA fighter who moves to China after meeting a young woman online a year ago named Meili (Juju Chan). As they begin their relationship in person, Damon accidentally is given a package of mooncakes that have some top secret weapons hidden in them. He finds himself targeted by Thorn (Daniel Whyte), the head of a top international arms organization and as a result, Meili is kidnapped. Ellary Porterfield, Xin Sarith Wuku, Chris Pang, Maria Tran, and Rambo Kong co-star. Trung Ly is the fight choreographer. Apparently this was a remake of Don "The Dragon" Wilson's Moving Target (which I still haven't seen). It was released in Hong Kong last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Asmo Posted November 30, 2014 Moderator Share Posted November 30, 2014 Maria and Trung are from my area, they've done a lot for the local community (martial arts-wise and otherwise). Happy to see them getting recognition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted November 30, 2014 Author Member Share Posted November 30, 2014 I got to see the film last night...if you were a fan of the 90's straight to VHS action films, this is definitely a throwback to that genre...a fun film. I'm writing the review as we speak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member mpm74 Posted November 30, 2014 Member Share Posted November 30, 2014 Wait up, I'm confused. Wasn't this movie currently getting re-shoots along with a new title? And Bruce Leung has joined the cast. Or is this one of those ZERO TOLERANCE things? (i.e. movie was weak, let's reshoot, re-edit, throw some stars in, and release it in another country as a totally different title?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member QueMuchita Posted November 30, 2014 Member Share Posted November 30, 2014 What country is this movie from? I've seen many different countries listed on numerous sites. China, Thailand, Australia.... Anyone know for sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted December 1, 2014 Author Member Share Posted December 1, 2014 It's an Australian-Chinese co-production with American funding by Roger Corman, who produced the film. The original film was released in Hong Kong in October 2013, but yes, this is getting the RED CANVAS/ZERO TOLERANCE shift. This was the original film I saw and I enjoyed it. THE RED CANVAS did the same...new scenes with Ving Rhames were added and it later became SUBMISSION, but I saw the original RED CANVAS and I wonder why they do this treatment...I mean the originals are good enough IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member gwailosforever Posted December 1, 2014 Member Share Posted December 1, 2014 http://www.impactonline.co/news/2025-from-fist-to-mist-an-action-film-by-any-other-name According to this article by Mike Leeder it's two separate projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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