Member mpm74 Posted May 13, 2015 Member Share Posted May 13, 2015 Jackie Chan is gearing up for a $50 million project titled Railroad Tigers, an action comedy that reunites the legend with director Ding Sheng (Little Big Soldier, Police Story 2013) for a 3rd time. Railroad Tigers is set in wartime China in 1941 and features Chan as a railroad worker who leads a team of freedom fighters who use their knowledge of the train network to disrupt Japan’s wartime engine and steal food for the starving Chinese population. http://www.cityonfire.com/jackie-chan-and-ding-sheng-reunite-for-railroad-tigers/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Secret Executioner Posted May 13, 2015 Member Share Posted May 13, 2015 Sounds interesting. Nice to see Jackie Chan branching out too, as I didn't really expect this before reading this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member SamSeed Posted May 13, 2015 Member Share Posted May 13, 2015 http://www.maactioncinema.com/archives/3213 According to this, the producers are comparing it to Drunken Master 2, saying that it'll have BIGGER action set pieces. Setting themselves up for failure there but good luck... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Asmo Posted May 16, 2015 Moderator Share Posted May 16, 2015 Jackie and Ding Sheng have made some good films together, but comparing it to DM2 20 years after the fact has me a little concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted December 22, 2015 Member Share Posted December 22, 2015 Railroad Tigers is almost done shooting. After two months in Shengyang, production moved to Shandong on Sunday for 10 days of filming. http://superchanblog.blogspot.com/2015/12/railroad-tigers-last-10-days.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted December 23, 2015 Member Share Posted December 23, 2015 Looking forward to this & Skiptrace which was set for a release this month until they pushed it back until next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member reason108 Posted December 24, 2015 Member Share Posted December 24, 2015 And I thought that Jackie was done with action pictures? Did he get bored with doing only drama? Yeah, it is odd to say that this new film will be comparable to DM 2. Maybe they meant DM 3, instead. Of course, I would love for it to equal DM 2 or even surpass it. But, Jackie was pretty much useless in Police Story 2013. No disrespect to Jackie, but the choreography was shit and JC`s fight scenes could have been done by anyone. The commentary on that dvd even stated that they had to force JC to add some action scenes and that he really did not want to do it. And, you could really tell. But, even if we get another classic out of JC, we still have another Chinese vs Japanese movie. I think that storyline has been done at least a zillion times by now and needs to be put to rest. Is there no other way to express Nationalism than to regurgitate the same old tired idea? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sym8 Posted December 25, 2015 Member Share Posted December 25, 2015 To me Jackie Chan is a god but he hasn't done a good fight scene for many years.I think because of his age and the injurys he's had he just can't do them anymore,the fight scene in Chinese zodiac was ok but it looked a bit of a struggle at times and dragon blade was just dull so unless he's got twenty years younger I don't think it will be comparable to DM2.For me he reminds me of a world class boxer who can't fight at the top anymore but can't let it go and just keeps going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted December 28, 2015 Member Share Posted December 28, 2015 To me Jackie Chan is a god but he hasn't done a good fight scene for many years.I think because of his age and the injurys he's had he just can't do them anymore,the fight scene in Chinese zodiac was ok but it looked a bit of a struggle at times and dragon blade was just dull so unless he's got twenty years younger I don't think it will be comparable to DM2.For me he reminds me of a world class boxer who can't fight at the top anymore but can't let it go and just keeps going.While none of his recent fights are comparable to "Drunken Master 2", I still think the final fight scene in "Chinese Zodiac" is solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member SamSeed Posted December 29, 2015 Member Share Posted December 29, 2015 While none of his recent fights are comparable to "Drunken Master 2", I still think the final fight scene in "Chinese Zodiac" is solid.I agree. I also like the Shanghai Knights market fight, makes me smile every time. Not a classic perhaps, but more in that vein, same with New Police Story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted December 20, 2016 Member Share Posted December 20, 2016 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted December 23, 2016 Moderator Share Posted December 23, 2016 I got through watching this one last night....a solid third collaboration between Jackie Chan and Ding Sheng. I gave it the full review treatment here - http://cityonfire.com/railroad-tigers-2016-review-jackie-chan-ding-sheng-trailer/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted December 23, 2016 Member Share Posted December 23, 2016 1 hour ago, One Armed Boxer said: I got through watching this one last night....a solid third collaboration between Jackie Chan and Ding Sheng. I gave it the full review treatment here - http://cityonfire.com/railroad-tigers-2016-review-jackie-chan-ding-sheng-trailer/ I saw it yesterday as well and my full review will be posted on Christmas Day. I totally agree with OAB on this one. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted December 26, 2016 Member Share Posted December 26, 2016 (edited) Here's my review: https://worldfilmgeek.com/2017/01/02/review-railroad-tigers-2016/ Edited January 6, 2017 by AlbertV 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moderator thekfc Posted January 6, 2017 Moderator Share Posted January 6, 2017 It start screening today at the AMC in Times Square (NYC) and selected US theaters; http://wellgousa.com/theatrical/railroad-tigers-1 I may miss it this weekend. There is an upcoming snow storm & I have other more important priorities. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted January 11, 2017 Member Share Posted January 11, 2017 Jaycee Chan got praise for his role in the film, which Jackie gave him after his much-publicized personal issues:http://hktopten.blogspot.com/2017/01/20170107-jaycee-chan-makes-secret.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member thehangman Posted January 11, 2017 Member Share Posted January 11, 2017 Saw it monday didnt think that much to it to be honest took too long to get going 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member rdenn Posted January 13, 2017 Member Share Posted January 13, 2017 Jackie and his son had really good chemistry together in this movie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Asmo Posted January 14, 2017 Moderator Share Posted January 14, 2017 Agreed that Jackie and Jaycee had great chemistry. I liked the film. I'm still coming to terms with a way to describe accurately how I feel about it, but I walked away liking it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member laagi Posted April 17, 2017 Member Share Posted April 17, 2017 Didn't like it... or at least not nearly as much as I thought I would. The constant slapstick and overall silliness just didn't work for me. Not to mention that once again the japanese army got portrayed as total dimwits. For me I guess the movie would've worked a lot better in a more serious tone, with occassional comedy. I think JC has overdone it this time. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted April 17, 2017 Moderator Share Posted April 17, 2017 2 hours ago, laagi said: I think JC has overdone it this time. You're going to have a blast with 'Kung Fu Yoga' if you haven't seen it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member laagi Posted April 17, 2017 Member Share Posted April 17, 2017 6 minutes ago, One Armed Boxer said: You're going to have a blast with 'Kung Fu Yoga' if you haven't seen it yet. I've been trying to avoid that one so far... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member thehangman Posted April 17, 2017 Member Share Posted April 17, 2017 Not abig fan of Ding shengs films Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member lilmanjs Posted June 23, 2017 Member Share Posted June 23, 2017 According to a few articles I've seen, netflix is adding this to their lineup on the 22nd of July. If you haven't seen it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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