Member Milkyway Posted December 4, 2008 Member Share Posted December 4, 2008 Jeffrey's Believe It or Not: Wu Jing is Not Human -- Robot -- Production of 《机器侠》 Robot, directed by Jeff Lau, has quietly begun production in Ningbo, Zhejiang recently. The cast includes Hu Jun, Sun Li, Wu Jing, Alex Fong Lik Sun, Ronald Cheng. This is a film that blends slapstick comedy and romance with advanced technology. Budgeted at around US$10m, the film features explosive battles between robots, replete with special effects. Jeffrey Lau says that the idea for A Chinese Robot came a bit later than A Chinese Tall Story. He has been formulating the outline of Robot in his brains for ten years, "I've always been affected by love stories. I've always been contemplating how to combine advanced technology with latest filming techniques. It's only after watching Transformers, which Hollywood did very well, did I make up my mind to shoot this film. "It gave me a push, giving me another idea, our robots can be well-versed in Chinese kungfu. I requested my designers that the robots must not only be unique looking but also possess our unique oriental traits." "Faye Wong always gives a cool look, but I uncovered her comedic side in Chinese Odyssey 2002. Everyone sees Hu Jun looks as a tough guy, but I see the childlike nature in him, that kind of comical feeling that no one else has explored. So, let me be the first. "Sun Li plays Hu Jun's sister, she falls for a robot belonging to the nation, but she is not aware of his/its true nature. That kind of love is very moving ,very special. I feel that what makes a film memorable is the expression of one's attitude, approach towards love. "Wu Jing will play another robot, his wushu skills coupled with advanced technological elements will show us something we've never seen in him before. In other words, I'll overturn all their previous images." http://www.wu-jing.org/happenings/archives/603-Jeffreys-Believe-It-or-Not-Wu-Jing-is-Not-Human.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member CrazyFrog Posted December 4, 2008 Member Share Posted December 4, 2008 It's only after watching Transformers, which Hollywood did very well, did I make up my mind to shoot this film. In one aspect they made it well- semi-cool looking robots. The only other thing about that movie that was good was the jailbait girl they found. Crikey! But that quote does not fill me with hope for this movie. Does anyone remember Heartbeeps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member doug maverick Posted December 6, 2008 Member Share Posted December 6, 2008 what jailbait girl? magan fox is 23 not exactly jailbait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Milkyway Posted February 19, 2009 Author Member Share Posted February 19, 2009 Kungfu Cyborg Attraction Information 《机器侠》 Robot/Kungfu Cyborg Attraction (tentative) Producers: Zhuo Shun Guo, Jeffrey Lau Director: Jeffrey Lau Screenplay: Jeffrey Lau Action Director: Yuen Tak Cinematographer: Fung Yuen Man Music: Raymond Wong Ying Wah, Ronald Cheng Sound Effects: Kinson Tsang Artistic Producer: Bill Liu Art Director: Lau King Ping Costume Design: Zhao Zhi Ying Editing: Angie Lam Principal photography: Dec 2008 to Feb 2009 Expected Release: Summer/Late 2009 Cast: Hu Jun, Sun Li, Alex Fong Lik Sun, Wu Jing, Ronald Cheng, Gan Wei, Li Jian Ren, Eric Tsang, Law Kar Ying, Stephy Tang Plot: God created Man in his own image; Man creates robot in his own image. Just as man doubts God, does robot not doubt man? In 2046, technological advancements keep improving human lives, as well as renewing their desires. So, robots, created to serve man, are born. The first generation AI android, K-1 (Alex Fong), has just been invented secretly at Tian An Science Lab, with the aim of carrying out dangerous tasks for the police, to safeguard the human law enforcers against injuries and deaths. To test its functionality, commissioner Lin Xiang stations him at a remote town for on job training, putting him under the charge of the local sheriff Xu Da Chun (Hu Jun), with his actual identity a closely guarded secret. K-1 joins the police force under the assumed name De Ming, immediately cracking various cases effortlessly. With perfect socialising routines, De Ming becomes idolised by the townsfolk in no time, while female cop Su Mei (Sun Li) falls head over heels for him. Xu Da Chun, who's carrying a torch for Su Mei (Sun Li), becomes vexed. He frowns upon their relationship as De Ming is but a robot. The two compete against each other both overtly as well as furtively, often with goofy outcomes. De Ming and Xu Da Chun are assigned to apprehend a runaway robot K-88 (Wu Jing), which is suspected to have errant AI. After a mind-blowing hi-tech battle involving aerial, underground chases and exchanges, as well as 72 transformations, the invincible K-88 explains his reason for escaping, "For freedom, not wanting to be a mere robot forever." He even admonishes De Ming for being an electronic slave. Xu Da Chun is stupefied. To protect De Ming, and for the sake of human dignity, he engages K-88 without regarding his own life... Su Mei declares her love for De Ming, but does not get a straight answer. She's heartbroken and at a loss. Unbeknownst to her, her love is landing De Ming in a beleaguered predicament. Meanwhile, assassination robots, under order to terminate any defectors, are arriving in the town... http://www.wu-jing.org/happenings/archives/623-Kungfu-Cyborg-Attraction-Information.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Milkyway Posted March 12, 2009 Author Member Share Posted March 12, 2009 The Cast on Their Characters in Metallic Attraction: Kungfu Cyborg Hu Jun 胡军 as Da Chun 大春 When the director came to me, he said, "I'm going to change your image, something out of character for you." After going through the script I find this character very interesting, it's really something I've never endeavoured before, it's half-human, half-robot. While he's still a human, he's a cop. After becoming a cyborg, he has fighting scenes, and his appearance changes too. But, he's never a tough guy. After turning into a cyborg, he returns to an ambiguous state, he has to relearn everything. When he sees a chopper, he'd turn into a chopper, and learn how to use a chopper. It's very enigmatic process. He'd also start learning to look at things from the perspective of robots. He also has romances, like being secretly in love with Sun Li, etc. He's actually very contradictory. Today, with better technology, various types of electronic equipment are churned out, when men don't like anything, they'd just scrap it... I feel that this cyborg character, can serve as some kind of reminder to us humans on not being wasteful. Alex Fong 方力申 as K-1 De Ming 德明 I'm playing an android, a 100% robot. He doesn't look like robots, but resembles men. However, he is anaemic looking. The robots in this film would be doing kungfu. and my character versed in lots of weapons, like nunchuka. I'm dating Sun Li in the film, but actually, robots are supposed to be impersonal, so, to play a robot, and to have to be in a relationship, it's very paradoxical. This love affair will be very unusual, and very romantic. I'm also a very popular robot in the backwater town. Sun Li 孙俪 as Su Mei 素梅 The director says that love is still key theme of the movie, and I have two romantic plotlines, one is my love for Alex Fong, another is being loved by Hu Jun and Ronald Cheng. Alex Fong, who is a robot, sweeps me of my feet, but love knows no boundaries, it doesn't matter if he is human or not, love is love, no matter what. Frankly speaking, I was a little worried initially knowing that I'd in a comedy. I've never done grossly exaggerated expressions before, but on the set, I came to know that the director wanted my acting to be very truthful, using our most sincere feelings to playact. Watching his past movies, they're very mou lei tau, very nonsensical, especially exaggerated, but after having a good laugh throughout, they're still very nostalgic. Working with director Jeffrey Lau, I find him to be a very meticulous person when it comes to emotions. He's a very imaginative person, his ideas are really atypical; as some of us might have already said, we don't have a fixed script, our scenes may change every day. If Painted Skin director Gordan Chan were said to be like a snake, slowly roaming and exploring, I'd equate director Jeff Lau with a monkey, jumping about here and there. Ronald Cheng 郑中基 as Xiao Jiang 小江 I play a primary school teacher, one with buckteeth, very reserved, and gentle. He carries a torch for Sun Li, and is also obsessed with robots, insofar as badly wanting to be one, and turns insane. They're robots who look like men on the outside, yet I, who am a human on the inside, want to look like a robot on the outside. So, my image in the film is the most bizzare and hilarious. Wu Jing 吴京 as K-88 Chen Long 陈龙 Being the latest invention and such a state-of-the-art android, I have a mind of my own, being able to think independently. So, I question orders from humans, have misgivings about their motives and desire to become a human. This is a very special, radical aspect. Indubitably, I'm also the best fighter, and I have to challenge a robot Bruce Lee in the film, so the pressure is very big. The director also let me battle a 30m tall gargantuan robot, using a huge blade that is much taller than I, but the result is very good. As the film gives plenty of room for imagination, I'd pose many questions to martial arts director Yuen Tak and the special effects team, such as asking how far ahead is the technology of that time, how do you tell apart this android from normal humans. Initially, they welcomed my suggestions. But, later, I kept having even more ideas, and they spent even more funds. In the end, they told me to shut up, or they'd blow the budget. According to art producer Bill Lui, they made 4 experimental crescent blades of different lengths - 1.6, 1.8, 2.0 and 2.2 metres - and handed them over to the action director Yuen Tak, for he and Wu Jing are of similar build. Yuen Tak picked 1.8m long blade, and so, they had the actual blade, bearing ornate carvings, made, as well as a mould created to make duplicates. They had to think of how to give it a metallic look and feel, is lightweight, yet would not break, and looks lethal when wielded. It's by no means an easy task and took them 10 days to complete. But, after Wu Jing tested it, he found that the 2m one worked best. So, again, they had to rush out one real blade, along with several duplicates. They also had to choose the right material for forge it. Gan Wei 甘薇 as Su Qing 素清 I play Sun Li's younger sister in the film, and am an undergraduate. My hair is shockingly straggly, courtesy of the director. There are only three main characters in the film who are real humans, I, my elder sister Sun Li, and Ronald Cheng. I'm in love with Ronald Cheng, but he loves my sister instead. But, being the love expert, I have to teach my sister how to court Alex Fong, all kinds of means. You'd find out when you see the film in the theatres. Newcomer Gan Wei is no stranger to the movie industry, having worked as marketing planner for CJ7, Warlords, Red Cliff 2, etc. ever since graduating in July 2007. Being an animal lover, she and Sun Li, an animal lover as well, who recently published a book Take Me Home: The Stories of I and Stray Animals, are especially pally on the set, and wished that they were acquainted with each other earlier. Both adopt stray/abandoned cats and dogs, finding new homes for them. http://www.wu-jing.org/happenings/archives/628-The-Cast-on-Their-Characters-in-Metallic-Attraction-Kungfu-Cyborg.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Milkyway Posted March 24, 2009 Author Member Share Posted March 24, 2009 In 'Cyborg,' Robots Fight Right Director Jeff Lau ("A Chinese Odyssey") is transforming Chinese superheroes with his 100 million yuan ($14.6 million) sci-fi romantic comedy "Kung Fu Cyborg". Posters of the film were released Monday at the Hong Kong Film Mart. A trailer was previewed by film buyers and will be unveiled to the public in early April. Lau's inspiration for "Kung Fu Cyborg" came from the flood of superhero movies that has come out of Hollywood since the early 2000s. "When I saw 'Spider-Man,' 'Superman' and 'Batman', I wondered why we don't have similar superheroes in China," Lau asked. For him, "Transformers" was the final trigger. "I burst out laughing when watching 'Transformers'," he said. "The effects were amazing, but the robots didn't know how to fight. So I decided our Chinese superheroes should be kung fu experts." Thirty percent of the "Kung Fu Cyborg" budget was spent on motion capture and CGI to create gigantic mechanical robots transformed from normal-sized humanoid automatons. One was designed based on Bruce Lee, with fiery wheels for legs; another is a huge robotic version of "Mr. Vampire", the character made famous in the 1985 horror comedy hit that also found a following in Japan. Kung fu actor Wu Jing plays the super cyborg "K-88." "The director didn't show me the script, but simply told me I'm the most powerful robot in the world," he said. "I think he was testing me to see how much imagination I have in my acting." "Kung Fu Cyborg," which also stars Hu Jun, Alex Fong, Sun Li and Ronald Cheng, will be released in July by Mei Ah in Hong Kong. http://english.cri.cn/6666/2009/03/24/1221s467578.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Member Milkyway Posted April 1, 2009 Author Member Share Posted April 1, 2009 Trailer: http://video.sina.com.cn/ent/m/c/2009-04-01/183038326.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Milkyway Posted April 1, 2009 Author Member Share Posted April 1, 2009 Chinese trailer: http://www.fliqz.com/aspx/permalink.aspx?vid=041dfc1b6cb1497cb912d01688a36030 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member David Rees Posted April 2, 2009 Member Share Posted April 2, 2009 "You call that a sword.....this is a sword!".......lol This film looks very bizarre,.... AMAZING BRUCE LEE ACTION FIGURE.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member The Amazing Psycho Per Posted April 2, 2009 Member Share Posted April 2, 2009 That thing looks bad... Really bad... I don't think there is a word that does justice to how bad this looks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Rebornman Posted April 2, 2009 Member Share Posted April 2, 2009 looked like Cloud's sword Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member doug maverick Posted April 2, 2009 Member Share Posted April 2, 2009 wow horrid and horrible.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Dragon Ma Posted April 3, 2009 Member Share Posted April 3, 2009 the american dubbing is so bad it borders on genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member BLfan Posted April 5, 2009 Member Share Posted April 5, 2009 Initial thoughts on this is that it looks rubbish and that robot reminds me of Gigolo Joe from A.I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TibetanWhiteCrane Posted April 5, 2009 Member Share Posted April 5, 2009 Yeah... looks pretty damn dire! But nice to see that they are breaking into sci fi... a genre rarely touched upon in HK, due to budget restraints! In time im sure they'll get it right. But I doubt it is with this one! I'll take I Love Maria/Roboforce over this, im sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted January 6, 2020 Moderator Share Posted January 6, 2020 Ok, so over a decade later, I'm the only one man enough to check this one out! Check out our throwback to the 00's review over at COF - https://cityonfire.com/kungfu-cyborg-metallic-attraction-2009-review/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TibetanWhiteCrane Posted January 6, 2020 Member Share Posted January 6, 2020 I miss more Bramz reviews of older titles. Preferably older than this 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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