Fighting - 英雄之战

Fighting/Fighter (英雄之战) is an 2014 film out of Zhong Guo. The film stars Peter Ho and Lu Yi. The movie stayed in Zhong Guo's Top Ten list for a few weeks.

The film starts in modern times where a boy that was found looks for his dad. When a teacher with a magical butterfly pendent plays the piano, he steals it and is transferred back into time to what seems like the 1930s Shanghai pre-Japanese occupation. Peter Ho plays a boxer that spent his time growing up in the United States. Lu Yi plays a marksman solider. A fighting tournament is organized and they both enter. Lots of fighting happens. The annoying boy is apparently looking for his father as the main plot point, but that's completely lost with Ho and Lu going at it.

This movie was bad. Like cheezy bad. It might make for some great bad dub wu tang thing. It's that kind of movie. So bad it could be a cult classic. Peter Ho's acting is way over the top and his mix in of English just seems so out of place. I didn't see it adding any value other than confusing those having to read the subtitles in Zhong Guo that does not understand English.

I watched and survived. You might too.

Zhong Guo Box Office - July 27, 2014 - 中国票房榜

Zhong Guo Box Office - Week Ending: July 27, 2014

Weekend of July 27, 2014

Rank	Film Title
1	后会无期 (Continent)
2	京城81号 (The House That Never Dies)
3	小时代3:刺金时代 (Tiny Times 3)
4	Transformers: Age of Extinction (变形金刚4:绝迹重生)
5	神笔马良 (The Magical Brush)
6	老男孩之猛龙过江 (Old Boy:The Way Of The Dragon)
7	分手大师 (Breakup Guru)
8	开心超人2启源星之战 (Happy Heroes 2 Qiyuan Planet Wars)
9	Dhoom 3 (幻影车神:魔盗激情)
10	我就是我 (No Zuo No Die)

Source: Ent Group - retrieved July 28, 2014

300: Rise Of An Empire - 300壯士:帝國崛起

300: Rise Of An Empire (300壯士:帝國崛起) is an 2014 film. The movie stars Sullivan Stapleton and Eva Green. The supporting cast include Lena Headey, Hans Matheson, and Rodrigo Santoro. Flashback appearances by Gerard Butler and Michael Fassbender. The movie is a sequel of the 2007 film, 300.

Greece is now under attack from Persia. They city states are giving in one by one to the Persia messengers. However, Athens does not and hopes Sparta comes to assist in defending the country. Themistocles seeks to unite the rest of the resisting cities. They goto the Aegean Sea to hold off the invading forces. On the other side, Xerxes gives his navy over to Artemisia. Artemisia and Themistocles go to battle of the sea.

This movie had a similar feel to the the first installment, 300. But 300 was so different when it came out that it changed the industry. Since 2007, the style has been copied enough that it feels part of the normal things done these days. So, the feel of the movie didn't feel so spectacular. So, with that, we're left to the story, acting, and action sequences. The story and action sequences were of the grand scale. It was big, ten thousand ships do battle. The acting was a bloody mess. Eva Green was over acting and took her revenge plot to the extreme falling on the side of cheezy. The rest of the movie played to the fact that events were happening in parallel to the events of 300 for the first half of the movie.

In all, with the action sequences and grand story, I would watch this again. I like greek mythos and this movie takes it to a grand scale.

Taiwan Box Office - July 27, 2014 - 台灣票房榜

Weekend of July 27, 2014

Rank	Film Title	Weeks
1	Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (猩球崛起:黎明的進擊)	2
2	Hercules (海克力士)	1
3	The Fault In Our Stars (生命中的美好缺憾)	3
4	How To Train Your Dragon 2 (馴龍高手2)	4
5	Transformers: Age of Extinction (變形金剛4:絕跡重生)	5
6	盂蘭神功 (Hungry Ghost Ritual)	1
7	7500鬼航班	1
8	名偵探柯南：異次元的狙擊手 (The Sniper from Another Dimension)	1
9	22 Jump Street (龍虎少年隊:童顏巨捕)	2
10	哆啦A夢:新/大雄的大魔境~扁扁與五人之探險隊 (Doraemon the Movie: Nobita in the New Haunts of Evil - Peko and the Five Explorers)	1
11	A Thousand Times Good Night (一千次晚安)	1
12	白雪公主殺人事件 (The Snow White Murder Case)	2
13	Love Is In The Air (我的極品前男友)	2
14	Cruel And Unusual (迴路人生)	1
15	Under The Skin (肌膚之侵)	2
16	行動代號:孫中山 (Meeting Dr. Sun)	3
17	AKB48光榮時刻 (Documentary of AKB48 - The Time Has Come)	1
18	KANO	14
19	Walking on Sunshine (舞力假期)	3
20	冰毒 (Ice Poison)	2

Source: Yahoo! Movies Taiwan - retrieved July 28, 2014

Jeremy Lin On Taiwan Show During 2014 Summer Asia Tour

This is an excellent video of Jeremy Lin visiting a Taiwanese variety show, VL. It's in Mandarin with no English subs. Enjoy!