“Love Hurts” Teaser Poster
Ke Huy Quan – best known for his child roles in 1984’s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 1985’s The Goonies and perhaps less so for wiping the floor with Bolo in 1991’s Breathing Fire – is making a hard-hitting comeback with an upcoming actioner, titled Love Hurts (previously known as titled With Love)
A Hollywood action lead for Quan should come as no surprise, given his critically acclaimed comeback role for 2022’s Everything Everywhere All at Once, which earned Quan a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
In Love Hurts, Quan will play Marvin Gable, a real estate agent in the Milwaukee suburbs whose life is upended when he receives a mysterious crimson envelope. It comes courtesy of Rose, his former partner-in-crime he left for dead (via EW).
Love Hurts marks the directorial debut of Jonathan Eusebio, a longtime 2nd unit director and stunt coordinator whose recent credits include 2022’s Violent Night and Obi-Wan Kenobi (via Deadline). It should also be noted that Quan is no stranger to action choreography, as he was part of Corey Yuen’s team in the 2001 Jet Li thriller, The One.
Joining Quan for film are Daniel Wu (Caught in Time, Sky on Fire), Ariana DeBose (West Side Story), Lio Tipton (Two Night Stand), Cam Gigandet (Never Back Down), Mustafa Shakir (Brawl in Cell Block 99), Stephanie Sy (Violent Night) and Marshawn Lynch (Bottoms).
Producing Love Hurts is David Leitch (Atomic Blonde, John Wick) and Kelly McCormick’s 87North, with Luke Passmore writing from an original script by Josh Stoddard (Warrior) and Matthew Murray.
Love Hurts hits theatres on Feb. 7, 2025 from Universal Pictures. Watch the Trailer below:
This could be great. Jonathan Eusebio is coming into his own as an action director as he had great tutelage. Ke Huy Quan is also no stranger to action choreography as he was part of Corey Yuen’s team in The One. I’m sure Quan and Eusebio could come up with great stuff together.
Thanks Andrew. I noted that in the article after reading your comment. =)
That’s an interesting cast. I hope they’re training to get in on the action. Ariana DeBose would adapt well to fight choreography with her Broadway background, and given that Cam Gigandet practices Krav Maga and MMA, I would hope this is a better showcase for him than the bad camerawork and choppy editing of Never Back Down.
Is it just me, or does it seem like a discarded Jackie Chan idea?
Just pretend its a Short Round Indy spinoff and enjoy
Or I can pretend it’s an Asian answer to Scott Pilgrim, I guess…
Everything about this screams Jackie Chan, from the fights, to the way it’s filmed, and even his facial expressions. I assume it’s an homage of sorts.
I dig it! 87 North’s output usually emphasizes close quarters combat, but they’re changing up the formula by having Kung-fu be the order of the day. It looks like there will be a nice variety of action, banter, and pulpy characters.
Well…
Nah, thanks, I’ll watch a 80’s Jackie Chan again instead.
Nice, hopefully this sparks interest in getting a genre blu-ray label like MVD or Vinegar Syndrome to look into putting out a release of “Breathing Fire”.