“The Big Shot” Teaser Poster
Ryoo Seung-wan’s box office hit Veteran has a Chinese language makeover from director Wu Bai. In the remake, titled The Big Shot, Wang Qianyuan (Brotherhood of Blades) plays the lead role originally performed by Hwang Jeong-min (The Wailing) and Bao Bei’er (Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back) steps in for Yu Ah-in (Burning).
The original Veteran followed a seasoned police detective (Hwang) who immediately has a face-off with a young tyrannical heir (Yoo Ah-in) to an untouchable mega-corporation.
A U.S. Release date for The Big Shot is around the corner – until then, don’t miss the film’s latest Interational Main Trailer below:
I’m sure I’ll get a thrashing for it, but I wasn’t a fan of Veteran. I guess it was too hyped for me since I was expecting the throwback to 80’s and 90’s action classics it was advertised as.
I felt like there wasn’t that much action, and Jeong-Min’s character didn’t let loose like I wanted him to.
I hope the remake isn’t just sanitized and politically correct.
Well it’s Wang Qianyuan and Bao Bei’er, not Sun Honglei and Wang Dalu ^^.
Sun and Wang were planned two years ago, but apparently not anymore.
Thank you for saving us once again. Do I have it correct now?
Yes ^^
Loved this film on the long flight from Bangkok to London, Plenty of action , humour, sadness and compassion. I hope that i can buy this film in the UK ?.