The following are highlighted titles that were presented at The 2023 Hong Kong International Film and TV Market (Filmart) trade show. The event, which is currently taking place on March 13th through March 16th, is Asia’s leading entertainment content marketplace. We’ll keep this list updated as the event unfolds!
New Police Story 2: Emperor Motion Pictures presents New Police Story 2, which will star Nicholas Tse (Raging Fire), Jackie Chan (Vanguard) and Charlene Choi (New Police Story). Tse is also directing and Chan is producing. New Police Story 2 is a direct sequel to Benny Chan’s 2004 film.
Breaking Point: Emperor Motion Pictures/Bona presents Breaking Point (爆裂点), a Dante Lam (Operation Red Sea) produced thriller starring Nick Cheung (Warriors of Future), William Chan (As the Light Goes Out) and Isabella Leong (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor). Trailer below.
Customs Frontline: Emperor Motion Pictures presents Customs Frontline (海關戰線), an actioner from director Herman Yau (Shock Wave) that stars Nicholas Tse (Raging Fire) and Jacky Cheung (Pom Pom and Hot Hot). Trailer below.
The Goldfinger: From Felix Chong (Project Gutenberg) comes The Goldfinger (aka Once Upon A Time in Hong Kong) starring Andy Lau (The White Storm 2: The Drug Lords), Tony Leung Chiu-Wai (Europe Raiders), Simon Yam (Mrs K) and Charlene Choi (Detective vs. Sleuths). Trailer below.
In Broad Daylight: One Cool Pictures presents the Derek Yee (Shinjuku Incident) produced thriller In Broad Daylight, (白日之下) starring Jennifer Yu (Men on the Dragon) and Bowie Lam (The Most Wanted). Trailer below.
The Dream, the Bubble and the Shadow: One Cool Pictures presents Wilson Yip (Paradox) The Dream, the Bubble and the Shadow (誰變走了大佛) starring Louis Koo (Three). Trailer below.
Source: ScreenHK
I can’t believe they’re doing New Police Story 2 directed by and starring Nic Tse!
This is the surprise of Filmart for sure. I find it bizarre that, when they announced the production, Chan chose to address a Hong Kong audience that he’s already fallen out of favour with in Mandarin considering 1. he’s in Hong Kong, 2. his character in ‘New Police Story’ is from Hong Kong, and 3. it’s a Hong Kong movie. I’m wondering what that means for the actual production, are we going to see a reversal of the roles that Michelle Yeoh and Chan played in ‘Police Story 3’, and Chan will be the cop from China? I can see the plot synopsis for it now –
“Twenty years after the events in ‘New Police Story’, Senior Inspector Chan Kwok-Wing (Jackie Chan) decided to start a new life and transferred to Shanghai, where he became a respected member of the force. Now his protoge Frank Cheng (Nicholas Tse), who chose to remain in Hong Kong, is up against his biggest case yet. Known for his unorthodox investigation methods, and keen to avoid stirring up more unrest in the SAR, the PRC send Kwok-Wing back to his old stomping ground to partner with Cheng once more, and ensure the investigation upholds China’s high standards for investigative police work.”
I think it’s time for you to call Nic Tse up for some script revisions. =) You can be the new Joey O’Bryan!
Comrade Chan’s most deadly mission yet….to investigate whos been buying all the blank A4 paper in Mongkok
That is actually a good plot synopsis! I know everybody believes Chan will never give the spotlight to anyone else if he’s around, but one can hope. (He could probably have one foot in the grave and still demand to be the star of this film.)
At the very least, this could be Nic Tse’s Project S, and that’s not a bad thing!
Looking at ‘New Police Story 2’ from the perspective of it being to Nic Tse what ‘Project S’ was to Michelle Yeoh is likely going to end up my favourite comparison of 2023! Not sure if we need another scene of Jackie in drag though…
The NRTA would object to that!