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Dec
20
2007

Full Trailer For Jay Chou’s KUNG FU DUNK!

Posted by Todd Brown at 10:23am.

Posted in Trailer Alerts .

Taiwanese singer turned actor Jay Chou certainly seems to have a nose for success ... while nobody was raving about his performance in Initial D he held his own quite well in Zhang Yimou’s Curse of the Golden Flower and won himself a good number of awards for his first leading part in Secret.  And now he’s back on the big screen with the upcoming martial arts sports hybrid Kung Fu Dunk.  Yes, it’s a goofy premise but these things have been made to work before - notably Stephen Chow’s Shaolin Soccer - and the initial teaser showed a good visual style, at least.  And now the full trailer has arrived and while I’m not prepared to declare it a success just yet the trailer makes the film look a good bit better than it has any right to be.  You’ll find both the teaser and the trailer embedded in the Twitch Video Player just after the break.

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  1. The Visitor 12/20/2007 @ 11:51am

    Jay Chou’s Taiwanese, actually. and damn, if this film doesn’t look like real OTT fun! can’t wait!

  2. Todd Brown 12/20/2007 @ 12:03pm

    I totally knew that, too ... sometime my fingers are faster than my brain.  Thanks for catching it!

  3. lblisters 12/20/2007 @ 12:12pm

    Siu-tung can do no wrong.  Also, sports-martial arts hybrid comedies hold such obvious possibility, I’m surprised to hear people already grumbling about diminishing returns.  Screw that, bring on the knockoff!  Shaolin Soccer and Prince of Tennis both satisfied.  KFD and Shaolin Girl don’t look like disasters.  Any others I missed?

  4. lblisters 12/20/2007 @ 12:15pm

    ... Ping-Pong had a touch of this flavor also.  Haven’t seen a bad one of these yet, so why stop?  Track-kata?  Capoeira Bocce??  I’m there!

  5. ChevalierAguila 12/20/2007 @ 1:01pm

    This looks...not very good at all, not to mention i had enough of canto-pop idols. I’ll pass.

  6. Swarez 12/20/2007 @ 2:09pm

    If anyone in the production is reading this. You need a shot where the hero dunks the ball and the net bursts in to flames.

    This doesn’t look like it’s the same goof ball humor that Stephen Chow used. Actually it looked like it took itself rather seriously.

  7. Project Den 12/20/2007 @ 2:53pm

    Men from looking at the trailer it reminded me of the popular NBA JAM..dont get me wrong it looks awesome..but will it possibly work storyline of basketball and Kung-FU.

  8. Rhythm-X 12/20/2007 @ 3:59pm

    Said it before, will say it again.  Director “Kevin Chu” is really Chu Yin Ping, the mad genius behind FANTASY MISSION FORCE and the SHAOLIN POPEY films.  That alone makes this a must-see for me.

  9. The Visitor 12/20/2007 @ 8:58pm

    even if it’s a serious movie, it can still be fun. Jay Chou writes some of the best Mandarin pop and movie theme songs this side of the universe, so i’m looking forward to the Kung Fu Dunk theme.

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