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Ent.cn.yahoo has posted new movies stills from Man of Tai Chi. The text that accompanies the photos says (via google translator – no copyright infringement intended):
Keanu Reeves has repeatedly said that this film was made for Chen Hu. In the past, he has played the hero many times but this time he has very willingly played the villain who is responsible for heinous underground boxing matches. He planned a series of bloody, brutal underground black boxing tournament.
In this series of photos we see some of the cars used in the film along with several nice ones of Mr. Reeves. There are 6 photos. You can see them here. They have also been uploaded to the douban gallery.
Update: Thanks V! Ent.enorth has a post up featuring the same photos but they include more information about this series of photos and how it fits into the film. Translation extracted with google translator and smoothed over. No copyright infringement is intended.
Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves’ directorial debut Man of Tai Chi starring Chen Hu, Karen Mok, and Simon Yam is scheduled to be released on July 5. This is Keanu Reeves’ first attempt at playing a villain and also at planning the filming of a series of underground black fighting scenes. With the release of these movie stills and videos, the underground black boxing scenes are unveiled, along with the senior clubs, private secret room, underground ring, luxury ship also makes it’s first full debut. In addition, the Hollywood-style action film will feature beautiful luxury cars to attract eyeballs (viewers, audiences) to the film.
It has been reported that MOTC director Keanu Reeves has repeatedly said that this is a movie that was developed for Chen Hu, So, over the years, he has strove to show people the image of a hero (Hu) in the film and himself as the villain that is the embodiment of a heinous underground black boxing organization that planned a field of bloody brutal black boxing tournaments. In his capacity as director, Keanu brought in Yuen Woo-Ping to tailor the choreography of the black fighting scenes to Chen Hu. Woo-Ping said: “In Tai Chi Man, Chen Hu will face a series of martial arts masters from around the world in elite challenges. In addition to the wheel war (?not clear if he is referring to a series of fights or action with the cars), he will also be subjected to a ‘black boxing party’ that was specially arranged by the talk of the town (Keanu) where he will spar with multiple masters and only one person will survive the cruel game. At the end of the movie trailer, the talk of the town coldly says ‘let the killing begin’. It is chilling but people also get to see a glimpse of the talk of the town as a director and his interpretation skills of the “black boxing to the death party” which will be become the most important things to watch in the movie.”
In the Hollywood superstars directorial debut, it is the survival of the current hardware, namely the luxury cars, a hurricane, yachts, and the use of a helicopter to capture aerial shots that will catch the eye of audiences. Many luxury cars will appear in the film including the Bugatti Veyron, Lamborghini, Bentley, Aston Martin, and Audi many of which were photographed. One film official said: “Keanu Reeves is very popular. I heard that he was making a film in China and was using many international luxury cars.” According to another report, the talk of the town is planning a black boxing party. The crew spent much time to build up a bright top themed cruise and used a helicopter to shoot aerial shots and panoramic shots. With respect to the “killing cruise” Chen Hu was impressed and said: ” on the day when they were shooting the boat scene, it was beautiful but also hid the huge conspiracy. My fate will be changed on the boat, which is a veritable killing boat.”
The article is here.