Thanks for the article link V!
The Guardian has a post up with some details from Keanu Reeves’ press conference this morning at the Cannes Film Festival. During the press conference, Mr. Reeves spoke of his love for Kung Fu movies saying:
“Kung fu movies are beautiful,” he said, “exotic, wonderful, empowering.””It’s like play,” he said of the martial art. “There’s something childlike about it. They are fake fights – and that’s fun.”
In addition he also talked about becoming friends with Chen Hu (Tiger) and how some of the stories that Tiger told him led ultimately to the development of the story. With respect to the story, Mr. Reeves said :
It is about “a simple delivery guy” in Beijing “who, on the other hand, is a martial-arts artist”. Manipulated by Reeves’ sinister character, he becomes involved in underground fighting. “As his power rises,” said Reeves, “we see his loss of innocence and the journey of a man who must confront himself.”
During the course of the presser, we also learn that post-production was complete 10 days ago and the film is finished. Several clips were shown that revealed spectacular fight scenes, intrigue with orders delivered from behind two-way mirrors and some high speed chase scenes.
Here’s hoping that some of these clips will be released soon. The entire article can be read here.