DragonBlade (2005)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Antony Szeto

Writers:

Trevor Morris (English translation)
Trevor Morris (screenplay)

Release Date:

6 January 2005 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Animation | Fantasy

Plot:

When a town is being attacked by a deadly creature Lang becomes the one to have to deal with it. But...

Plot Keywords:

Teenager | Master | Love | Kung Fu | China

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Karen Mok	...	Yingying (voice)
Daniel Wu	...	Hung Lang (voice)
Stephen Fung	...	Hung Lang (Cantonese Voice)
Sandra Ng Kwan Yue	...	Bali-Ba (Cantonese Voice)
Sui-man Chim	...	Master Wu (Cantonese Voice) (as Jim Chim)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Doug Baker	...	Lord Ko (voice)
Sam Bobertz	...	Short Youngster (voice)
Stephen Bolton	...	Mr. Hung and Guardian Spirit (character movement)
Simon Broad	...	Sifu (voice)
Anna May Chan	...	(voice)
Anson Chan	...	(voice)
Victor Chan	...	Masu (character movements)
Matthew Cheung	...	Ari(character movement)
Amy Chum	...	Mrs. Hung (character movement)
David Collier	...	Lord Ko (character movement)
Scott Evens	...	Noodle Seller and Tall Youngster (voice)
Wioletta Glazewska	...	Pretty Student (voice)
Crystal Goh	...	Ari (voice)
Clarence Hui	...	The Counselor (character movement)
Daniel Kao	...	Short Youngster (character movement)
Colette Koo	...	(character movement) (voice)
Chris Kung	...	Mr. Hung (voice)
Sharon Kwan	...	Big Sister (character movement)
Chi Tai Lam	...	Tall Youngster (character movement)
Kin Leung Lee	...	Fat Man Shum (character movement)
Hiu Man Li	...	Pretty Student (character movement)
Lily Meyer	...	(voice)
Reuben M.	...	Masu and Guardian Spirit (voice)
Jack Murphy	...	(voice)
Ada Ooi	...	Yingying (character movement)
Arvin Robles	...	Hung Lang (character movement)
Kathryn Ryan	...	The Apprentice (voice)
Pierre Sieur	...	Big Sister (voice)
Sarah Sieur	...	Little Brother (voice)
Wai Fong Suen	...	Mrs. Hung (voice)
Karl Suriya	...	(character movement)
Antony Szeto	...	(voice)
Xavier Szeto	...	Little Brother (character movements)
Mike V. Szuc	...	Master Wu and The Boar King (character movement and voice)
Hugh Terry	...	Fat Man Shum (voice)
Grant Thatcher	...	Bali-Ba and The Counselor (voice)
Jamie Wilson	...	Bali-Ba (character movement)
Tweety Wong	...	The Apprentice (character movement)

Also Known As:

Dragon Blade: The Beginning (International: English title) (DVD title)
DragonBlade: The Beginning (International: English title) (DVD title)
DragonBlade: The Legend of Lang (Hong Kong: English title) (working title)
Long dao qi yuan (China: Mandarin title)
Long dou kei yuen (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

English | Mandarin | Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Hong Kong:I

Filming Locations:

Beijing, China

Company:

DCDC

Trivia:

First 3-D animated movie from Hong Kong or China.

Movie Connections:

References Toy Story (1995)

Roller coaster ride with a long climb

At first I thought, "what did I get myself into?". Twenty minutes into the movie and I started looking at my watch and wishing that I wasn't here. I didn't come all the way to Hong Kong to watch a crap Kungfu movie! Then all of a sudden… Ka-POW! Talk about being worth the wait. DragonBlade is a roller coaster ride with a long way up in the beginning. And as we all know, the further up that roller coaster goes... the bigger and more exciting that ride ends up. I just can't imagine anyone getting the total impact of the fights without watching it on the big screen… the fights are so in your face that it absolutely pulls you in. So worth seeing.