Opening This Week: May 24 - 30 (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
May 30, 2008
Local Films
Other Films
China (mainland)
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Calabash Brothers / Hu Lu Xiong Di (Mandarin) / The Gourd Brothers (literal)
(China)
(May 27, 2008)
Seven brothers, born from seven gourds, work together to defeat two evil creatures...
Produced by Shanghai Film Group Corp. (Shanghai), Shanghai Media Group (Shanghai), Shanghai Animation Film Studio (Shanghai).
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You Xia Hong Mu Dan (Mandarin) / Traveling Hero Red Peony (literal)
(China)
(May 29, 2008)
A cop resigns from his post and becomes a masked fighter against the corrupted...
Directed by CHEN Dongcun.
Written by XIE Wenli.
Starring WU Yue, NIU Mengyao, LIU Changsheng, SHI Lin, ZHANG Hejun, XU Pengkai, WEN Qian, LI Guofeng, GUO Guangxin, HAO Tian, LI Yunfeng, SHU Changqing.
Produced by Hubei FANG Lin Film and TV Media Co., Ltd. (Wuhan).
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The Legend of Countryside Hero / Chi Song Wei Long (mandarin) / Chi Song the Mighty Dragon (literal)
(China)
(May 30, 2008)
A little boy and a badly spoiled general's daughter works together to protect a village from an evil cult...
Directed by SIU Wing.
Written by YUN Kai-Chi, SIU Wing, JIN Xiaomin.
Produced by Jingu Times Movie Producing Co., Ltd. (Hangzhou), Huihuang Cultural Communication Co., Ltd. (Hangzhou), Jinhua Evening News (Jinhua).
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Dive Olly Dive! / Qian Ting Zong Dong Yuan (mandarin) / Full Mobilization of all Submarines (literal)
(China)
(May 30, 2008)
Two little submarines are working very hard to complete their trainings...
Directed by MI Xiaolin.
Produced by GDC Productions (Hong Kong / Shenzhen).
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Twin Swallows / Shuang Fei Yan (mandarin) / Twin Flying Swallows (literal)
(China)
(May 30, 2008)
Two twin sisters are told by their serious ill single mother that only one of them can attend school and the other must work to support the family. Then they decide to go to school by turns...
Directed by: ZHANG Jilong.
Written by: YIN Xiaoying, ZHANG Guochun.
Starring: LI Yiming, LI Yijin.
Produced by Jiao Yuan Film and TV Culture Co., Ltd. (Beijing).
Hong Kong
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(Hong Kong)
(May 29, 2008)
An undercover cop, assigned to a neighborhood filled with gangs and prostitutes, is hunting a killer, who is the only witness of a murder, committed by the cop by accident...
Directed by: Chi-kin Kwok.
Written by: CHENG Sze-Kit, KWOK Chi-kin, LUNG Man-Hong.
Starring: Shawn YUE, XIAN Seli, FAN Siu-Wong, Matt CHOW, Jay LAU,
LIU Kaichi, Gill Mohindepaul Singh, SI Suet-yee, SIU Yam-Yam, Shaun
TAM, Eric TSANG.
Produced by BIG Pictures (Hong Kong), Mei Ah Entertainment (Hong Kong).
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Shaolin Girl / Shôrin shôjo (Japanese) / Siu Lam Siu Neui (Cantonese)
(Japan / Hong Kong)
(May 29, 2008)
A Shaolin-trained young woman returns to Japan to resuscitate her grandfather's defunct martial arts school. Co-produced by Stephen Chow, this one brings deja vu of his Shaolin Soccer.
Directed by: Katsuyuki MOTOHIRO.
Written by: Masashi SOGO, Rika SOGO.
Starring: Kou SHIBASAKI, Tôru NAKAMURA, Yosuke EGUCHI, Takashi
OKAMURA, ZHANG Yuqi, LAM Chi-Chung, TIN Kai-Man.
Produced by Fuji Television Network (Tokyo), GAGA Communications
(Tokyo), The Klock Worx Company (Tokyo), Robot Communications
(Tokyo), S.D.P. (Tokyo), Star Overseas (Hong Kong).
Taiwan
The Flock
USA
May 30
The Glorious Team
Batista
Japan
May 30
Juno
USA / Canada
May 30
O Mundo Em Duas Voltas
/ The World in Two Round Trips
Brazil
May 30
Sleepwalking
Canada / USA
May 30
(Images: Shanghai Film Group Corp., Shanghai Media Group, Shanghai Animation Film Studio, Hubei FANG Lin Film and TV Media Co., Ltd., Jingu Times Movie Producing Co., Ltd., Huihuang Cultural Communication Co., Ltd., Jinhua Evening News, GDC Productions, Jiao Yuan Film and TV Culture Co., Ltd., BIG Pictures, Mei Ah Entertainment, Fuji Television Network, GAGA Communications, The Klock Worx Company, Robot Communications, S.D.P., Star Overseas.)