The Lion Men

Not to be confused with The Lion Man or The Lion King.
The Lion Men
狮神决战

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jack Neo
Written by Jack Neo
Starring Tosh Zhang
Wang Weiliang
Eva Cheng
Noah Yap
Charlie Goh
Maxi Lim
Chen Tianwen
Music by Tosh Zhang
Edited by Yim Mun Chong
Production
company
J Team
Distributed by Golden Village Pictures
SB
Release dates
  • 30 January 2014 (2014-01-30)
Running time
130 minutes
Country Singapore
Malaysia[1]
Language English
Mandarin
Hokkien
Box office US$1,668,380[2]

The Lion Men (Chinese: 狮神决战) is a Singapore action film directed by Jack Neo and starring Tosh Zhang, Wang Weiliang, Eva Cheng, Noah Yap, Charlie Goh, Maxi Lim and Chen Tianwen. The main plot revolves around three lion dance groups pitting themselves against each other.

Cast

Ah Boys to Men star Ridhwan Azman was originally in talks to join The Lion Men, but he had to drop out because of his clashing army enlistment.[4]

Plot

Shi Shen (Tosh Zhang) is the top performer in the Tiger Crane Lion Dance Association, but feels restricted by Master He's (Chen Tianwen) traditional mindset. He decides to take a group of disciples and forms his own lion dance troupe, which fuses hip hop and rock with lion dance movements.

A major Lion Dance Competition is coming up and Mikey (Wang Weiliang) is groomed to be Shi Shen's successor. However, he has a huge fear of heights! The situation worsens when both Shi Shen and Mikey fall for Master He's daughter (Eva Cheng).

Production

Development of The Lion Men was first announced in June 2013 as an untitled project hailed as the "breakthrough action movie" of director Jack Neo.[5] In August 2013, the film's title was revealed during its opening ceremony, with Neo adding that he had been thinking of such a film premise for "quite some time ago". The budget of the film is estimated to be around $4 million. To prepare for the film, the stars had to undergo real life lion dancing training sessions.[3]

Release

The Lion Men was released on 30 January 2014, the day before Chinese New Year.[3]

References

  1. Elley, Derek. "Ah Boys to Men". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  2. "2014 Singapore Yearly Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDB. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tan, Jeanette (5 August 2013). "'Ah Boys' stars to return in Jack Neo's new blockbuster 'The Lion Men'". Yahoo! News.
  4. 梁导贺岁片《狮神决战》 陈志伟当舞狮顾问 舞狮非‘歹仔’ 形象潮流化. Zaobao (in Chinese). 5 August 2013.
  5. Yap, Desmond (3 June 2013). "Jack Neo's upcoming CNY film". Yahoo! News.
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