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'''''Gallants''''' (''Da lui toi'' 打擂台) is a 2010 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by [[Derek Kwok]] and |
'''''Gallants''''' (''Da lui toi'' 打擂台) is a 2010 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by [[Derek Kwok]] and Crispy and stars Caleb Chan, [[Chen Kuan-tai]] and [[Teddy]]. The film is set in modern times but is in the style of Hong Kong action comedy films from the 1960s and 1970s. The film premiered at the Hong Kong Film Festival on March 26, 2010. The film has received favorable reviews on its festival shows in North America. |
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| Directed by | Derek Kwok Clement Cheng |
| Written by | Derek Kwok Clement Cheng Frankie Tam |
| Produced by | Gordon Lam |
| Starring | Leung Siu-lung Chen Kuan-tai Teddy Robin Wong You-nam JJ Jia MC Jin |
| Cinematography | O Sing-pui |
| Edited by | Hui Wai-kit |
| Music by | Teddy Robin Tommy Wai |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Template:Film Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
Gallants (Da lui toi 打擂台) is a 2010 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Derek Kwok and Crispy and stars Caleb Chan, Chen Kuan-tai and Teddy. The film is set in modern times but is in the style of Hong Kong action comedy films from the 1960s and 1970s. The film premiered at the Hong Kong Film Festival on March 26, 2010. The film has received favorable reviews on its festival shows in North America.
Plot
In modern day Hong Kong, Leung King-cheung (Wong You-nam) received a job from his real estate company to handle a dispute in a village in the New Territories. Leung arrives and meets with two old martial artists, Tiger (Leung Siu-lung) and Dragon (Chen Kuan-tai) who are being bullied by the young Chung Sang-mang (MC Jin) and his crew. Chung wants Dragon and Tiger to sell their lease on a teahouse which was used as a training dojo by their comatose master Law San (Teddy Robin). When Law suddenly wakes up from his 30 year coma, and is determined to restart his school by taking on Chung and his master Pong Ching (Michael Chan).
Production
Gallants is the directoral debut of Clement Cheng and the third film for his friend director Derek Kwok.[1] Gallants was originally conceived as being about a group of people who were in a music group in the 1960s and 1970s. One members gets a stroke and begins to realize he has not done anything in his life. Feeling that he may die soon, his last wish was to go back to his youth, find all his friends and do one final show. On finding it difficult to sell the story about musicians, the writers changed the theme of the plot to being about kung fu masters instead. For the cast, Cheng and Kwok felt that they could not get the actors Chen Kuan-tai and Bruce Leung, they would not make the film. Gallants was shot in 18 days.[1]
Release
Gallants had its premiere at the Hong Kong International Film Festival on March 26, 2010. It was released in China and Hong Kong on June 4, 2010.[2] Gallants had its North American premiere at the New York Asian Film Festival on July 6, 2010.[3] In Hong Kong, Gallants was the third highest grossing film on its opening weekend. It grossed a total of $585,848 on its theatrical run.[4]
Reception
Variety praised the actors in Gallants, noting the charisma of Bruce Leung and Chen Kuan-tai while saying that Teddy Robin "steals the show".[5] Film Business Asia gave Gallants a 6 out of 10 rating, calling it a "Likable but over-loose tribute to Hong Kong martial arts films of the '60s and '70s."[2] The Independent Film Channel gave the film a positive review, noting "This could have been an exercise in cheap nostalgia, and it's not. Taken entirely on its own, it's a wholly entertaining and touching movie about friendship and growing old."[6] The Montreal Gazette gave the film three and a half stars, praising the comedic skills of Bruce Leung and Chen Kuan-tai, stating that Gallant "has plenty of successful gags, if a few that seem a bit too suited for Nickelodeon at prime-time."[7] Now magazine gave the film a four out of five rating, calling it a "very entertaining salute to old legends" comparing the film to Kung Fu Hustle.[8] Gallants won the awards for best film and best actor (Teddy Robin) at the 17th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards.[9][10]
Notes
- ^ a b Ambroisine, Fred (June 3, 2010). "Interviews: Clement Cheng: The 'Gallants' Interview (Part 1)". Twitch Film. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
- ^ a b Elley, Derek (May 15, 2010). "Gallants (打擂台)". Film Business Asia. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
- ^ "Gallants (Hong Kong, 2010)". Subway Cinema. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
- ^ "Da Lui Toi (Gallants)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
- ^ Scheib, Ronnie (July 27, 2010). "Gallants". Variety. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
- ^ Singer, Matt (July 5, 2010). ""Gallants," a geriatric kung fu comedy". Independent Film Channel. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
- ^ Kratina, Al (July 10, 2010). "Fantasia 2010: Review of Gallants". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
- ^ "Gallants". Now. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
- ^ "Seventeenth session of the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards". Hong Kong Film Society (in Chinese). January 10, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ^ Frater, Patrick (January 10, 2011). "Gallants charms HK critics". Film Business Asia. Retrieved January 11, 2011.