I can’t remember exactly when it was the last time I saw a full row of cameras on a set for any movie for a “bullet-time” shot, but apparently this technique is still popular enough to use. Director Roy Chow became keen to this on the set of his upcoming new movie, Rise Of The Legend, starring leading man Eddie Peng in the title role of Wong Fei-Hung, and while some will sure have their opinions about wire-work – a technique used for decades in Asian cinema and stagework, its use here does have some technological appeal.
Besides, the last thing I think anyone would want is to see Peng try to do a “No Shadow Kick” of any kind without wires. Not gonna happen, and if “bullet time” can successfully deliver the desired affect of any of these fight scenes directed by Corey Yuen Kwai and his team, then who are we to complain, right?
Check out the featurette below, and while there are others floating around ahead of the film’s upcoming release starting at the tail end of next week and you happen to be in the area, feel free to share your review on our Facebook page
