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NYAFF XIX Review: CHASING DREAM Is A Spry Redemption Tale Full Of Budding Romance And Bloody Knuckles

Love, music and brutal pound-for-pound action go hand-in-hand in Johnnie To‘s latest romantic action drama, Chasing Dream. The casting of Jacky Heung and Keru Wang brings a festive entry into a tale layered with action and sprinkles of romance and interwoven drama, as we meet Tiger, an MMA legend in the making, and Cuckoo, a ringside cheerleader. After a failed attempt to escape the arena, both characters stumble upon each other in a chance meeting that finds the elusive Cuckoo caught in the clutches of Tiger’s manager, gangster and loanshark Gao Qiang (Bin Zi). Tiger, who is in Gao’s camp, decides to put Cuckoo to work in order to help pay off her debts, and it soon turns into an opportunity for reprisal when Cuckoo she spots her ex-boyfriend-cum-music superstar Qu Fengfeng (Ma Xiachui) in a commercial launching the next talent search for a hit program called The Perfect Diva. […]

CHASING DREAM: Don’t Miss The First Teaser For Johnnie To’s New Thriller

Lee B. Golden III

It’s interesting that I’m just off of Takashi Miike’s First Love and now the re-emergence of director Johnnie To (Don’t Go Breaking My Heart films, Mad Detective, Three) is back and bringing some of those same True Romance feels with his latest film, Chasing Dream. Actor Jacky Heung makes his latest lead outing having come a long way since his acting debut in Jet Li’s inspired martial arts biopic, Fearless. He joins actress Keru Wang from multi-award winning period drama, Youth, for the story of a MMA champion hopeful and an aspiring singer who share the common goal of helping each other out of their respective debts. The official teaser arrived online this week (hat tip to Subway Cinema via First Showing) ahead of its November 8 release. Three years since Johnnie To directed cop thriller Three, while it might have been awesome to see him circulate a bit at […]