Thursday March 8, 2007
A first for kungfu flick
By MICHAEL CHEANG
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Chin: He will finalise the location and the set-up, as well as plan the movie’s action sequences. |
Set in pre-Merdeka Perak, when gang wars were common among rival tin mining colonies, the film is directed by C.L. Hor (The Third Generation) and stars former world wushu champion Ho Robin with three other national wushu exponents including Michael Chin, Kuan Fei and Shawn Lee; and world champion taichi exponent David Bao from China.
Chin, who began working as a stuntman at the age of 16, is a former member of Hong Kong stunt and kungfu maestro Sammo Hung's team, and used to stand-in as a stunt double for international action superstar Jackie Chan.
He has previously acted in movies like Full Throttle, My Kung Fu Sweetheart as well as Chan’s Thunderbolt and Drunken Master II.
As an action choreographer, Chin has garnered nominations in the best action
choreography categories at the 2005 Golden Horse and the Hong Kong Film Awards for his work on the triad drama One Nite in Mongkok.
According to Hor, Chin has already met all the actors and will soon be in Malaysia to finalise the location and the set-up, as well as plan the action sequences.
“We spent half a year researching and scouting for the right choreographer, and we are happy to get Chin on board,” he said.
Filming of Kinta 1881 is set to begin next month, with November as the tentative release date.
It is the first film to be made under the newly-formed film production company Absolutely Black, a collaboration between Hor’s Blackbox Pictures and event management company CMG Absolute.
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