Famous Hong Kong actor and stunt artist, Chan Kong-sang, popularly known as Jackie Chan
will visit Nigeria on September 4, 2015.
Jackie Chan who is also a film director, producer
and singer will not visit Nigeria in person but as a
leading screen character in Dragon Blade, directed
by Daniel Lee.
Dragon Blade is Chan’s latest work that has been
released theatrically in several countries of the
world. It berths in Nigeria next month, with
FilmOne acquiring the theatrical rights to exhibit it.
Dragon Blade has remained a big hit since it was
released last year.
The movie headlined the 2014 Abuja International Film Festival where it won most of the top awards, including the best foreign film of the Fidelis Duker-led festival Critics who have seen the movie say the cinematographic splendor, sprawling battle scenes, unconvoluted story, memorable thrilling scenes, mind-blowing stunts with pints of comic relief synonymous with the legend makes Dragon Blade a movie worth seeing.
Set in the year 48 BC, HuoAn (Jackie Chan) serves
as the captain of the Protection Squad Silk Road. A
Roman General named Lucius (John Cusack) flees
to the East with his legion and Publius (Jozef
Waite), heir of the ruling Roman Consul, to escape
from the corrupt Emperor Tiberius (Adrien Brody),
who plans to kill Publius and usurp the throne.
They meet HuoAn at a frontier fort on the Silk
Road, where they receive sanctuary. Tiberius and
his army, who have pursued Lucius along the Silk
Road, approach the fort with intention of killing
Publius and ambitions of capturing and controlling
the Silk Road. HuoAn decides to help Lucius and
goes to his allies to recruit an army to fight
against Tiberius.
HuoAn arrives with reinforcements, and an epic battle like never seen before begins.
According to the Chief Operating Officer of Filmone, Moses Babatope, also starring in the movie are other leading actors such as John Cusak (Golden Globe Winner), Adrien Brody (Academy Award Winner), Choi Si Won and Xiao Yang.
Pointing that the film distribution company is
pleased to be the distributor of the thrilling movie
by the veteran actor Jackie Chan, Babatope said:
“Certainly, he is a household name in Nigeria andindeed Africa, having achieved great things in his career. Now at 60, when people think he should be slowing down, the contrary is the case, as he has proven once more that that age has nothing to do with reaching your set goals.
We are proud to be associated with this film and the Jackie Chan brand and we are confident that it will do well at the box office.”
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Jackie Chan to visit Nigeria Sept. 4
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