Iceman (2014 film)

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Iceman
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China poster
Directed by Law Wing-cheung
Produced by Huang Jianxin
Stephen Shiu
Stephen Shiu Jr.
Donnie Yen
Written by Mark Wu
Lam Fung
Shum Shek-yin
Starring Donnie Yen
Wang Baoqiang
Huang Shengyi
Simon Yam
Yu Kang
Lam Suet
Production
company
China 3D Digital Entertainment
Release dates
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  • April 25, 2014 (2014-04-25)
Running time
 104 minutes (Hong Kong)
91 minutes (China)
Country Hong Kong
China
Language Cantonese
Mandarin[1]
Hindi
English
Japanese
Budget HK$250 million (US$32,244,750)[2]
Box office US$26,027,923[3][4]

Iceman, formerly known as The Iceman Cometh, is a 2014 Hong Kong-Chinese[5] 3D martial arts action-comedy film directed by Law Wing-cheung and starring Donnie Yen, who also serves as the film's action director. The film is a remake of the 1989 film The Iceman Cometh which was directed by Clarence Fok and starred Yuen Biao, who was earlier reported to join the film.[6] Donnie Yen hand-picked Jam Hsiao for his unique voice and deep emotions to sing the Mandarin theme song.[7] The Cantonese version is sung by Hong Kong singer and actor Julian Cheung. The film was released in Hong Kong and China on April 25, 2014.[8]

The sequel is slated for release in 2016.

Plot

A Ming Dynasty officer, He Ying (Donnie Yen), was tasked with bringing a mythical time traveling device back to the Ming emperor. He was betrayed, and subsequently frozen. He Ying, Sao(Wang Baoqiang) and Niehu were frozen during a fight. They were discovered and put in cryo-statis pods and transferred to modern-day Hong Kong. During transit, an accident sets them free. The three escape into the city. Niehu and Sao are set on exacting revenge on He Ying, despite not understanding the world they are in. He Ying soon befriends May (Huang Shengyi), who takes advantage of He's confusion about the modern world by charging him exorbitant amount of money for rent, food, and so on. Niehu and Sao unknowingly helps two Indian mobsters escape the police, and as a result join the Indian mob.

It is revealed that Cheung (Simon Yam) is looking for the trio, in particular He Ying. Through various flashbacks, it is revealed that all four were blood brothers who fought side by side, before He Ying was betrayed and charged with treason. After several encounters in the modern world including meeting May's mother, fleeing custody of the police (using his master martial arts skills), and the use of technology, He Ying starts to figure out who is ultimately hunting down Cheung.

Cast

Production

Filming for Iceman began on December 19, 2012 in Hong Kong.[10] Originally produced at a budget of HK$100 million, the production soared up to HK$200 million due to its slow paced filming and to cover the film crew’s insurance.[11] Because the Hong Kong government did not approve the film to shoot at the Tsing Ma Bridge, an addition of HK$50 million was spent in order to build an imitation set of the Tsing Ma Bridge.[2][12] Lead actor and action director Donnie Yen said that a seven-minute fight scene took ten days to shoot. Besides Hong Kong, a chunk of the film would also be filmed in Beijing.[13] For a car chase scene, actor Julian Cheung also loaned his black Lamborghini to the production.[14]

Filming locations include Hong Kong's defunct Kai Tak Airport[2] and the Changbai Mountains.[15][16]

Reception

The Hollywood Reporter writes "Plagued by all manner of production snafus and a ballooning budget, the problems show in the final product. Iceman is a fractured and often baffling martial “epic” that not even popular star Donnie Yen is likely to be able to save."[17] Screendaily writes the film is "beset by multiple problems, from a patchy incoherent script, to jarring shifts in tone and genre, and sub-par action and effects sequences that even the star presence of Donnie Yen may find hard to reconcile."[9] Donnie Yen's performance won him the Golden Broom Award for Worst Actor.[18]

See also

References

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