The Lion Men

The Lion Men; 狮神决战
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jack Neo
Produced by	Jack Neo; Melvin Ang
Written by	Jack Neo
Starring	Tosh Zhang; Wang Weiliang; Eva Cheng; Noah Yap; Charlie Goh; Maxi Lim; Chen Tianwen
Music by	Mo Ju Li
Cinematography	Ardy Lam
Edited by	Yim Mun Chong
Production; company	J Team Productions; mm2 Entertainment
Distributed by	Shaw Organisation
Release date	30 January 2014;
Running time	130 minutes
Country	Singapore; Malaysia[1]
Language	English; Mandarin; Hokkien
Box office	US$1,668,380[2]

The Lion Men (Chinese: 狮神决战) is a Singapore action film directed by Jack Neo and starring Tosh Zhang, Wang Weiliang, Eva Cheng, Noah Yap, Charlie Goh, Maxi Lim and Chen Tianwen. The main plot revolves around two lion dance groups pitting themselves against each other.

Cast

Tosh Zhang[3] as Shishen/Supreme
Wang Weiliang [3] as Mikey
Eva Cheng as Xiao Yu
Noah Yap[3] as Zhang Bu Da
Charlie Goh [3] as Ah Qiang
Maxi Lim as Babyface
Chen Tianwen[3] as Master He

Plot

Shi Shen (Tosh Zhang) is the top performer in the Tiger Crane Lion Dance Association, but feels restricted by Master He's (Chen Tianwen) traditional mindset. He decides to take a group of disciples and forms his own lion dance troupe, which fuses hip hop and rock with lion dance movements.

A major Lion Dance Competition is coming up and Mikey (Wang Weiliang) is groomed to be Shi Shen's successor. However, he has a huge fear of heights! The situation worsens when both Shi Shen and Mikey fall for Master He's daughter (Eva Cheng).

Production

Development of The Lion Men was first announced in June 2013 as an untitled project hailed as the "breakthrough action movie" of director Jack Neo.[4] In August 2013, the film's title was revealed during its opening ceremony, with Neo adding that he had been thinking of such a film premise for "quite some time ago". The budget of the film is estimated to be around $4 million. To prepare for the film, the stars had to undergo real life lion dancing training sessions.[3]

Release

The Lion Men was released on 30 January 2014, the day before Chinese New Year.[3]

References

Elley, Derek. "Ah Boys to Men". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
"2014 Singapore Yearly Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDB. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
Tan, Jeanette (5 August 2013). "'Ah Boys' stars to return in Jack Neo's new blockbuster 'The Lion Men'". Yahoo! News.
Yap, Desmond (3 June 2013). "Jack Neo's upcoming CNY film". Yahoo! News.

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[FBA_review-1] Elley, Derek. "Ah Boys to Men". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 6 February 2013.

[2] "2014 Singapore Yearly Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDB. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

[Yahoo2-3] Tan, Jeanette (5 August 2013). "'Ah Boys' stars to return in Jack Neo's new blockbuster 'The Lion Men'". Yahoo! News.

[Yahoo1-4] Yap, Desmond (3 June 2013). "Jack Neo's upcoming CNY film". Yahoo! News.