Famous Hong Kong actor and stunt artist, Chan Kong-sang, popularly
known as Jackie Chan will visit Nigeria on September 4, 2015. Jackie
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
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,
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 and indeed 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.”
Credit: VanguardNgr
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