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Kung Fu Jungle

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Kung Fu Jungle (2014)

100 min - Crime, Action, Thriller - 31 October 2014
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A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.

Director:  Teddy Chan
Writers:  Mak Tin-Shu

Storyline

A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.


Collections: Teddy Chan

Tagline: Kung Fu is a Skill for Killing

Genres: Crime, Action, Thriller

Details

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Country:   Hong Kong China
Language:  Cantonese, 普通话
Release Date:  31 October 2014

Box Office

Budget:  $25,000,000

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 40 min

A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident.

But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.

Kung Fu Jungle movie trailer

Kung Fu Jungle by Teddy Chan

Kung Fu Jungle, also known as Kung Fu Killer and Last of the Best, is a 2014 Hong Kong-Chinese action thriller film directed by Teddy Chan and starring Donnie Yen, Wang Baoqiang, Charlie Yeung and Michelle Bai. The film premiered at the 58th BFI London Film Festival on 12 October 2014 and was later released theatrically on 30 October 2014 in Hong Kong and 31 October 2014 in China.

It is being released as Kung Fu Killer in the United Kingdom and United States. Being a critical success, it was nominated for numerous Hong Kong Film awards. On 19 April 2015, Kung Fu Jungle won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography, representing the 4th time Donnie Yen has won this coveted award.

Plot

Hahou Mo, a martial arts expert and police self-defense instructor (Donnie Yen) is incarcerated for involuntary manslaughter during a fight with an opponent. Three years later, a vicious killer (Wang Baoqiang) emerges and starts killing retired martial arts masters that Hahou knows. With his own personal agenda, Hahou reveals he knows the killer’s next intended victims and offers to aid Inspector Luk Yuen-Sum (Charlie Young) in capturing the killer with his martial arts skills and knowledge in exchange for his freedom. [wikipedia]