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By: Coming Soon: Greatest Movie of All Time « Rocksoft

Coming Soon: Greatest Movie of All Time « Rocksoft — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:50:03 +0000

[...] That is just the first few rumored cast members. [...]

By: steven the git

steven the git — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:20:51 +0000

Well Chow doesn’t know any martial arts, if he fakes it well.

Andy Lau and Tony Leung are brilliant actors in my view. I’d hate to see them try out Hollywood because I can’t see them being taken seriously as proper actors.

Like you say, they’d probably end up being cast as kung fu masters or something.

By: Ken J

Ken J — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:14:01 +0000

You know, what about an Asian star in an action movie that does NOT do martial arts? I mean, is that really how Americans see Asians? Either they know martial arts or they are nothing? One can’t grow up, join the military, be a real bad ass with firearms like Rambo??

By: steven the git

steven the git — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:21:29 +0000

Can’t we have Donnie and Jet?

I thought their fight in Hero was the best of them all.
Also loved Donnie in Seven Swords.

By: SK47

SK47 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:20:05 +0000

I just thought, instead of 50, Sly why not cast in Michael Jai White!?!
You got a great actor who keeps himself in good shape and if most do not know him from Undisputed 2, then they do know him from TDK!
Sly, please, there is still time to make a change!

By: Ken J

Ken J — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:56:45 +0000

Oh, but I agree with you on the accent thing, Donnie Yen is a Hong Kong star, so he’s pretty westernized compared to a lot of other Asian stars. Jet Li was a product of communist China.

By: SK47

SK47 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:55:50 +0000

I agree, there was not that much fighting in that film, which is weird considering it has Donnie Yen.
Dragon Tiger Gate, over-the-top film but at least the fighting was good!

By: Ken J

Ken J — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:52:45 +0000

Ah, I knew someone was going to bring that up. I didn’t like Flashpoint, but it had nothing to do with Donnie Yen. He was alright, the movie was just dumb in my opinion. WAAAY to overdramatic, and the ending was just so cheesey, they tried WAY too hard for some really dramatic tragic ending. It was so corny, lol. And not enough fighting! The fighting was good though, but there really was very few of them…

By: SK47

SK47 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:44:25 +0000

Yes! Or even Flashpoint! I agree that Donnie Yen is better than Li, and he can speak better English too!
(Thats not a diss, just a fact concerning Li’s accent to Yen’s)

By: Ken J

Ken J — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:41:48 +0000

After seeing Ip Man I would rather see Donnie Yen in place of Jet Li, lol. Nothing against Jet Li, but watch Ip Man and you’ll understand. And to see a completely different side of Yen, watch Mismatched Couples, pretty hilarious stuff, lol.

By: SK47

SK47 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:20:09 +0000

Ugh, I don’t like Fiddy being in there either, I would rather have Carl Weathers, BBA-Bring Back Apollo!
However, I can see why Stallone put Fiddy in here. When it is time to plug this film, he can market it to venues that it normally would not be. And, Fiddy does have some knowledge in how to put his name out. His website & myspace are pretty good in doing that.
I’m sure Stallone knows what he is doing.

By: Joshua Saval

Joshua Saval — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:41:05 +0000

So is it true that 50 Cent will now be replacing Forest Whitaker in this movie? C’mon….

By: steven the git

steven the git — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:40:47 +0000

I got to wait a year!!!!

I need a stasis pod to go in and set the date for April 2010.

By: Stan-Lee

Stan-Lee — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:10:14 +0000

I am very sad that Whitaker had to be recast. I can only hope that his replacement is just a rumor.

By: hud

hud — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:08:10 +0000

i love it when sly writes his own movies they almost always turn out great (rambos n rockys)

By: Heath McKnight

Heath McKnight — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:42:51 +0000

I’m glad it’s coming out in April and NOT January like Rambo did. The movie wouldn’t survive, even with this cast and concept!

heath

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:45:04 +0000

Since the start for summer films has been the first weekend in May in recent years,
I dont think this date is so bad .
and after all,
The next Fast and the Furious sequel comes out on on April 3rd!
So, April is slowly becoming a Power Movie month.

By: SK47

SK47 — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:09:20 +0000

They should do the Bansky-like graphic used for Rambo with a group shot of these guys, that would look awesome!!!

By: EnglishGavz

EnglishGavz — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:37:59 +0000

Love the movie poster you got their.

By: Andy S

Andy S — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:30:21 +0000

This is one of my most anticipated films for next year!! I wonder if it’s going to surpass the kill ratio in Rambo??