A Battle of Wits (Pan-asian epic film with Andy Lau)

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 03 Oct 2006, 01:55

Title: A Battle of Wits
Country: Hong-Kong (sort of)
Director: Jacob Cheung
Actors: Andy Lau, Ahn Sung-Ki (Musa / Nowhere to Hide), Fan Bing-Bing (Chinese Tall Story / Twins Effect 2)
Composer: Kenji Kawai (yuck :x )
Choregrapher: Tung Wai
Release Date: November (Hong-Kong)

Hey. Isn't that Nicky Wu ? (The Lovers)

Damn. Ahn Sung-Ki and Andy Lau face to face. Kinda like a asian film fan's dream come true.

Streaming trailer:
mms://nv.sina.com.cn/ent/2006/10/08508483.wmv

MegaUpload mirror:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YJ29HFCY

Rapidshare mirror:
http://rapidshare.de/files/36014761/BattleWits.rar.html

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 03 Oct 2006, 05:06

hey,

believe there was a teaser of some sorts floating around but never saw it. Have been following this though and hope Jacob Cheung can make something akin to his own when dealing with this epic. Otherwise a director of smaller flicks (Cageman, Beyond The Sunset etc).

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 03 Oct 2006, 09:06

Hmm.. Interesting.
Tom whats wrong with Kenji Kawai?

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 03 Oct 2006, 11:23

Whoa! I stopped following news on that one day as it always seemed to get postponed further and further. Great to see they have started/finished shooting.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 03 Oct 2006, 14:20

@Grim:
Kawai writes one or two good scores (Ghost in the Shell / Seven Swords), then re-uses them forever (Running Wild / Dragon Tiger Gate).

It seems the guy has no imagination lately.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 03 Oct 2006, 14:29

Thanks. I havent seen RW or DTG, I loved the Seven Swords music though, really cool

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 08 Oct 2006, 22:44

Trailer uploaded. See first post.

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 08 Oct 2006, 23:27

I thought Kawai's score for Antarctic Journal was outstanding...even though he re-used a distinct piece from Ghost in the Shell.
It worked perfectly for the scene.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 08 Oct 2006, 23:34

After seeing the trailer I want to watch it even more. Thanks, Tom!

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 09 Oct 2006, 15:37

Kawai's scores for Oshii films are excellent.

dragonhero005 · Post by **dragonhero005** » 12 Oct 2006, 06:55

The movie is set for a November release...

Here are some nice posters:

More can be found on monkeypeaches.com.

Looks very promising!

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 12 Oct 2006, 15:23

Thanks, but that's called "leeching".
You should use BnB's "suck it" feature.