The "Sha Po Lang" aka "SPL" thread

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 29 Jul 2005, 14:41

I'm surprised that nobody has created a topic about this flick yet.

Title: Sha Po Lang (SPL).
Director: Wilson Yip.
Actors: Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung, Simon Yam, Jackie Wu Jing.
Music: Chan Kwong-Wing.
Genre: Infernal Affairs-like with Kung-Fu.

AFAIK: This movie is not related to Sammo's latest movie "Dragon Squad".

Trailer (shockwave format (you open it with Internet Explorer)):
http://rapidshare.de/files/3461148/Sha_Po_Lang.swf.html

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 29 Jul 2005, 14:51

Sorry for spamming:

SPL will feature an amazing climactic fight between
Sammo Hung (left) and Donnie Yen (right):

-The style of filmmaking in SPL is close to Bullets over Summer.
-SPL is Hong-Kong's answer to Ong-Bak (according to Donnie).
-tentative release date: December 2005 in HK.

memetic · Post by **memetic** » 29 Jul 2005, 15:14

I quite liked this film. It was darker than I thought it'd be but had some great fights in it. Despite all the press centred on Sammo and Donnie, Simon Yam is the main character in it and does a good job (Donnie doesn't even appear in it for about first half hour). It is similar in style to "Bullets Over Summer" particularly blurring the line between the good guys and the bad guys.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 29 Jul 2005, 15:18

Where did you see it ?
At the Cannes film festival ?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 29 Jul 2005, 18:26

Direct link to that trailer:

http://dl4.rapidshare.de/files/3461148/ ... o_Lang.swf

Tom2681 wrote:Sammo Hung (left) and Donnie Yen (right):

What really? No shit and there was me thinking Donnie isn't looking to well

Tom2681 wrote:-The style of filmmaking in SPL is close to Bullets over Summer.

Which means what?

Tom2681 wrote:-SPL is Hong-Kong's answer to Ong-Bak (according to Donnie).

Jeez HK filmmakers are clearly getting worried.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 29 Jul 2005, 20:29

-The style of filmmaking in SPL is close to Bullets over Summer
-Which means what?

It's hard to define. I guess you could say it's Ringo Lam-like (close to the -on fire films) as opposed to the more stylish and clean look of Infernal Affairs.

Thanks for the direct DL link, BTW.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 29 Jul 2005, 23:30

Tom2681 wrote:It's hard to define. I guess you could say it's Ringo Lam-like (close to the -on fire films) as opposed to the more stylish and clean look of Infernal Affairs.

So rough around the edges? Less polished? Which can be good.

Tom2681 wrote:Thanks for the direct DL link, BTW.

It's a pity it doesn't work (doh), they must have a leeching filter applied.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 30 Jul 2005, 09:44

I'm quite looking forward to this film. I've not seen Donnie Yen in a movie for a while.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 30 Jul 2005, 19:37

Never heard of this one yet

wont watch that trailer as I dont do IE ever. and the link Bradavon gave doesnt do anything.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 31 Jul 2005, 04:26

romerojpg wrote:wont watch that trailer as I dont do IE ever. .

IE=in example or Internet Explorer?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 31 Jul 2005, 08:29

I think he means Internet Explorer.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 31 Jul 2005, 09:14

@Romero:

When I said "you open it with Internet Explorer", I meant "you open the file with your Internet browser.

I'm sure that Netscape or Opera have no problem playing shockwave files.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 31 Jul 2005, 11:09

LOL Romero you're so funny. Of course it works in the likes of Firefox.

Besides I doubt you never use IE not all sites work in Firefox properly.

romerojpg wrote:and the link Bradavon gave doesnt do anything.

Keep up that's what I said earlier. You need to use Tom's link.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 31 Jul 2005, 16:56

Tons didnt work either I tried it

I never will and never have used IE yet there is no use to ever if you want to keep safe.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 31 Jul 2005, 17:06

I'll see if I can convert it to a more user-friendly format.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 31 Jul 2005, 17:18

I just get a screen saying join the place to use the downloading function, I see nowhere to click to download the actual clip

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 31 Jul 2005, 17:31

Scroll-down -> Choose download type -> Free.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 31 Jul 2005, 19:05

I've made an AVI file out of it.
It's low-quality but it looks better than the SWF trailer when played in fullscreen:

http://rapidshare.de/files/3525205/SPL.avi.html

Video: XVid 1500kbits 640x360 20mb.
Audio: MP3 44Khz 192kbits.

Enjoy.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 31 Jul 2005, 19:27

Nice one Tom. Can't you find decent free webspace though?

romerojpg wrote:Tons didnt work either I tried it

Who's Tons?

Ah well it worked for me. You need to follow the instructions.

romerojpg wrote: I never will and never have used IE yet there is no use to ever if you want to keep safe.

I say again Romero what do you think the AOL front end runs over?

(Internet Explorer). Trust me you use it everytime you open AOL.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 31 Jul 2005, 19:29

Who's Tons?

Hi ! My name is Ton (I guess

).

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 31 Jul 2005, 19:30

Maybe he meant Tron

memetic · Post by **memetic** » 02 Aug 2005, 06:27

Tom2681 wrote:Where did you see it ?
At the Cannes film festival ?

I saw it a few months ago on a screener.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 23 Aug 2005, 17:41

Second trailer for SPL is online:

http://rapidshare.de/files/4265151/splt ... .rmvb.html

7mb RealMedia file.

(if some of you are allergic to RealMedia, maybe I can convert it to AVI).

Enjoy !

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 23 Aug 2005, 17:44

There's been a slight problem with the upload.

If the above link doesn't work for you, try this one instead:

http://rapidshare.de/files/4291275/Trailer2.rar.html

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 23 Aug 2005, 19:05

Will be interesting to see how it turns out.