DragonBlade: The Legend of Lang

DragonBlade: The Legend of Lang is the first - feature film from and directed by Antony szeto. It was produced by ''"DCDC"'' and ''"China Film"'' company, and is also considered the first 3D rendered martial arts film.

Background

The reigning all-China champions gathered together in Shandong where the director and animators flew to learn more about the diversity of martial arts for the film. Although DragonBlade was completely made in Hong Kong the film was originally animated and lip-synced to English first. This is because it is technically easier to dub from English to Cantonese than the other way around. The transportation service promoted the movie with a Dragonblade octopus card. Since this movie is the first 3D-CG film fully rendered in Hong Kong, the card is now a rare collectible item.

Story

A town is attacked by a deadly creature, it can only be stopped with the Dragon Blade. The one person who knows where the blade is won't tell Lang, and even if he did, untold peril will fall on anyone who dares to find this legendary weapon.

Characters

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| Ying Ying || Karen Mok
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| Hung Lang || Daniel Wu, Stephen Fung
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| Bali-Ba || Sandra Ng
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| Master Wu || Sui-man Chim
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| Lord Ko || Doug Baker
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| Short Youngster || Sam Bobertz
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| Mr. Hung and Guardian Spirit || Stephen Bolton
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| Sifu || Simon Broad
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Awards

* Won the 2nd annual Hong Kong Digital Entertainment Excellence Award

Production notes

* Scriptwriter Trevor Morris is the brother of actress Karen Mok.
* The idea of using "outtakes" during the end credits was used by the director as a homage to Jackie Chan films.