The Lion Men

130 minutesCountrySingaporeLanguagesMandarin
Hokkien
EnglishBox officeUS$1,668,380^[1]

The Lion Men (Chinese: 狮神决战) is a Singapore action comedy film directed by Jack Neo and starring Tosh Zhang, Wang Weiliang, Eva Cheng, Noah Yap, Charlie Goh, Maxi Lim, Rao Zi Jie, Bunz Bao and Chen Tianwen. The main plot revolves around three lion dance troupes pitting themselves against one another.

Plot

Shi Shen (Tosh Zhang) is the top performer in the Tiger Crane Lion Dance Association, but feels restricted by Master He's (Chen Tianwen) traditional mindset. He decides to take a group of disciples and forms his own lion dance troupe known as Storm Riders, which fuses hip hop and rock with lion dance movements.

A major Lion Dance Competition is coming up and Mikey (Wang Weiliang) is groomed to be Shi Shen's successor. However, he has a huge fear of heights! The situation worsens when both Shi Shen and Mikey fall for Master He's daughter named He Xiao Yu (Eva Cheng).

Cast

• Tosh Zhang^[2] as Shi Shen/Supreme
• Wang Weiliang^[2] as Mikey
• Eva Cheng as He Xiao Yu, Master He's daughter
• Noah Yap^[2] as Zhang Bu Da
• Charlie Goh^[2] as Ah Qiang
• Maxi Lim as Babyface
• Chen Tianwen^[2] as Master He
• Zhang Xinxiang as the Director of Flying Clouds Lion Dance Academy, later became Master of Storm Riders

• Bunz Bao as Xiao Wang

Zi

• Celyn Liew as Bing
• Rao Zi Jie as Tommy
• Jasper Lai as Sam

Production

Development of this film was first announced in June 2013 as an untitled project hailed as the "breakthrough action movie" of director Jack Neo.^[3] In August 2013, the film's title was revealed during its opening ceremony, with Neo adding that he had been thinking of such a film premise for "quite some time ago". The budget of the film is estimated to be around $4 million. To prepare for the film, the stars had to undergo real life lion dancing training sessions.^[2]

Release

The film was released on 30 January 2014, during the Chinese New Year's Eve.^[2]

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