A movie to look forward this summer 2010, is a mixture of sci-fi, romance, drama, action and adventure film which story revolves around a group of circus performers who in their treasure-hunting trip in a mountainous area in Malaysia, have accidentally released and inhaled some kind of toxic biochemical fumes left by the Japanese during World War II. Said accident caused the circus performers to undergo different stages of mutation, giving them supernatural powers but eventually transformed them into beast-like creatures.
Aaron Kwok portrays one of the clowns infected with the toxic fumes and is the superhero of the movie. His love interest is Shu Qi who plays as a current events reporter covering the mutation case. Other stars in the movie includes Ngai Sing who changed drastically after mutation and will turn against Aaron Kwok; Wu Jing cameos as a special agent who goes after the mutants while Zhang Jing Chu is a mutant hunter specialist in the movie. Zhang Bao Wen and Tie Nan will also play as two of the mutants.
The movie speaks about courage to oppose even your friends from doing misdeeds for the goodwill of the city and of mankind. The director wishes to impart the movie’s theme that no matter how a person physically transformed, it is one’s true nature that will stand out in the end. That no one should blame Heaven for any misfortune and that life is not all about pain and sacrifices, that no matter how we become we should always do our best.
The filming inauguration was held last June 24, on a sound stage in Yuen Long, Hongkong. Director Benny Chan said that he had long wanted to do this kind of film, a superhero movie with kung fu combined with special effects. The film’s production started this July and is estimated to exceed the film’s budget due to the amount of special effects. The special effects are said to be stunning as those found in the film “X-men Origins: Wolverine”.
