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Iceman (2014)

Iceman (2014), directed by Law Wing-Cheong, starring Donnie Yen and Huang Shengyi.

04/17/2014 BR Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy and Science Fiction 1h 44m

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Synopsis

An imperial guard and his three traitorous childhood friends ordered to hunt him down get accidentally buried and kept frozen in time. 400 years later, they are defrosted continuing the battle they left behind.

  • Kenny TseCinematography
  • 馮遠文Cinematography
  • Law Wing-CheongDirector
  • David M. RichardsonEditing

Iceman: Coleção

The franchise in release order. 2 films.

About the film

Iceman is a 2014 3D martial arts action-comedy film directed by Law Wing-cheung and starring Donnie Yen, who also serves as the film's action director. A Hong Kong-Chinese co-production, the film is a remake of the 1989 film The Iceman Cometh which was directed by Clarence Fok and starred Yuen Biao. The film was released in Hong Kong and China on April 25, 2014.

A sequel titled Iceman: The Time Traveler was released in 2018.

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Iceman is a 2014 3D martial arts action-comedy film directed by Law Wing-cheung and starring Donnie Yen, who also serves as the film's action director. A Hong Kong-Chinese co-production, the film is a remake of the 1989 film The Iceman Cometh which was directed by Clarence Fok and starred Yuen Biao. The film was released in Hong Kong and China on April 25, 2014.

A sequel titled Iceman: The Time Traveler was released in 2018.

Plot

A Ming Dynasty officer, He Ying, was tasked with bringing a mythical time traveling device from India with a LINGA back to the Ming emperor. He was betrayed, and subsequently frozen. He Ying, Sao and Niehu were frozen during a fight. They were discovered and put in cryo-stasis pods and transferred to modern-day Hong Kong. During transit, an accident sets them free. The three escape into the city. Niehu and Sao are set on exacting revenge on He Ying, despite not understanding the world they are in. He Ying soon befriends May, who takes advantage of his confusion about the modern world by charging him exorbitant amount of money for rent, food, and so on. Niehu and Sao unknowingly help two Indian mobsters escape the police, and as a result join the Indian mob.

It is revealed that Cheung is looking for the trio, in particular He Ying. Through various flashbacks, it is revealed that all four were blood brothers who fought side by side, before He Ying was betrayed and charged with treason. After several encounters in the modern world including meeting May's mother, fleeing custody of the police (using his master martial arts skills), and the use of technology, He Ying starts to figure out who is ultimately hunting down Cheung.

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Production

Filming for Iceman began on December 19, 2012 in Hong Kong. Originally produced at a budget of HK$100 million, the production soared up to Hong Kong $200 million due to its slow-paced filming and to cover the film crew's insurance. Because the Hong Kong government did not approve the film to shoot at the Tsing Ma Bridge, an addition of Hong Kong $50 million was spent in order to build an imitation set of the Tsing Ma Bridge. Lead actor and action director Donnie Yen said that a seven-minute fight scene took ten days to shoot. Besides Hong Kong, a chunk of the film would also be filmed in Beijing. For a car chase scene, actor Julian Cheung also loaned his black Lamborghini to the production.

Filming locations include Hong Kong's defunct Kai Tak Airport and the Changbai Mountains.

Music

Jam Hsiao was handpicked by Donnie Yen for the Mandarin theme song. The Cantonese version was performed by Hong Kong singer and actor Julian Cheung.

Reception

The Hollywood Reporter writes "Plagued by all manner of production snafus and a ballooning budget, the problems show in the final product. Iceman is a fractured and often baffling martial 'epic' that not even popular star Donnie Yen is likely to be able to save." Screendaily writes the film is "beset by multiple problems, from a patchy incoherent script, to jarring shifts in tone and genre, and sub-par action and effects sequences that even the star presence of Donnie Yen may find hard to reconcile." Donnie Yen's performance won him the Golden Broom Award for Worst Actor.

See also

Donnie Yen filmography

References

External links

Iceman at IMDb

Text from Iceman (2014 film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceman_(2014_film)

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What is Iceman about?

Iceman: An imperial guard and his three traitorous childhood friends ordered to hunt him down get accidentally buried and kept frozen in time. 400 years later, they are defrosted continuing the battle they left behind.

Who directed Iceman?

Iceman was directed by Law Wing-Cheong in 2014.

Who stars in Iceman?

The cast of Iceman includes Donnie Yen, Huang Shengyi, Wang Baoqiang, Simon Yam and Yu Kang.

How long is Iceman?

Iceman runs for 104 minutes, or 1h44.

How much did Iceman cost and how much did it make?

Iceman had a budget of US$ 25,477,000 and took US$ 26,033,917 at the box office — 1.0 times its cost.

What is the correct order of the Iceman: Coleção films?

The Iceman: Coleção franchise has 2 films in the catalogue. In release order: Iceman: A Roda do Tempo; Iceman 2: O Viajante do Tempo.

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