[BT] Champions - 奪標 [DVD RETAIL] [Released January 22, 2009]

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Popular actor-singer Dicky Cheung makes a long awaited return to the big screen with Champions, an action drama set in 1930s China. Directed by Tsui Siu Ming (49 Days), the film depicts a group of athletes whose dream is to participate in the Olympic Games. Co-starring with Cheung are entertainment TV host Patricia Wong, former kid kung-fu star Xie Miao (My Father is a Hero), Debbie Goh (Nothing is Impossible), and martial arts star Yu Rong Guang (Iron Monkey). Ostensibly a teamwork-driven patriotic drama, the film nevertheless features frequent and terrifically staged martial arts sequences, which are handled with aplomb by Dicky Cheung, Xie Miao and Yu Rong Guang. Champions is loosely based on the story of China's first participation in the Olympics, where they put on a martial arts demonstration that stunned the world.

China, 1936. Fung (Dicky Cheung) and Shue Po (Xie Miao) are friends who share one dream: to participate in a martial arts demonstration at the upcoming Berlin Olympic Games. There is government support, but it's only half of what they need to attend the Games. Determined, the athletes attempt to earn the rest through fund raising, but there are numerous obstacles. Local triads conspire to hurt their chances, and a rival martial arts school is intent on sending their students to the Games instead. They challenge Fung's master, Cheung Chi Kong (Yu Rong Guang), but the arranged tourney forces Fung and Shue Po to face off against each other in a winner-takes-all elimination match. Meanwhile, Fung's beloved, talented long distance runner Ngan Ling (Patricia Wong) also desires to compete in the Games. But, in a tragic twist, she discovers that she has a spinal condition - one that could prove fatal if she continues to pursue her dream.

Synopsis:

In 1936, China made its very first mark in the Olympic Games by enlisting a representative of 69 members and 11 martial arts performers to participate in the Berlin Olympic Games. The martial art performance, though not a competitive event, stunned audience and created a kung-fu frenzy in Europe. Yet little do we know the person who made this all happen.
A self-proclaimed descendant of the Tai Chi master, the wisecracking Fung possesses remarkable martial art skill but never puts it to good use, until he meets Ling, who happens to be a record-breaking runner. In order to win over her heart, Fung determines to enroll at the Olympic team. He must fight his way up from multitudinous martial art experts from different clans with uncanny skill. His quest for victory eventually leads him to discover there is more to life than kung-fu.
Thus begins a journey about honor, loyalty, love, and friendship.

Product Title: Champions (DVD)
Artist Name(s): Dicky Cheung Wai-Kin, Xie Miao, Priscilla Wong Chui-Yu, Debbie Goh, Yu Rong-Guang, Xu Xiangdong, Li
Director: Tsui Siu Ming
Release Date: 2009-01-22
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese
Rating: IIB
Publisher: Kam & Ronson Enterprises Co Ltd

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