The Lion Men

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 and Chen Tianwen. The main plot revolves around three lion dance troupes pitting themselves against one another.

Not to be confused with The Lion Man or The Lion King.
This article is about the second part of the film. For the third part, see The Lion Men: Ultimate Showdown.

The Lion Men
狮神决战
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJack Neo
Written byJack Neo
Produced byThum
StarringTosh Zhang
Wang Weiliang
Eva Cheng
Noah Yap
Charlie Goh
Maxi Lim
Chen Tianwen
CinematographyArdy Lam
Edited byYim Mun Chong
Music byMo Ju Li
Production
companies
J Team Productions
mm2 Entertainment
Distributed byShaw Organisation
Release date
  • 30 January 2014 (2014-01-30)
Running time
130 minutes
CountrySingapore
LanguagesMandarin
Hokkien
English
Box officeUS$1,668,380[1]

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

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]

References
  1. "2014 Singapore Yearly Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDB. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  2. Tan, Jeanette (5 August 2013). "'Ah Boys' stars to return in Jack Neo's new blockbuster 'The Lion Men'". Yahoo! News.
  3. Yap, Desmond (3 June 2013). "Jack Neo's upcoming CNY film". Yahoo! News.
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