When I first started covering director Tony Tang’s 2011 romantic sports flick “Beach Spike”, I thought the premise was unbearably hokey, akin to those sleazy direct-to-video “National Lampoon’s” movies that seem to worm their way to surface every year or so. However, as my interest grew, I began to suspect that “Beach Spike” was more a teen-oriented actioner than something intentionally geared towards those who spend too much time festering in their soiled underwear during daylight hours. Imagine my complete and utter surprise when the movie turned out to be something genuinely enjoyable from start to finish. Yes, it features an abundance of scantily-clad women, and, yes, the film spends too much time rumbling around with romance than it does volleyball, but that’s precisely why it’s a hell of a lot of fun. The story is something straight out of 80′s American cinema: When the residents of...
- 9/14/2011
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
[Our thanks to The Night Crew co-host Thom Carnell for conducting the following interview.]Back in May James Marsh commented negatively about the then titled film Shadowguard (aka The Blood Bond: Shadowguard aka The Blood Bond) here at Twitch in a post regarding the domestic release of the trailer for Bey Logan's latest film, Beach Spike prompting a response from writer/director/actor Michael Biehn. In his note, Beihn said, "To call the movie referenced above my directorial debut is a farce. The role of Director includes several aspects of movie making which I had no part in. I was not involved in the casting, (nor did I write the script), I was not involved with editing, sound mixing, colorization, music, Adr, or any other aspect of...
- 7/12/2011
- Screen Anarchy
For those of you who thought that “Beach Spike” doesn’t have a solid story, just take a look at that lengthy synopsis posted below. Man, that thing is long! How can a motion picture without a plot have such a long, complicated plot summary? That’s insane! All kidding aside, you can now properly investigate the latest trailer for this upcoming martial arts/beach volley epic by turning your attention to the embedded trailer below. Who knows? It may make your day much brighter. Then again, it may completely destroy your faith in Chinese cinema. Either way, it’s gonna be lots of fun. Before doing that, take a look at this synopsis: Hong Kong’s Paradise Cove is like Venice Beach on the South China Sea, a haven of tanned bikini-clad Asian babes, bronzed bodybuilder types, artists, surfers, musicians, beach bums? Chrissie (Chrissie Chau) and Kim (Theresa Fu...
- 6/23/2011
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
And I’m sure there’s a touching story about overcoming obstacles and obtaining personal goals buried in there somewhere, but who cares? Tony Tang’s upcoming Hong Kong volleyball outing “Beach Spike” feels like something that would play extremely well to the MTV crowd here in the States, particularly those who enjoy watching lithe Chinese girls play in the sand. Then again, who doesn’t enjoy watching lithe Chinese girls play in the sand? If you said no, you’re probably lying. Chances are you’ll come around once you take a gander at the embedded English-subtitled trailer. Trust me on this one. To whet your appetite, read this synopsis: Hong Kong’s Paradise Cove is like Venice Beach on the South China Sea, a haven of tanned bikini-clad Asian babes, bronzed bodybuilder types, artists, surfers, musicians, beach bums? Chrissie (Chrissie Chau) and Kim (Theresa Fu) are two of Paradise’s sunniest spirits,...
- 5/20/2011
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
The pipeline is bursting with them – the potential blockbuster co-productions with their eyes on the Chinese box office that is nowadays counted in hundreds of millions of yuan.
Emperor Motion Picture's 200 million yuan-costing December 2010 release Shaolin, starring Andy Lau and Jackie Chan, Media Asia's biopic Bruce Lee My Brother, due for end of this month, Peter Chan's Us$20 million directorial outing Wu Xia, featuring Donnie Yen and Takeshi Kaneshiro in the leads (for late 2011), or the 400-million-yuan 3D fantasy The Monkey King and the remake of A Chinese Odyssey, Filmko and Stephen Chow's different takes on the Chinese literary classic Journey to the West, These are among some of the eyeball-drawing upcoming titles that serves as examples of what is now called "Greater China films."
However, in Hong Kong, new investors are surfacing and trying to capitalize on the atmosphere of diversity in the local marketplace, bringing with...
Emperor Motion Picture's 200 million yuan-costing December 2010 release Shaolin, starring Andy Lau and Jackie Chan, Media Asia's biopic Bruce Lee My Brother, due for end of this month, Peter Chan's Us$20 million directorial outing Wu Xia, featuring Donnie Yen and Takeshi Kaneshiro in the leads (for late 2011), or the 400-million-yuan 3D fantasy The Monkey King and the remake of A Chinese Odyssey, Filmko and Stephen Chow's different takes on the Chinese literary classic Journey to the West, These are among some of the eyeball-drawing upcoming titles that serves as examples of what is now called "Greater China films."
However, in Hong Kong, new investors are surfacing and trying to capitalize on the atmosphere of diversity in the local marketplace, bringing with...
- 11/4/2010
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If you find the idea of attractive Asian women playing supercharged, kung fu powered volleyball while wearing bikinis appealing then producer Bey Logan has just the right movie for you. It's called Beach Spike! it stars Hong Kong pinup girl Chrissie Chau, and it's in post production right now. Here's the story, because story is clearly what matters here:
Hong Kong's Paradise Cove is like Venice Beach on the South China Sea, a haven of tanned bikini-clad Asian babes, bronzed bodybuilder types, artists, surfers, musicians, beach bums? Chrissie (Chrissie Chau) and Kim (Theresa Fu) are two of Paradise's sunniest spirits, working at the restaurant of their kung fu master uncle Tao (Lo Man) and taking on all comers in lively beach volleyball matches. One day, a shadow falls on this apparently endless summer: The wealthy Bu Family plans to turn the beach into a playground for the rich, banishing the young,...
Hong Kong's Paradise Cove is like Venice Beach on the South China Sea, a haven of tanned bikini-clad Asian babes, bronzed bodybuilder types, artists, surfers, musicians, beach bums? Chrissie (Chrissie Chau) and Kim (Theresa Fu) are two of Paradise's sunniest spirits, working at the restaurant of their kung fu master uncle Tao (Lo Man) and taking on all comers in lively beach volleyball matches. One day, a shadow falls on this apparently endless summer: The wealthy Bu Family plans to turn the beach into a playground for the rich, banishing the young,...
- 10/25/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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