When we last heard from the Stephen Chow-produced, Stephen Fung-directed Jump a long while back, the hop-hop dance flick was delayed for reshoots due to its male lead Edison Chen getting involved in the much-publicized sex scandal. Since then, Edison's role has been replaced by Leon Jay Williams who will be join alongside with the female lead Kitty Zhang Yuqi as she strut her stuff on the dance floor. Now that the casting issue has been resolved and filming has been completed, the promotion is starting to kick into full gear across China with the first look at the trailer. Here's the synopsis:
JUMP is a film about courage and passion. Full of humor and exciting dance sequences the film features a young village girl from a sheltered background named Phoenix who loves dancing. Brought up by her father, a Kung Fu Master, after the death of her mother, Phoenix has been trained in martial arts but her real dream is to be a dancer. When Phoenix is offered the chance to work in a big city, she jumps at it, and leaves her father and hometown for Shanghai. While working in a garment factory by day, Phoenix still retains her dream of one day dancing on stage. She takes a part time job at night at a local dance school in order to secretly learn the techniques. Seen as an unsophisticated country girl in the big city, Phoenix puts up with a lot of teasing but she perseveres.Columbia Pictures will release the dance flick on December 3rd. You'll find the trailer and photo gallery below.
When Phoenix meets Ron, a rich and handsome playboy, and the owner of the dance school, Ron recognizes her talent and passion for dance and offers Phoenix a chance to study for free. She is also invited to join the dance competition that the school is participating in. Despite his reputation, Phoenix becomes romantically involved with Ron, but right before the competition; she has second thoughts about him, and makes a decision that may change her future forever. Only her father can make her realize what her next step must be...
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a dance film that looks worth seeing, amazing. it sure looks spectacularly well made.
Dear God, I believe I just got served.
Looks alright for this sort of thing. Screen Gems could get a couple of solid if unspectacular weekends out of it if they wanted to.
Great, another Kung Fu Hip Hop...Does Afrika Bambaataa approve?
Afrika Bambaataa would approve. Kung Fu Theater on WPIX-11 and the constant stream of martial arts films playing on NYC's 42nd Street played a crucial role in the development of hip-hop culture, particularly hip-hop dance styles. On the D****n D*****y commentary for 36th CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN, the RZA points out specific moves performed by Gordon Liu in that film that found their way into Kid 'N Play's dance routines. Also, it's not a one way street. For example: MISMATCHED COUPLES.
This might have been an inappropriately respectful reply to a less-than-sincere, somewhat loaded question... but I'll give the benefit of the doubt for the time being.
Of course he would. Bam has always stressed the multicultural aspects of hip hop culture, and rightly so. Just me being silly, that's all.