![]() Shen’s mission is coordinated by Police Superintendent Thomas Pendrew, and progress made by Shen is reported to his handler, Raymond Mak. The main storyline features two sub-plots: Shen’s balance between completing his police mission whilst committing crimes to prove himself to the Triads, and missions assigned by a Triad lieutenant, including assassination of Triad members loyal to other lieutenants. The game reveals the story of Wei Shen, a former San Francisco police officer who was transferred to the Hong Kong Police Force and assigned the task to infiltrate and destroy a Triad organization known as the Sun On Yee. Sleeping Dogs is set in a contemporary Hong Kong, which is split into four districts named after regions of the city. The full synopsis courtesy of IMDb reads: So, if it’s going to happen, hopefully, it will happen the first half of next year,” Yen said on his interview at Collider.īased on the popular video game, Yen is set to star as Wei Shen who is an undercover cop tasked with bringing down a powerful Triad gang in Hong Kong. And they tell me every single day it’s going to happen, so we’ll see. I’m co-producing and collaborating with Neil Moritz and Toby, with their company, and currently talking with a couple of big platforms. ![]() I mean, every day they tell me it’s going to happen. In the interview, Yen talks about the current state of the project and that it’s still on the table…for now. The most interesting aspect of this interview however is that Yen addresses the long in development video game adaptation Sleeping Dogs which sounds fantastic but unfortunately has been shelved for certain reasons. Yen has been hard at work promoting the movie and has been chatting with a majority of the big sites over here and the latest comes from Collider. Yen is seeing success once again with the release of Raging Fire snd even though this particular film is from Asia, it’s transcending over here as well. The story, with its 'man alone' anti-authority themes, presented a distinctly local take on the zeitgeist.There’s no question Donnie Yen is one of the biggest stars in action and in the last few years, he’s finally brought his level of success overseas in the west. Politically, the 1970s were a time of fear and uncertainty there was an oil crisis and inflation was rampant. It was released widely and was well attended (in contrast to the few films that had previously been made here, which struggled to find audiences). Neill was 30 at the time, and in his first major screen role his charisma is palpable Donaldson's assured direction, particularly of the action pieces, would set him on his way to a long career helming studio films in Hollywood.ĭonaldson made this film (based on CK Stead's novel Smith’s Dream) at a time when New Zealanders, beginning to shrug off the cultural cringe, were hungry to see images of themselves on the big screen. It was also the first New Zealand film released in the United States (a feat rarely repeated), and it launched the international careers of director Roger Donaldson and lead actor Sam Neill. ![]() “ Sleeping Dogs heralded the new wave of New Zealand feature films in the late 1970s, and was a key factor in the establishment of the New Zealand Film Commission.
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