» Jackie Chan To Visit Nigeria September 4 «

Famous Hong Kong actor and stunt artist, Chan
Kong-sang, popularly known as Jackie Chan will
visit Nigeria on September 4, 2015.
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Jackie Chan who is also a film director, producer
and singer will not visit Nigeria in person but as a
leading screen character in Dragon Blade, directed
by Daniel Lee.
Dragon Blade is Chan’s latest work that has been
released theatrically in several countries of the
world. It berths in Nigeria next month, with
FilmOne acquiring the theatrical rights to exhibit it.
Dragon Blade has remained a big hit since it was
released last year. The movie headlined the 2014
Abuja International Film Festival where it won
most of the top awards, including the best
foreign film of the Fidelis Duker-led festival Critics
who have seen the movie say the
cinematographic splendor, sprawling battle
scenes, unconvoluted story, memorable thrilling
scenes, mind-blowing stunts with pints of comic
relief synonymous with the legend makes
Dragon Blade a movie worth seeing.
Set in the year 48 BC, HuoAn (Jackie Chan) serves
as the captain of the Protection Squad Silk Road.
A Roman General named Lucius (John Cusack)
flees to the East with his legion and Publius (Jozef
Waite), heir of the ruling Roman Consul, to
escape from the corrupt Emperor Tiberius
(Adrien Brody), who plans to kill Publius and
usurp the throne. They meet HuoAn at a frontier
fort on the Silk Road, where they receive
sanctuary. Tiberius and his army, who have
pursued Lucius along the Silk Road, approach the
fort with intention of killing Publius and ambitions
of capturing and controlling the Silk Road. HuoAn
decides to help Lucius and goes to his allies to
recruit an army to fight against Tiberius. HuoAn
arrives with reinforcements, and an epic battle like
never seen before begins.
According to the Chief Operating Officer of
Filmone, Moses Babatope, also starring in the
movie are other leading actors such as John
Cusak (Golden Globe Winner), Adrien Brody
(Academy Award Winner), Choi Si Won and Xiao
Yang.
Pointing that the film distribution company is
pleased to be the distributor of the thrilling movie
by the veteran actor Jackie Chan, Babatope said:
“Certainly, he is a household name in Nigeria and
indeed Africa, having achieved great things in his
career. Now at 60, when people think he should
be slowing down, the contrary is the case, as he
has proven once more that that age has nothing
to do with reaching your set goals. We are proud
to be associated with this film and the Jackie Chan
brand and we are confident that it will do well at
the box office.”