Jackie Chan’s ＂Raging Sandstorm＂ is on, teaming up with the world wrestling champion to conquer the desert

1905 movie network news　In terms of "hard work", it is difficult for the Chinese film industry to compare with Jackie Chan. This is not the case. During the Shanghai International Film Festival, Jackie Chan announced that he was going to make a new film again. On June 19, the film "Raging Sandstorm" held a press conference in Shanghai to officially announce the launch. On the same day, Jackie Chan appeared with director Scott Wolf and actor John Cena and introduced the origin of the whole project to everyone.

"Raging Sandstorm" tells the story of a veteran special forces soldier Luo Feng (sound) who met a foreign mercenary in the Middle East desert during a mission. The two men became allies after gradually getting to know each other and fought together for their beliefs. Jackie Chan revealed that the story was based on the real experience of an entrepreneur friend of his. After listening to it, he found an editor to re-adapt it. The whole creative process took two years and was not finalized until a month ago.

In the process of filming and other films in the past, Jackie Chan has entered the desert area many times to shoot. He admits that this environment is very difficult to shoot movies. Sand will limit the use of the shooting site, and people in extremely dry environments will also suffer from severe water shortage. However, the most terrifying thing in the desert is to encounter heavy rain. On the day of the press conference, it rained heavily in Shanghai. Jackie Chan "silently made a wish". After entering the desert, it must not rain, otherwise it will be bad to be trapped in the desert.

The rival actor who worked with Jackie Chan this time also has "real kung fu": John Cena, WWE World Wrestling Champion. Even Jackie Chan, the kung fu superstar, can’t help but tease himself: "I’m thinking about how to beat him reasonably every day now. I probably need to punch and run, or I’ll be finished if I get locked up by him." And John himself is not weak, thinking that he can definitely compete with Jackie Chan.

In addition to the script, characters and "kung fu", another reason for the collaboration between the two is the "Chinese complex" of John and the director Scott. John himself is a Chinese fan and his Chinese level is not bad. In order to give him a "big slap", Jackie Chan decided to teach the wrestling master to sing "Men’s Self-improvement" on the spot. John sang quite hard, but unfortunately the treble part was a little difficult, Jackie Chan said with a smile: "Let’s be your WWE champion!" Although the director Scott is not good at Chinese, he has also developed his own understanding of Chinese culture after more than three months of preparing projects in China: "I love hot pot so much!"

On the same day, "Raging Sandstorm" was officially launched, and the future crew will complete filming in the Middle East desert.