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Bleeding Steel is a 2017 Chinese science fiction cyberpunk action film directed and written by Leo Zhang and stars Jackie Chan. It was released in China on 22 December 2017. In the U.S, Lionsgate Premiere released the film in theaters and on VOD on 6 July 2018.[4][5]

While racing to the hospital to see his daughter Xixi, who has leukemia and whose condition has become critical, Hong Kong Special Agent Lin Dong is informed by his colleague Xiao Su that Dr. James, an important witness, is in danger. Lin stops right outside the hospital, hesitates, and drives off to meet up with Xiao Su and their unit.

Before the unit arrives, Dr. James injects himself with a chemical substance and brings along a mechanical heart with him. As the unit escorts him away, they are ambushed by a squad of men in exotic black armor and high-tech weaponry led by a monstrous-looking man named Andre, who kills off most of the unit and severely injures Lin Dong and Xiao Su. Before Andre can capture Dr. James, Lin Dong pins him against an oil tank using his car. When Andre survives the car’s impact, Lin shoots the oil tank, causing a huge explosion. As he lies gravely injured, Lin receives a phone call that Dr. James answers: Xixi has died at the hospital. However both Lin Dong and Andre are later shown to have survived, although Andre’s injuries have him turned into a cyborg.

13 years later in Sydney, Australia, author Rick Rogers has recently released a book titled Bleeding Steel about a US Marine implanted with a mechanical heart. A young man named Li Sen, disguised as a female prostitute, pays a visit to Rogers at his hotel, drugs him, and downloads information about the book from his computer. A black-clad woman storms the building and tortures Rogers to reveal the source of his inspiration for the book. While Li Sen hides in the suite’s bathtub, the Woman in Black is attacked by Lin Dong, who has also come to find out the same answer. Rogers is killed by the Woman in Black, and the arrival of the police forces everyone to retreat.

The Woman in Black returns to a high-tech airship that serves as Andre’s headquarters and briefs him about the failed operation. He identifies Lin Dong and Li Sen from CCTV footage and sends the Woman after the latter, but Li Sen has already fled. Acting upon the data he had taken from Rogers, Li Sen tracks down Nancy, a young woman who is plagued by nightmares about a laboratory where strange experiments were conducted. In order to deal with them, she has been visiting a spiritualist, who in turn told Rogers about the dreams. She is tracked down by the Woman in Black, but is rescued and taken to safety by Lin Dong and Li Sen’s combined efforts.

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Nancy is revealed to be Xixi, resurrected by Dr. James, who had been working on the genetic enhancement of human beings, and specifically regeneration, to create immortal bioroid soldiers. James fitted Xixi with the mechanical heart and infused her with the chemical substance he had injected himself with, a biogenetic blood substitute, which gave her regenerative abilities. However, Xixi’s temporary death had left her with amnesia, and she was put into an orphanage for her own safety, while Lin Dong and his old unit secretly watched over her. Her nightmares stem from James’ memories which imprinted themselves on the blood substitute he had injected himself with, and his blood was afterwards used in her resurrection. Andre, a former special forces soldier, was another test subject who infiltrated the project in the service of a prominent Korean arms dealer who wanted to steal James’ research and use it for profit. However, the procedure failed on Andre, leaving his cells to slowly consume him from within, and in revenge he killed the arms dealer and his family. James himself died soon after his operation on Xixi, making her the sole successful subject of his achievements.

Lin Dong takes Xixi and Li Sen to his house, where he locks the young man in his advanced security vault and pays a visit to the spiritualist, who he finds murdered. Xixi runs away to take a flight back to James’ abandoned home, where she recovers both her old memories of her father and a bank vault key hidden by James. Following her, Lin Dong reunites with Xiao Su, but before he can reach Xixi, she is kidnapped by the Woman in Black and is brought to Andre’s airship and imprisoned in his laboratory. Rejoined by Li Sen, who had managed to free himself, they proceed to the bank vault, where the Woman in Black has been captured by Xiao Su while trying to retrieve the vault’s contents: a video camera. Examining the contents of the camera’s tape, which details Andre’s botched bioroid conversion, Lin and Xiao Su surmise that Andre is dying and he needs Xixi’s blood to bestow the regenerative effect upon himself to survive.

Onboard Andre’s airship, Andre proceeds to extract Xixi’s blood and inject it into himself to restore his body. Lin Dong, Xiao Su, and Li Sen infiltrate the craft and try to break Xixi out but are thwarted by an impenetrable security screen. The trio battle Andre’s henchmen, which forces him to join the fight before the transfusion is complete, which gives Xixi sufficient time to fully regenerate and come to her father’s aid. Lin and the others cast Andre into the airship’s reactor core, which overloads and destroys the lab, but Li Sen is caught in an explosion. Xiao Su and Xixi manage to escape the airship by parachute, but Lin Dong is attacked by Andre before he can join them. However, because Andre had accidentally injected Lin Dong with Xixi’s enhanced blood during their earlier encounter, Lin Dong gains enough strength to fight him off and rips Andre’s heart out of his chest. Without a parachute, Lin jumps off the airship before a final explosion destroys the craft, killing Andre, but Xiao Su and Xixi catch him using their own chute’s canopy.

In the aftermath, as Lin Dong, Xixi and Xiao enjoy time together, Lin learns from his colleague that Li Sen was the son of the arms dealer who had sought James’ research, and for years he had planned to take revenge on Andre for the murder of his family. Lin also realizes that Li had been a friend of Nancy/Xixi at the orphanage and had acted out of genuine affection for her. In Norway, Li Sen is shown to have survived and is now offering the tape with James’ research to the most interested buyer.

In June 2016, it was announced that Village Roadshow Pictures Asia and Heyi Pictures would co-produce and co-finance the sci-fi thriller film, Bleeding Steel, starring Jackie Chan, the film would be directed by Leo Zhang from his own script.[6] On 27 July, more cast was announced which included Tess Haubrich, Callan Mulvey, Nana Ou-Yang, Erica Xia-Hou, and Show Lo.[7]

Principal photography on the film began on 20 July 2016, in Sydney, Australia.[8][9][10] Filming also took place in Taipei and Beijing.

Bleeding Steel was first released in Australia by Perfect Village Entertainment on 15 December 2017 before being released in China by United Entertainment Partners (UEP) a week later, on 22 December. The film was released in the Philippines by Viva International Pictures and MVP Entertainment on 21 February 2018.[11] In the United States, the film was first released by UEP with English subtitles in December 2017.[12] It was later released with an English dub by Lionsgate Premiere on 6 July 2018 in both theaters and video on demand.[13]

Bleeding Steel, though not officially part of the Police Story series, was released under the title ポリス・ストーリー REBORN (lit. Police Story Reborn) in Japan,[14] and used an updated version of the Police Story title song sung by Jackie Chan in the end credits.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 22% based on 9 reviews, with an average rating of 3.8/10.[15] The South China Morning Post compared Bleeding Steel to previous films starring Jackie Chan, stating “with this one he hits a new low in terms of the nonsensical garbage he is willing to put his name to.”[16] The review specifically noted the lack of “action, humour or logic” and that the film was “Packed with risible English dialogue and even worse performances, the film feels like a lazy, contemptuous cash grab from start to finish”[16]Variety declared the film a “corny cyberpunk pastiche” that would appeal “exclusively to kids.”[2]

Ouyang Nana (Chinese: 歐陽娜娜; pinyin: Ōuyáng Nànà; born 15 June 2000) is a Taiwanese-Chinese musician and actress, known for her musical talent, coming of age romance film Secret Fruit, and the cyberpunk action film Bleeding Steel.

Inspired by cellist Mei-Ying Liao, Ouyang Nana started playing the guitar at the age of four, piano at the age of five and cello at the age of six. She won first place in cello and guitar and second place in piano at the Wenhua Taiwan Cup Music Competition in Taiwan.[1] She started attending the music program at Dunhua Elementary School (敦化國民小學) in 2008 and graduated from the school in 2012 with top honors.

In 2010, she was admitted to study cello at the Affiliated Junior High School of National Taiwan Normal University. The same year, she became the principal cellist of the Century Youth Orchestra.[2] In 2011, she took first place in the Grand Taiwan National Music Competition in both the cello and string quartet categories and first place in the National Music Competition of Taiwan. She has also participated in the National Cello Institute Summer Festival in the U.S. and 2011 Salut Summer Festival in Taitung.[1]

In 2012, Ouyang became the youngest cellist to give a solo recital debut in Concert Hall of Taiwan.[3] The same year, she won the First Award at the Taiwan School Year 100 National Music Competition and was accepted to the junior high music program at National Taiwan Normal University.

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In 2013, Ouyang began attending the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.[4] She then held a series of sold-out concerts in Taiwan and was invited by Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa in Japan to perform in their concert.

Ouyang left the Curtis Institute of Music in 2015.[citation needed] She then signed with Universal Music Group’s Mercury Classics label and released her solo debut album 15, a classical album.[5][6]

In 2016, she released her first single, “Warming Your Winter,” for her first television drama, Yes! Mr. Fashion, produced by Mandopop producer Jim Lee.[7]

In 2017, she released her second album, Cello Loves Disney.[8] In December, she performed at the Oscars of science, where she performed a rendition of “See You Again” alongside American rapper Wiz Khalifa. Ouyang became the first Asian to perform at the event.[3]

Ouyang first attracted attention with her appearance in the 2014 romance film, Beijing Love Story where she played a cellist.[9] She next starred in the sports film To the Fore,[10] where she was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress at the Macau International Film Festival.

In 2016, she began filming for the science fiction film, Bleeding Steel with Jackie Chan.[11] The same year, she made her small-screen debut in the romance comedy drama Yes! Mr. Fashion opposite Chen Xuedong.[12]

In 2017, she was cast as the female lead in the youth film Secret Fruit, based on the novel of the same name by Rao Xueman.[13]

In 2018, she was cast as the female lead in the fantasy adventure drama The Great Ruler opposite Roy Wang.[14]

Ouyang Nana is the daughter of veteran actors Ouyang Long and Fu Juan. She is also the niece of Taiwanese pop singer Ouyang Fei Fei.[15] After she left Curtis, in September 2018, Ouyang resumed her studies at the Berklee College of Music.[16]

On March 21, 2019, Ouyang Nana said that she is proud of “being Chinese” and will never forget her roots after being censored by Beijing Television. This caused controversy due to the sensitive
situation regarding China-Taiwan relations. It is said that it may be due to her dad’s political stance. She said on Instagram and China’s Twitter-like Weibo that “I am proud of being Chinese.” She wrote in a statement: “As an overseas student, [I] often get asked ‘where do you come from?’ I come from China. This is my answer.”[17] She said:” I have a good relationship with both of my parental and maternal grandparents since I was young. I grew up hearing Sichuan dialect, and they said that people should not forget about their roots wherever they go. I am proud of being Chinese. I will remember that my hometown is Ji’an Jiangxi. I will never forget how touched I was when I saw my name on the old Genealogy.” [18] Her studio also stated that Ms Ouyang Nana has reached 18 and has her own independent thought and mind.

Nana’s statement on Weibo, on which she has more than 14 million followers, received a round of applause from her fans in mainland China. The same post, however, sparked debate on Instagram among users from Taiwan and Mainland China, who argued whether Nana is Chinese or Taiwanese.
[19] Her Facebook page sparked anger of some Taiwanese netizens, asking her to ‘get out of Taiwan’ and ‘give up Taiwanese ID, passport and Medicare’.[20]

On March 22, 2019, Ouyang Nana’s dad responded to the media saying “from my [cultural and] political background, I support the One-China Policy and 1992 Consensus“, and he felt sad for his daughter being mistreated “simply by saying the status quo”, and also Democratic Progressive Party should take responsibility for Cross-Strait relations.[21]

On March 23, 2019, Ouyang Nana accepted the interview by China Film Insider. She said: “No matter whether I am from Hong Kong, or Taiwan, or Beijing, or elsewhere [in China], I think I am a Chinese after all. I think the statement I wrote is all my genuine thought inside my heart. I hope that I can contribute my little bit to gather everyone together, as an international student [in the US] or a Chinese born after 2000. I hope everyone can bravely express his/her opinion. We should endeavour to unite together and make our country proud of ourselves.”[citation needed]

Show Lo (simplified Chinese: 罗志祥; traditional Chinese: 羅志祥; pinyin: Luó Zhìxiáng; born July 30, 1979) is a Taiwanese singer, actor and host. He is commonly known by his nickname Xiao Zhu (Little Pig) (Chinese: 小猪).[1] Lo is recognized for his trademark dance music and comedic talent. He has over 50 million followers on Chinese micro-blogging platform Weibo as of June 2018.[2]

Show Lo debuted as a member of Taiwanese boy group in 1996 after winning a singing and dancing competition, and began his solo music career in 2003 when he released his first studio album Show Time. His successive albums were commercially successful; he achieved best-selling album of the year in Taiwan for four consecutive years from 2010 to 2013. He holds many records in the Taiwanese music industry, including being the first pop singer to hold a concert in Taipei Arena in 2005, and the first pop singer to hold three concerts within twenty-four hours in Taipei Arena in 2010.[3] As of May 2018, he has gone on four world tours. His 2010 舞法舞天 (Dance without Limits) World Tour ran for two-and-a-half years, visiting forty-two cities and attracting 600,000 spectators.[4] Lo is fluent in Japanese and released his first Japanese single EP Dante in 2012. The song clinched 5th place in Japan’s Oricon daily charts on its first day of release and remained at 10th place in the Oricon weekly charts, making him the first Taiwanese male singer to place on the chart.[5]

Besides his singing career, Show Lo is a successful television host and entertainer. He has been hosting 100% Entertainment since 2001.[6] In 2017, he won the Best Host for a Variety Show Award in the 52nd Golden Bell Awards for 100% Entertainment, with co-host Linda Chien.[7] He is also recognized as a member of the cast for the popular Chinese reality show, Go Fighting!, and as a judge on China’s Produce 101 and Street Dance of China.[8]

Show Lo was nominated thrice for Best Male Actor in the Golden Bell Awards. In 2013, Lo was handpicked by director Stephen Chow to play the guest role of Prince Important in the movie Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, which broke Chinese box office records.[9] Chow cast Lo again in a supporting role, Octopus, in his 2016 movie The Mermaid, likening his comedic talent onscreen to a formidable explosive.[10] The movie once again broke existing Chinese box office records.[11]

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In 2006, Show Lo created fashion brand STAGE which currently has branches in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore.[12] STAGE sponsors clothing for many Taiwanese entertainers, and the brand is often seen on Taiwanese variety shows.

Show Lo was born in Keelung City, Taiwan. His father is Taiwanese and his mother is a Taiwanese Aborigine of the Amis people. He is an only child, and his parents held multiple odd jobs to support the family when he was growing up. They primarily put up entertainment shows for grassroots events such as weddings, in which his father hosted and his mother sang. Show participated in these entertainment shows as a child, playing the drums onstage when he was just three.

Show is nicknamed Xiao Zhu (Little Pig) because he was really chubby when he was young, weighing over 100 kilograms.[13] He was bullied by his classmates for his weight, which made him determined to slim down. During the summer break of his first year in middle school, Show swam and played basketball everyday, shedding weight and reaching 80 kilograms within two months.

Show picked up street dance when he was in middle school and was a member of a street dance group, participating in many dancing competitions in Taiwan. He auditioned successfully for Taipei Hwa Kang Arts School, but was only enrolled there for one school term as his family was unable to afford the school fees. He returned to Keelung and enrolled in Pei De high school’s media production course.

In 1996, Show entered and won a singing and dancing competition, impersonating Aaron Kwok. He debuted as member of boy group Four Heavenly Kings with three other contestants who impersonated the other Hong Kong Four Heavenly Kings. The boy group disbanded in 1998 as two members left for compulsory military service, which Show was exempted from because he has Gluteal Fibrotic Contracture.[14] He also suffers from Mitral insufficiency and hence cannot consume food containing caffeine.[15] That same year, he formed a new boy group Romeo with Ou Di. They released two albums, but the group soon disbanded too.

From 2000 to 2002, Show’s singing career was stalled by a lawsuit with his former management company. He was forced to transit from a teen idol to a variety show entertainer, performing gags on variety shows. His transition into hosting comedy game shows was successful, and he earned the “Triple Crown” title for hosting the three most popular variety shows at one point in time. The sudden cancellation of these variety shows left him jobless for three months, which he refers to as the bleakest moment in his career. During this time period, he also played the male leading role in the idol drama Hi Working Girl, co-starring with Jolin Tsai. The two formed a lasting friendship from this collaboration.

In 2003, Show signed with Avex Taiwan and launched his solo career with the release of his first album Show Time, selling over 80,000 copies.

His second album, Expert Show, was released in 2004. The leading dance track “機器娃娃” (Robot Doll), is a hip hop number about the prevalence of electronic pets and on-line relationships. He collaborated with his co-host Xiao S on the duet “Love Expert” (恋爱达人).

Show released his third album Hypnosis Show in 2005. He collaborated with Jolin Tsai for the first lead dance track “Destined Guy” (真命天子).

The year after, he released his fourth album SPESHOW on November 17, 2006. The lead track, “Dance Gate” (精舞门) is a cover of “James Dean (I Wanna Know)” by Daniel Bedingfield. The Music Video features Show Lo’s iconic 椅子舞 (chair dance) and him showing off his versatility, performing various dance styles. For the album, he sang a full length English song for the first time, “Twinkle”, with Japanese singer Koda Kumi.

Show released his fifth album Show Your Dance on November 16, 2007; he sang the duet “Defeat in Love” (败给你) with Elva Hsiao.

In 2011, Show signed with Pony Canyon Japan. His first Japanese single “Dante” was released on February 15, 2012. This song made it to the 5th place in Japan’s Oricon daily chart during its first day of release, and hit 10th place in the Oricon weekly chart.[16] This record made Show the first Taiwanese male singer to be on the Oricon chart after Teresa Teng.

On June 20, 2012, his second Japanese single “Magic” was released.

His Japanese studio album “THE SHOW” was released on September 19, 2012. However, the planned trip to Japan to promote his album was not eventuated due to political uproar over the Senkaku Islands between Japan, Taiwan and China.

In 2008 Show joined forces with Gold Typhoon (Taiwan) and released his sixth album Trendy Man.

On September 19, 2009, Show represented Taiwan and performed at the 6th Asia Song Festival, held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in South Korea.

The seventh album, Rashomon, was released in 2010, which held the number one spot on G-music, and the album sold 150,000 copies.

Show released his eighth studio album, Only for You, on February 18, 2011, which the album sold more than 150,000 copies.

Show’s ninth album, 9ood Show was released on April 6, 2012. For this album, Show and his partner Rainie Yang teamed up with Tourism Australia to film a short romance film featuring tourist attractions in Melbourne, Tasmania, and Sydney.

In November 2012, Show announced his new world tour “Over The Limit”, starting from January 2013 at Taipei Arena.

In August 2013 Show had joined Sony Music along with Elva Hsiao. He went on a Japanese Tour with partner Rainie Yang to make up for the cancelled tour in 2011. He also released the tenth album Lion Roar, which became the fourth consecutive album to reach over 150,000 copies. In the album, he wrote Taiwanese lyrics for the love song “You Are Mine”, which is his first Taiwanese hip-hop song. In his words, the song is about the kind of love that never ends and continues beyond this life, written based on his own experience of a love as deep as that of his parents.

In December 2013, Show announced his new encore world tour of “Over The Limit — Dance Soul Returns”, starting from January 2014 in Kaohsiung Arena.

In 2014, Show joined EMI Music Taiwan along with Rainie Yang and A-mei.

In 2015, he joined the famous Chinese variety show Go Fighting! with Zhang Yi Xing, Sun Honglei, Huang Lei, Huang Bo and Wang Xun.

Show Luo’s eleventh album “Reality Show?” was released on November 20, 2015. The title is derived from Show’s personal reflection on his persona, commenting that what he presents has elements of both ‘Reality’ and of putting on a ‘Show’. He co-wrote the music and lyrics for the leading track, “Let Go”, which discusses the issue of cyber-bullying.[17] The music video depicts three subjects representing the demographics most vulnerable to cyber-bullying.

Show also created his artist management company, Creation, signing on Linda Chien, his co-host on 100% Entertainment, re-branding her from a children’s television presenter to a singer.

4th Season airing as of 29/5/2018

Paul Cosentino (born 2 November 1982) known by his stage name Cosentino, is an Australian illusionist and escapologist.

Cosentino was born on 2 November 1982 in Victoria, Australia to an Italian family. When he was a young boy, Cosentino stumbled across a magic book in a library which fascinated him. His mother helped him read it, since as a child, he had learning difficulties that he says magic helped him overcome. As well as this, at age 13, his mother got locked out of the house one day, and to get inside Cosentino had to pick the locks. In lock picking he found a unique skill that he developed and honed. Cosentino also says that he gained confidence through his magic performances.
As a boy growing up and to this day, Cosentino admires Harry Houdini saying, “As a child some children had action figures of Superman….but Houdini, he was my superhero”. He attended Wesley College, Melbourne, during his high school years.[1]

On 17 February 2010 Cosentino, in honour of Harry Houdini’s jump off Queen’s Bridge in Melbourne on the same day in 1910, performed a tribute underwater escape act inside the Melbourne Aquarium. Chained, shackled, handcuffed and secured to a 60 kg concrete block, Cosentino was sunk to the bottom of the main tank in Melbourne Aquarium – approximately four and a half metres deep – and surrounded by various fish, sharks and rays, he had to free himself from his bonds using only a lock pick. Cosentino had hoped to complete the escape in 2 minutes 30 seconds, but due to problems with a padlock and his belly chain, the escape took 3 minutes 39 seconds.

Cosentino made a brief appearance on popular Australian television show Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation, episode aired 22 March 2011, in the game ‘As Quick As’. He is introduced by Shaun first as “a lunatic from Ararat asylum” before the game begins. Contestants had to answer as many questions as possible before Cosentino escaped from a straitjacket.

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Cosentino auditioned in Melbourne for Australia’s Got Talent. He auditioned with an illusion routine and was immediately put through by the judges, earning praise such as “I love the modern twist on it” and “That is like Michael Jackson makes magic.”
In the preliminary finals, Cosentino stunned the judges and Australia with a daring escape act, in which he had to pick 9 locks while completely submerged in a tank of water suspended above the ground. The escape took 1 minute 45 seconds.

For the semi-final Cosentino performed an illusion routine, focused on the art of disappearing and reappearing, interspersed with lively military style dance.

The next round saw Cosentino returned to escapology. The escape involved Cosentino escaping from a straitjacket while suspended from his ankles, six metres above the ground, inside a jaws-like apparatus. These jaws were held open by a single piece of rope that was to be set alight for the act. Cosentino had to escape before the rope burned through and the jaws snapped around his ankle with over 200 kg of force.

On Grand Final night Cosentino took the audience back to the beginning, re-doing his initial audition with additional dance and an improved entrance.

Overall, Cosentino came second in the 2011 series of Australia’s Got Talent, losing out to Jack Vidgen.[2] Although fans were disappointed Cosentino was incredibly pleased with second place, so as to avoid the ‘winner’s curse.’

Cosentino was announced as the winner of Dancing With The Stars on 26 November 2013, along with his dancing partner Jessica Raffa.[3]

Cosentino has appeared in 3 T.V Episodes where he performed Illusions, Escapes and Street Magic on the Streets of Melbourne and Sydney.

Cosentino appeared at the Asia’s Got Talent result show where he performed a disappearing act.

Cosentino competed in America’s Got Talent: The Champions in 2019. He did not advance to the finals.

Cosentino appeared as an intruder in the sixth season of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! Australia in 2020.[4]

In October 2016 Cosentino published his first book titled Anything is Possible: The Magic, The Mystery, The Life (2016). In the book he talks about his mind patterns and inspirations and how they helped him in his illusion career. [5]

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Einen haben wir noch! Mit “Ash vs Evil Dead – Staffel 3” lässt Pay-TV-Sender Starz ein letztes Mal die Deadites von der Leine. Bevor das Necronomicon jedoch für immer (?) geschlossen wird, hat Bruce Campbell noch ein paar Seiten auszurupfen…

Ein Diamant namens der Rosarote Panther wird gestohlen. Mit der Wiederauffindung beauftragt man den Trottelcop Inspektor Clouseau, der die Ermittlungen auf arg chaotische Bahnen lenkt. Jason Statham und Scott Adkins adeln dieses überflüssige Remake mit ihrer Gegenwart.

Jackie Chan klöppelt sich durch einen Actioner mit Science-Fiction-Elementen und viel zu viel Dummbatz-Humor: “Bleeding Steel”.

Eigentlich ist Officer Lin auf dem Weg ins Krankenhaus, liegt doch seine Tochter Xixi im Sterben. Da ereilt ihn ein Anruf. Lin soll mit seiner Spezialeinheit Dr. James, einen auf Genetik spezialisierten Wissenschaftler, in Sicherheit bringen. Der Cop stellt seinen Job tatsächlich über das Wohl seiner Tochter und eilt zu dem Einsatz. Der läuft schnell aus dem Ruder, als Lin und seine Mannen von Andre und dessen Henchmen, einer Handvoll Lumpen in futuristisch anmutenden Körperpanzerungen, angegriffen werden.

Unter hohen Verlusten können die Angreifer neutralisiert werden und der schwer angeschlagene Dr. James wird zum Rettungsanker für Lins Tochter. Er pflanzt ihr nämlich ein mechanisches Herz ein, das fortan biotechnisches Blut durch ihre Adern pumpen wird. In selbiges hat Dr. James all seine Erinnerungen und Forschungen einprogrammiert.

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13 Jahre später heißt Xixi Nancy und lebt in Australien. Das vorgebliche Waisenkind wird so gut wie jede Nacht von Albträumen geplagt. Von diesen erzählt sie einer „Hexe“, die vorgibt, sie könne Nancy helfen. Doch in Wirklichkeit verkauft sie Nancys Ausführungen um mechanische Herzen und Bioroboter an einen Science-Fiction-Autor.

Der zirkelt aus diesen Inspirationen einen Bestseller mit dem Titel „Bleeding Steel“ und bringt damit Andre auf die Spur von Nancy. Der braucht die junge Dame, um mithilfe der in ihrem Blut gespeicherten Informationen eine Armee aus Biorobotern zu produzieren und diese höchstbietend zu verkaufen. Zum Glück hat Nancy einen heimlichen Beschützer: Lin…

Steigen wir direkt mit dem Highlight des Filmes in dessen Besprechung ein. Dabei handelt es sich um die eröffnende Actionszene, die mal mächtig gewaltig rockt. Wenn Lin und seine Kameraden von Andre und dessen Mitstreitern attackiert werden, brennt die Luft. Autos explodieren und werden von der Wucht derselben in die Luft geschleudert. Polizisten und Angreifer werden von den Druckwellen ergriffen und durch die Gegend geworfen. Obendrein fliegen den Kombattanten die blauen Bohnen nur so um die Ohren.

Die Kugeln schlagen blutig in Körper ein oder hinterlassen sichtbare Trefferwirkungen in herumstehenden Autos. Harsche Kopfschüsse lassen den Actionfan frohlocken. Wenn irgendwann Kugeln Autokarossen durchschlagen und sich daraufhin ihren Weg in den Schädel einer hinter dem Auto in Deckung gegangenen Person bahnen, wird’s richtig derb.

Ein Bild aus dem Action-Schmuckstück von “Bleeding Steel”.

Mittendrin: Jackie Chan. Der slidet durch den Matsch. Verteilt blaue Bohnen. Gerät mit Andre aneinander und präsentiert sich wie in seinen besten Tagen. Diese Szene hat so viel Wumms, dass die kleineren Problemherde – beispielsweise mittels CGIs gepimpte Explosionen und kaum getarntes Wirework – gar nicht so sehr ins Gewicht fallen. Die Konsequenz der Szene, ihre Dynamik und ihre eindeutige Ausrichtung auf ein erwachsenes Publikum lassen für den weiteren Verlauf wirklich Großes erhoffen.

Doch mehr als Hoffnung ist nicht. „Bleeding Steel“ verkommt nach dieser großartigen Szene zu einer Anhäufung unglaubwürdiger Drehbucheinfälle, dummer Dialoge, unwitziger Humor-Momente und wenig packender Actionszenen. Vor allem die total verklausulierte Art und Weise der Darreichung der Handlung nervt total und macht das Durchhalten teilweise wirklich zur Qual.

Beständig ploppen neue Fragen auf. Die Wichtigste: Warum lebt Lin nach der Rettung seiner Xixi nicht mit ihr zusammen? Warum zum Teufel schafft er sie in ein Waisenhaus, um hernach als ihr Schatten nicht von ihrer Seite zu weichen? Weder versucht der Film dafür eine Erklärung zu finden (weder Xixi oder Lin thematisieren es!) noch kommen dem Zuschauer plausible Ideen zur Ausräumung dieses Problems.

Jackie Chan rutscht die Oper von Sydney herunter…

Stattdessen folgen wir einem Kasper namens Leeson auf dessen peinlich geskripteten Wegen ins Herz von Nancy, womit dann nach dem knalligen Einstieg mal eben eine vollkommen andere Zielgruppe anvisiert wird: Teenies! „Bleeding Steel“ ist nun knallendst bunt, mit ödester Musik untermalt und transportiert einen stupiden Humor, der seinesgleichen sucht. Lowlight ist ganz sicher die Tarnung von Nancy als Baby… Was haben wir gelacht…

Chan macht sich in diesem Abschnitt äußerst rar. Vermutlich genoss er seine Zeit in Australien, wo „Bleeding Steel“ gedreht wurde – wie auch schon der deutlich bessere “Mr. Nice Guy” von 1997. Das Drehbuch stellt derweil jedwedes Erzählen ein und würde da nicht immer mal eine Fetischtante durchs Bild hüpfen und Keile verteilen, man wüsste vermutlich gar nicht mehr, dass es hier ja eigentlich um einen Actionfilm mit Biorobotern (was auch immer das sein soll) gehen soll. Zumindest schaut Tess Haubrich („Alien: Covenant“) als Latexlady durchaus scharf aus und weiß ihren Körper einzusetzen.

Etwa nach 60 Minuten Rumgehampel und einem Nichts an Story drängt Jackie Chan wieder mehr ins Bild. Fortan versucht „Bleeding Steel“ – kurz vorm Showdown -, noch schnell all das zu erzählen, was die Produzenten des Streifens ursprünglich dazu bewegte, 65 Millionen Dollar für diesen Film zu verbrennen. Zumindest holte man sich einen großen Teil des Budgets über einen Product-Placement-Deal mit Audi wieder rein. Der deutsche Autohersteller hatte wohl einige Diesel-Autos zu verschrotten und stellt in so gut wie jeder Szene alle Autos.

Erica Xia-Hou stiehlt Jackie Chan in der Action beinahe die Show…

Einige werden hübsch spektakulär zerlegt. Das geschieht in den immer mal kurz aufbrandenden Action-Momenten, die leider niemals die Wucht der Einstiegsszene erreichen und erstaunlich oft Effekt-Schwächen offenbaren. Vor allem das Einfügen von Green-Screen-Material bereitete den Chinesen sichtliche Probleme. Zumindest eine Szene lässt noch einmal versonnen an frühere Zeiten denken. In dieser klettert Jackie Chan auf dem Dach der Oper von Sydney herum und darf freilich irgendwann auch die Schrägdächer runterrutschen. Ehrensache. Das sieht zwar alles deutlich ungelenker aus als früher, aber hier fühlt man sich als Fan dann dennoch verstanden.

Verständnis, das man für den Rest von „Bleeding Steel“ kaum aufbringen mag. Die Science-Fiction-Aspekte des Filmes wirken durchweg trashig und keinesfalls futuristisch. Dass die Schergen in besseren Motorradkluften herum hechten, geht dabei noch als halbwegs brauchbar durch, aber der Look von Oberlump Andre und der Fetischlady ist schon arg drüber. Das gegen Ende auftauchende Fluggefährt ist dann aber der größte Burner. Im ganzen Film wird nicht ansatzweise ein derartiger technologischer Sprung sichtbar, dass man ein derartiges Fluggerät, das an einen gedrungenen Shield-Helicarrier erinnert, als plausibel betrachten könnte. Zumindest ist das Fluggerät selbst gut getrickst – also solange nichts damit passiert.

Jackie kriegt sie alle!

In selbigem steigt dann auch der „Star Wars“-Showdown, der dann erst recht wirkt, als hätte man ihn komplett aus einem anderen Film entwendet. In dem Lasergeballere, oder was auch immer das sein soll, wirkt Jackie Chan vollkommen verloren, schwerfällig und überfordert. Dafür darf seine Begleiterin Erica Xia-Hou, die auch das Drehbuch verbrochen hat, ein paar steile Moves auspacken, gegen die Chan dann total abkackt. Dessen finaler Fight mit Andre (Callan Mulvey („300: Rise of an Empire“)) kann auch nur als schlechter Witz bezeichnet werden. Die übel getricksten Szenen nach dem Showdown sowieso…

Was am Ende bleibt, ist ein absolut auf Hochglanz poliertes, in seiner Optik mit brutal übersteuerten Farben arbeitendes Stück Science-Fiction-Action-Kuddelmuddel, das immer wieder sehenden Auges über seine öde, total bekloppt erzählte, wiederholt ins Trashige mäandernde Story stolpert. Wer, was, wann und vor allem warum, das juckte hier offenkundig keinen. Jackie Chan wird von diesen Problemen eiskalt erwischt. Nach einem furiosen Auftakt fliegt er erst einmal Ewigkeiten aus dem Film, der nun zu einem seltsamen Humorstück mutiert, Show Lo als Leeson viel zu viel Screentime zuschanzt, diesen gnadenlos overacten lässt und so irgendwann noch hilfloser wirkt als ohnehin schon.

Kehrt Chan dann wieder aktiver in den Film zurück, bringt er auch ein paar kleinere Actionszenen mit, die aber niemals wieder an die großartige und falsche Hoffnungen weckende Eröffnungsaction-Sequenz herankommen. Zumindest müht sich der erneut mit grauem Haarschopf (siehe „The Foreigner“) agierende Chan nach Leibeskräften und überlässt die Action nicht mehr ausschließlich der jungen Garde. Schauspielerisch wird er hingegen nie gefordert.

Kurzum: Wer nach der ersten, mit einem mal wirklich fetten Big Bang endenden Actionszene den „Ausknopf“ seiner Fernbedienung drückt, der hat alles Wesentliche und Gute von „Bleeding Steel“ gesehen. Chan-Fans können auch noch den Abspann mit den gewohnten, leider öden Outtakes mitnehmen. Unter diesen trällert Chan einen seiner eingängigen Popsongs. Und am Ende folgt dann für all jene, die „Bleeding Steel“ bis hierhin tatsächlich durchgehalten haben, die ultimative Drohung: Ein zweiter Teil soll folgen… Da weint selbst Stahl blutige Tränen…

Die deutsche DVD / Blu-ray zum Film erschien am 27. April 2018 von Splendid Film und ist mit einer Freigabe ab 16 ungeschnitten. Die Datenträger haben neben Trailern und einem Musikvideo von Jackie keinerlei Extras zu dieser Big-Budget-Produktion zu bieten.

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„Bleeding Steel“, China, 2017Regie: Leo Zhang; Drehbuch: Leo Zhang; Musik: Fei PengDarsteller: Jackie Chan, Show Lo, Nana Ouyang, Tess Haubrich, Erica Xia-hou

„Bleeding Steel“ ist seit 27. April 2018 auf DVD und Blu-ray erhältlich

13 Jahre ist es her, dass Lin Dong (Jackie Chan) alles verloren hat. Nicht nur dass der Polizist dabei versagte, einen bedeutenden Wissenschaftler zu beschützen. Auch seine Tochter starb in jener Nacht. Viel Zeit ist seither vergangen, vergessen konnte er die Ereignisse jedoch nicht. Da erscheint eines Tages ein Roman namens „Bleeding Steel“, der Elemente aus den Erforschungserlebnissen des Wissenschaftlers aufgreift. Für Li Dong ist klar, dass er dort nach dem Rechten sehen muss. Aber auch die rätselhafte Frau in Schwarz (Tess Haubrich), die damals das Massaker veranstaltete, will sich diese Chance nicht entgehen lassen, doch noch an das Material heranzukommen. Und dann wäre da noch Li Sen (Show Lo), der ganz eigene Gründe hat, sich für die Geschichte zu interessieren.

Ein bisschen weh tut es ja schon mitansehen zu müssen, was aus Jackie Chan geworden ist. Viele schöne Momente hat er einem als Kind und Jugendlicher beschert mit seiner Mischung aus atemberaubender Akrobatik, saftigen Kämpfen und viel Slapstick. Nun ist er 64 Jahre alt und macht in erster Linie durch befremdlich patriotische Töne auf sich aufmerksam, wenn er nicht gerade wieder Filme dreht, die wohlwollend bezeichnet belanglos sind – siehe Kung Fu Yoga – Der goldene Arm der Götter oder Railroad Tigers.

Die Zukunft ist schon veraltet
Während diese beiden aber zumindest noch mit etwas nostalgischem Charme punkten, geht dieser Bleeding Steel völlig ab. Denn der Film will richtig modern sein, einer aus der Zukunft. Mit so richtig viel Technik. Das Problem – eines von vielen – ist jedoch, dass diese Technik so gar nicht futuristisch wirkt. Nicht einmal zeitgemäß. 65 Millionen Dollar soll das Werk gekostet haben. Worin dieses viele Geld jedoch investiert wurde, abgesehen von Chans Gage womöglich, das bleibt ein Rätsel. So wie vieles hier so gar keinen Sinn ergibt.

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Gut, muss ja auch nicht, das Science-Fiction-Genre soll das Publikum oft eher zum Staunen bringen, darüber nachdenken empfiehlt sich weniger. Also tat es hier auch keiner. Die Geschichte, die erst nach und nach offenbart, worum es eigentlich geht, was die bahnbrechende Erfindung des Wissenschaftlers nun genau war, ist aber auf eine Weise unsinnig und völlig an den Haaren herbeigezogen, das würde sich nicht einmal Hollywood trauen. Selbst nach mehrfachem Hinschauen fällt es schwer zu glauben, dass es sich tatsächlich um einen Film aus dem Jahr 2017 handelt und nicht um einen Comic aus den 1950ern.

Stümperhaft und unfreiwillig komisch
Zugegeben, der Unterschied zu den Comic-Adaptionen aus dem Hause Marvel hält sich in Grenzen, von künstlich verstärkten Soldaten über schrumpfende Diebe bis hin zu fassadenkletternden Jugendlichen mit Spinnenkomplex ist man sich auch dort für keinen Blödsinn zu schade. Einen Unterschied gibt es jedoch: Die Filme dort machen Spaß. Bei Bleeding Steel würde das aber wohl kaum einer behaupten wollen, weshalb der Sci-Fi-Action-Streifen in China auch weit hinter den kommerziellen Erwartungen zurückblieb. Denn so sehr man sich auch anstrengt, es sind einfach keine nennenswerten positiven Punkte zu finden.

Ob es die Spezialeffekte sind, die irgendwie 20 Jahre zu spät kommen, der erzwungene und so gar nicht komische Humor rund um das Herumgekasper von Show Lo, die fürchterlichen Figuren, nichts davon ist Grund genug, sich Bleeding Steel antun zu wollen. Selbst die Kämpfe überzeugen nicht so recht. Chan selbst hat dann doch ein wenig Grazie in den letzten Jahren eingebüßt, der Rest wird durch die Computerspielereien schwer beeinträchtigt. Hätte man die hanebüchene Story wenigstens als gut gelaunten Trash umgesetzt. So aber ist der Film nur unfreiwillig komisch, bezieht seinen Unterhaltungswert höchstens daraus, dass man kaum seinen Ohren und Augen trauen will, was hier veranstaltet wird. Für einen feuchtfröhlichen Videoabend, bei dem Filme nicht schlecht genug sein können, ist das hingegen ein heißer Kandidat. Man sollte dafür dann aber auch so wenig wie möglich über den Streifen im Vorfeld wissen.

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Im Actionfilm Bleeding Steel muss Jackie Chan als Agent eine junge Frau vor einer Gang beschützen.

Handlung von Bleeding SteelDer Agent einer Spezialeinheit (Jackie Chan) bekommt es mit einer gewaltigen Verschwörung zu tun und muss sich mit einer kriminellen Gang anlegen. Eine wichtige Zeugin in seinem großen Fall, eine junge Frau, gibt ihm jedoch Rätsel auf: Er scheint eine seltsame Verbindung zu ihr zu haben, als hätte er sie in einem anderen Leben schon einmal gekannt.

Hintergrund & Infos zu Bleeding SteelDie Action des Films beinhaltet unter anderem auch einen großartigen Stunt auf dem Dach der Oper von Sydney, den Jackie Chan in gewohnter Manier selbst und auf eigene Gefahr ausführte. (SR)

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Keep slamming Bleeding Steel with low score and bad reviews for all I care cause I believe even in the worst movie ever made if it starring Jackie Chan somehow he will make the best out of it and Bleeding Steel is an example .Yeah the movie plot make no sense at all and I couldn’t care less about any of the characters but the fact that Jackie Chan still doing his own stunt in his 60s alone is wonderful enough for me not regret buying the ticket

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