The Lion Men


The Lion Men is a Singapore action comedy film directed by Jack Neo and starring Tosh Zhang, Wang Weiliang, Eva Cheng, Noah Yap, Charlie Goh, Maxi Lim, Chen Tianwen, Zhang Xinxiang, Jaspers Lai, Bunz Bao, Rao Zi Jie and Celyn Liew. The main plot revolves around three lion dance troupes pitting themselves against one another. It also marks the third on-screen reunion of Maxi Lim, Noah Yap, Wang Weiliang, Tosh Zhang, Charlie Goh and Chen Tianwen after their first and second collaborations together in Neo's previous popular and well-known army and military movies known as Ah Boys to Men and Ah [Boys to Men 2].

Plot

Shi Shen is the top performer in the Tiger Crane Lion Dance Association, but feels restricted by Master He's 's traditional mindset. He decides to take a group of disciples and forms his own lion dance troupe known as Storm Riders, which fuses hip hop and rock with lion dance movements.
A major Lion Dance Competition is coming up and Mikey is groomed to be Shi Shen's successor. However, he has a huge fear of heights! The situation worsens when both Shi Shen and Mikey fall for Master He's daughter named He Xiao Yu.

Cast

Troupe
Development of this film was first announced in June 2013 as an untitled project hailed as the "breakthrough action movie" of director Jack Neo. In August 2013, the film's title was revealed during its opening ceremony, with Neo adding that he had been thinking of such a film premise for "quite some time ago". The budget of the film is estimated to be around $4 million. To prepare for the film, the stars had to undergo real life lion dancing training sessions.

Release

The film was released on 30 January 2014, during the Chinese [New Year's Eve].