# Tanu Weds Manu
Before making the engagement public, the families decide to go on a pilgrimage and seek the blessings of God. During the train journey, Tanu finds an opportunity to speak privately with Manu, and tells him that she had intentionally taken sleeping pills to fall asleep, to avoid meeting him. She tells him rudely that she loves someone else, and that she has her lover\'s name tattooed on her chest; she also tells him that the thugs who had roughed him up when he initially landed in Kanpur had been sent by her boyfriend. She demands that Manu should now reject her. Manu is extremely disappointed because he likes her immensely, but he dutifully does the decent thing. Taking the blame upon himself, and not revealing to anyone the fact that the girl is having a love affair with another man, he tells his father to convey to Tanu\'s parents that he has decided not to marry her. Tanu\'s parents are more than a little miffed at this turn of events, but since the forthcoming engagement was known only to them, there is no public loss of face.
Weeks pass, and Manu\'s parents bring out other proposals from their shortlist for him to meet. He meets several prospective girls from suitable families, but cannot forget Tanu. One of the girls he meets is Ayushi (Neha Kaul), whose hand has become crooked due to some problem. While the two families are sitting together, Ayushi\'s brother Raja (Jimmy Sheirgill) comes home, bloodied and disheveled. His father expresses frustration that Raja keeps getting in fights. Later on the roof, Raja and Manu have a conversation where Raja advises Manu to marry his sister despite the condition of her hand as it does not stop her from doing her works properly, and it will heal with proper treatment anyway. Manu agrees that Ayushi is very nice but says he is \'helpless\' and cannot marry her. Raja understands something is amiss and respects Manu for being honest.


# Tanu Weds Manu
Later at home Manu declares he would rather not get married now, and expresses his wish to leave for London. But Pappi informs him about the wedding of another school friend Jassi (Eijaz Khan) and they travel to Punjab to attend it. Upon arriving, Manu finds out that Tanu is also attending the wedding, and that she is a friend of Payal (Swara Bhaskar), Jassi\'s bride-to-be. Jassi and Pappi advise Manu to try and win her over. Over the next few days, Manu and Tanu strike up a friendship. Tanu still has the boyfriend but enjoys Manu\'s attention, and when Manu inquires about her boyfriend she jokes that for her any guy (or even girl) would do as long as it is not her father\'s choice. Manu is encouraged. But someone else at the wedding is also crushing on Tanu, and seeing her and Manu spending time together he calls Tanu\'s parents with the intention of worrying them about a scandal. Jassi called and invited Manu\'s parents and incidentally both sets of parents arrive at the same time. Tanu thinks that Manu has called them up and is trying to reestablish their cancelled wedding connection. She is upset. This causes tension among her, Manu, Jassi and Payal; feeling guilty, Manu decides to leave. But Tanu comes to the rail station to stop him and tells him she is on the verge of eloping, that she and her lover are going to get secretly married in a registry office, and then present her parents with a *fait accompli*. She asks him to stay till the wedding.


# Tanu Weds Manu
Manu is heartbroken. As Pappi and he leave on a train back to Chandigarh, they meet Raja again, and after explaining to Raja how Manu is in love with someone, Raja states they will all go back to Kanpur and promises Manu he will marry him to any girl he falls in love with. Jassi also calls and tells Manu that he will not marry without him being present. As Manu and Pappi reach Jassi\'s \"baraat\", Manu receives a call from Raja, revealing that Raja is Tanu\'s boyfriend. Despite Pappi chiding him for it, Manu goes to the registrar\'s office to be a witness to Raja and Tanu\'s marriage. The man who is supposed to marry them is busy on the phone and when they are not able to find a pen to sign the papers the man says it is late anyway and they should come back tomorrow for their marriage. While going back, Raja tells Manu that he does not want to be married in this stealthy way, but Tanu\'s family would never accept him as nobody would recommend him to them properly. Hearing this, Manu later talks to Tanu\'s father, and convinces him to accept Raja. Tanu\'s father accepts somewhat unwillingly, and wonders out loud why Manu is doing this. He and Tanu\'s mother would prefer Manu as their son in law and had been delighted when they got the call about Manu and Tanu being together.


# Tanu Weds Manu
Tanu is scolded by Payal. She accuses Tanu for not being entirely happy with not having to elope- there is no novelty in a proper arranged marriage- not being grateful enough to Manu and not being able to see his love for her. Preparations for Tanu\'s wedding with Raja begin. The wedding gift from Manu is a large poster, a collage of numerous photographs of Tanu in her various moods and poses, which Manu had snapped on various occasions, including the one of the first time Manu saw her. Tanu is touched. Later, Raja does not have the time to buy Tanu a wedding lehenga as he has to be somewhere else urgently, so he asks Manu to help him out. It is painful for Manu, but he goes with Tanu to shop for her bridal outfit. While coming back, Tanu asks him whether he actually had a pen with him at the registrar\'s office. Manu confesses that he did, and lied about not having one like an idiot because he didn\'t want her to marry Raja. He also talks about his lonely life in London, how he fell in love with Tanu at first sight and how however much he tried to stay away from her it didn\'t work. Meanwhile, one of the goons who beat Manu up on behalf of Raja has noticed them together in the jeep, recognized him and called Raja. Raja appears, and it is unclear how much of the conversation he has heard, but he takes Tanu away.
Raja and Tanu have a fight. Tanu confesses she has feelings for Manu. Raja is angry, and demands Tanu still marries him as, a few months of fulfilling her wifely duties will make her forget everything.
Raja drops Tanu home. She is torn and emotional, and pulling Manu aside she demands to clearly know whether he loves her or not. She will only believe it if Manu puts his palm on her cheek and professes his love. Manu does so. Tanu, relieved and elated, decides to marry Manu, not Raja.


# Tanu Weds Manu
Tanu\'s parents rejoice at this turn of events. Manu\'s parents are also on board with this alliance. But when everyone goes to Raja\'s place to cancel Tanu\'s wedding with him, a furious Raja threaten them with a gun and warns of dire consequences if Tanu is married to anyone other than him. He promises he will come to marry Tanu at due time. Everyone comes back worried but Manu is adamant on his wedding with Tanu taking place. Tanu\'s father bribes an Inspector of Police as per the instruction of Pappi and Jassi, and gets Raja arrested on false charges. The plan is that Raja will remain in jail for a few days, during which time Tanu will be married and safely sent away. However, everyone is shocked to see that Raja is arriving with a wedding procession as promised, at the wedding venue at the same time as Manu, the bridegroom. Raja brandishes a gun and creates a scene. Manu however refuses to be scared and begins reasoning with Raja. Meanwhile, Tanu appears at the door, dressed as a bride, and tells Raja she would only be scared for Manu and as he is not scared, she is not either. The two of them begin to walk away together. Raja aims the gun and almost pulls the trigger, but thinks better of it in the end. He says no one wants him to marry Tanu, not even his mother has given him her blessings for it. He then reminds Manu of the promise he had made to him, and he decides to honor his promise, and tells Tanu he might be many things, but he is not a betrayer. Thus Raja decides to do the right thing, and congratulates the couple with quiet pain evident on his face. He leaves as the proceedings for Tanu and Manu\'s wedding starts once more.


# Tanu Weds Manu
- R. Madhavan as Dr. Manoj Kumar Sharma a.k.a. \"Manu\"
- Kangana Ranaut as Tanuja Trivedi (later Sharma) a.k.a. \"Tanu\"
- Jimmy Sheirgill as Raja Awasthi
- Eijaz Khan as Jasspreet \"Jassi\" Gill
- Swara Bhaskar as Payal Jassi Gill (Nee\'Sinha)
- Deepak Dobriyal as Pappi Kutti
- K K Raina as Kishan Kumar Sharma
- Dipti Mishra as Anju Sharma
- Rajendra Gupta as Rajendra Trivedi
- Navni Parihar as Radha Trivedi
- Neha Kaul as Ayushi Awasthi , Raja\'s sister
- Ravi Kishan as Raja\'s friend
- Archana Shukla as Bulbul Sas
The film had been originally announced with Konkana Sen Sharma playing the role of Tanu. However, after a period of stall, the film was re-announced with Kangana Ranaut replacing the character.

### Critical response
*Tanu Weds Manu* opened to mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. It was praised for its screenplay and the unconventional and unpredictable situations the characters face, but received criticism for the slow-pace narrative and clichéd storyline.
Critic Taran Adarsh of *Bollywood Hungama* rated it 3.5/5 and noted that \"*Tanu Weds Manu* is a feel-good, light-hearted entertainer with the right dose of humor, drama and romance, besides a popular musical score and some smart dialogue that act as toppings. If you like simple, uncomplicated films that tug at your heartstrings, then chances are that you might just like this sweet little rom-com.\"
Komal Nahta, from *Koimoi* says \"On the whole, *Tanu Weds Manu* is a family entertainer which will hit the bull's eye. It may be a slow starter but it will pick up phenomenally by positive word of mouth and ultimately go on to become a hit.\"


# Tanu Weds Manu
### Critical response
Nikhat Kazmi, from *Times of India* stated \"the first thing that strikes you about *Tanu Weds Manu* is a striking sense of familiarity. It wasn\'t long before you saw Shahid Kapoor playing a similar sacrificial lover to Kareena Kapoor in *Jab We Met*. But the deja vu doesn\'t last long. For despite the predictable -- and paper-thin -- storyline, the film manages to hook you with its sheer atmospherics. Fun while it lasts, *Tanu Weds Manu* throws up Bollywood\'s newest obsession -- small town girls and their gunas (values) -- once again. A meatier storyline and a less messed-up climax would have worked wonders for the film.\"
Anupama Chopra from *NDTV* gave 2.5/5 and noted \"Though the director picked up an interesting subject, he has not succeeded in executing his story effectively on screen -- there are not enough laughs in the film. But there is something missing to make it a perfect romantic comedy. If you are looking for a great romantic comedy, this is not the one, but watch it for Madhavan and his chemistry with Dobriyal.\"
Noyon Jyoti Parasara of *NowRunning.com* too gave 2.5/5 and wrote \"*TWM* turns out to be an average film because of the weak second-half. It has a feel-good factor to it, which should work with some part of the audience.\"
Critic Sukanya Verma from *Rediff* gave it a 3/5 rating explaining \"*Tanu Weds Manu* is a pleasant experience for most part. Sharma fails to maintain the zing till the very end though. A disappointing, lengthy and gabby third-act makes *Tanu Weds Manu*\'s running time of 2 hours and 15 minutes longer than it is. It doesn\'t take offence at anything but will charm you anyway.


# Tanu Weds Manu
### Critical response
Monica Chopra from *Sify* rated 3/5 and mentioned \"What\'s not to like? There\'s the shaadi-baaraat, the romance, lovely clothes, and the atmospherics that transport you into another world.Yes, the film is cliché-ridden, has elements of rom-coms like *Jab We Met*, and Shergill\'s character-track doesn\'t quite add up, but the film isn\'t aiming for anything more than a one-time watch entertainer. Anand L Rai (*Thodi Life Thoda Magic*, *Strangers*) makes a sweet romantic comedy that\'ll have you smiling as you leave the theatre.\"
Rajeev Masand of *CNN IBN* gave it a 2 star-rating explaining \"*Tanu Weds Manu* isn\'t all bad. There are portions in the first-half that are enjoyable. But held together by a fractured script, they fail to take good shape.\"

### Box-Office
*Tanu Weds Manu* collected Rs. 185 million in its first week of release. The film held up well in its second week with collections of around Rs. 85.0 million. Its 2-week total was Rs. 272.5 million nett. Its business was steady in the third week with around Rs. 50 million nett which took the collections to Rs. 322.5 million nett in 3 weeks. In the fourth week, the film collected Rs. 35.0 million nett taking its 4-week collections to Rs. 360 million nett.
The soundtracks are composed by Krsna Solo with lyrics written by Rajshekhar.
`Song `
`Singer(s) `
Duration
`"Sadi Gali" – (Rhythm Dhol Bass)`
`Lehmber Hussainpuri`
`4:24`
`"Yun Hi"`
`Mohit Chauhan, Ujjaini Mukherjee`
`4:19`
`"Rangrez"`
`Krsna Solo`
`6:12`
`"Piya"`
`Roop Kumar Rathod`
`5:29`
`"Mannu Bhaiya"`
`Sunidhi Chauhan, Ujjaini Mukherjee, Niladri`
`4:49`
`"Jugni"`
`Mika`
`3:11`


# Tanu Weds Manu
### Box-Office
`"Rangrez" (Hey Rangrez Mere Hey)`
`Wadali brothers (Puranchand Wadali, Pyare Lal Wadali)`
`6:24`
`Award Ceremony`
`Category`
`Recipient`
`Result`
`Ref`
57th Filmfare Awards
Best Supporting Actress
Swara Bhaskar
RD Burman Award
Krsna Solo
`4th Mirchi Music Awards`
`Upcoming Female Vocalist of The Year`
`Ujjaini Mukherjee - "Manu Bhaiya"`
`Upcoming Music Composer of The Year`
`Krsna - "Jugni"`
`Song representing Sufi tradition`
`"Rangrez"`
2012 Zee Cine Awards
Best Actor in a Supporting Role -- Female
Swara Bhaskar
13th IIFA Awards
`Best Actress In A Leading Role`
`Kangana Ranaut`
`Best Supporting Actress`
Swara Bhaskar
Best Performance In A Comic Role
Deepak Dobriyal
Best Story
Himanshu Sharma
18th Screen awards
Best Actor
R. Madhavan
Best Actress
Kangana Ranaut
`Best Supporting Actress`
Swara Bhaskar
Best Music Director
Krsna Solo
Best Dialogue
Himanshu Sharma
*Tanu Weds Manu* remake is done in Telugu as *Mr. Pellikoduku* with actress Isha Chawla along with South Indian actor Sunil.
Following the positive response from *Tanu Weds Manu*, the team considered making a sequel to carry a story forward showing the next chapter of the couple\'s life. The sequel titled *Tanu Weds Manu: Returns* was released on 22 May 2015. The film received positive reviews from critics, with particular praise directed towards Ranaut\'s performance.. It was a super-hit at the box-office with the worldwide collection of .


# MW (film)
***MW*** is a live-action Japanese film released in 2009 and based on the manga of the same name by Osamu Tezuka. The film was directed by Hitoshi Iwamoto. The film was shot in Kantō region for 40 days, and the car chase scene was shot in Bangkok.
- Hiroshi Tamaki as Michio Yūki
- Takayuki Yamada as Yūtarō Garai
- Yusuke Yamamoto as Satoshi Mizohata
- Rio Yamashita as a girl at a church
- Shingo Tsurumi as Matsuo
- Ryo Ishibashi as Kazuyuki Sawaki
- Yuriko Ishida as Kyōko Makino


# A Wicked Ghost
***A Wicked Ghost*** is a 1999 Hong Kong horror film directed by Leung Hung-wah, starring Francis Ng, Gigi Lai, Gabriel Harrison, Edward Mok, Nelson Ngai and Celia Sze. It was followed by *A Wicked Ghost II: The Fear* in 2000 and *A Wicked Ghost III: The Possession* in 2002.
Annie and three friends play a game of \"contacting ghosts\". While they are playing, Annie\'s boyfriend Ming sees a ghost and immediately stops them. After the three friends die under mysterious circumstances, Ming\'s sister Cissy is worried that something will happen to Ming so she seeks help from her friend Fa-mo. In the meantime, Annie is possessed by a ghost, who tells Ming that Annie has three days to live.
After doing some research, Ming and Fa-mo travel to an abandoned village and find Lee Keung, an old man who grew up there. He tells them about Cho Yan-may, a Cantonese opera singer who was framed for adultery and killed by the villagers. In the three days after her death, Cho\'s vengeful ghost caused 66 villagers to die in unnatural ways.
While drinking from a freshwater pool near the village, they see Cho\'s ghost in the water and believe that Cho\'s remains have ended up in the pool. Fa-mo and Ming figure out that Cho\'s ghost can \"pollute\" the water in the freshwater pool with her vengeful aura and cause people who drink from it to experience hallucinations and kill themselves. They manage to stop Cissy\'s fiancé Jack, who is in a trance, from forcing Cissy to drink the water.


# A Wicked Ghost
When Ming dives into the pool to find Cho\'s remains, he passes through a supernatural portal and finds her body, but she strangles him to death. Upon realising that Ming is dead, Fa-mo rushes back to Jack\'s home and drinks the \"polluted\" water so that he can see Cho\'s ghost and confront her. When he hugs Cissy, whom he has a crush on, she transforms into Cho. He realises that it is an illusion, so he embraces her tightly. Thinking that they truly love each other, Cho\'s ghost spares them and disappears. When Jack regains consciousness, he is unhappy to see Fa-mo embracing his fiancée. Cho\'s ghost suddenly appears beside him and he screams.
- Francis Ng as Fa-mo
- Gigi Lai as Cissy
- Gabriel Harrison as Ming
- Edward Mok as Jack
- Chow Yan-yan as Cho Yan-may
- Nelson Ngai as Cho\'s husband
- Celia Sze as Annie
- Lui Tat as Lee Keung
  - Cheung Yue-lee as Lee Keung (boy)
- Lam Suk-yan as Biggie
- Joseph Tang as Rubbish
- Man Yeung as Big-B


# A Wicked Ghost III: The Possession
***A Wicked Ghost III: The Possession*** is a 2002 Hong Kong horror film produced by Stanley Tong, directed by Hung Chung-hap and starring Gigi Lai, Cheung Tat-ming, Grace Lam, Yip Sai Wing, Wayne Lai, Patrick Keung, Jenny Yam and Joyce Han. It is preceded by *A Wicked Ghost* in 1999 and *A Wicked Ghost II: The Fear* in 2000.
May, a film producer\'s assistant, finds a spirit tablet in an outdoor filming location. She takes it with her to prevent it from being damaged, but strange things start happening to her friends. They either die or sustain serious injuries. Eventually, she realises that there is a vengeful spirit attached to the tablet and it is leading her towards death in order to complete its desire when it was still alive.
- Gigi Lai as Catherine / Ding-dong Taoist
- Cheung Tat-ming as Bibi
- Grace Lam as May
- Yip Sai Wing as Tom Cool
- Wayne Lai as Leung Kam-chung
- Patrick Keung as Wong Chou-shui
- Jenny Yam as Fiona
- Joyce Han as Dazy


# A Step into the Darkness
***A Step into the Darkness*** () is a 2009 Turkish drama film, directed by Atil Inac, starring Suzan Genç as an Iraqi refugee who travels to Turkey in search of her missing brother after losing her entire family when soldiers raid their village. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , has won awards at international film festivals in Ankara, Antalya and Tiburon.
Atil Inac\'s second feature film *A Step into the Darkness* was in local theaters on September 17, 2010. The film was premiered at the 33rd Montreal World Film Festival in the summer of 2009, where it was highly praised by Quebecers. It was the opening film of the International Film Festival of Kerala, India. It won the Golden Reel Award for Best Cinematography at the Tiburon International Film Festival in San Francisco and Best Film Award at the South European Film Festival in Los Angeles. "A Step Into the Darkness" was written by Avni Özgürel - Atil Inac and produced by Ayfer Özgürel. It was shot on location in Iraqi cities of Arbil and Mosul, and in Adiyaman, Urfa, and Istanbul, Turkey.
The film tells the tragic story of an Iraqi-Turkish girl, Cennet, who loses her entire family during a US-led operation against insurgents in her village in US-occupied Iraq. She makes a distressing journey through the border between Turkey and Iraq to find her brother who had been sent to Turkey for treatment.

### General release
The film opened on general release in 27 screens across Turkey on at number 18 in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of US\$11,429.

### Awards
- 21st Ankara International Film Festival (March 11--21, 2010) - Best Supporting Actress Award: Selen Uçar (Won)
- Tiburon International Film Festival - Golden Reel Award for Best Cinematography: Atıl İnaç (Won)
- 17th Adana \"Golden Boll\" International Film Festival (Sept 20-26, 2010) - Most Promising Newcomer (actress): Suzan Genç (Won)
- 2009 in film
- Turkish films of 2009


# Princess Fragrance (film)
***Princess Fragrance***, released as ***Gebi Enchou Lu*** (戈壁恩仇录) in mainland China, is a 1987 Hong Kong film based on Louis Cha\'s novel *The Book and the Sword*. The film is a sequel to *The Romance of Book and Sword*, released earlier in the same month and also directed by Ann Hui.
The film is largely seen as a faithful adaptation of the original novel; however, it is less available now due to limited releases on VCD and DVD.
The film covers the second half of the Louis Cha\'s novel *The Book and the Sword*. It introduces another protagonist, Princess Fragrance, who does not appear in the first film *The Romance of Book and Sword*.
- Zhang Duofu as adult Chen Jialuo
  - Jiang Wei as young Chen Jialuo
- Aiyinuo as Princess Fragrance
- Chang Dashi as Qianlong Emperor
- Liu Jia as Huoqingtong
- Ding Cuihua as Luo Bing
- Lü Yongquan as Taoist Wuchen
- Yu Dalu as Zhao Banshan
- Guo Bichuan as Wen Tailai
- Wang Jingqiu as Zhang Jin
- Hou Changrong as Yu Yutong
- Chen Youwang as Xu Tianhong
- Ren Naichang as Shi Shuangying
- Zhang Jun as Chang Bozhi
- Wang Wei as Chang Hezhi
- Zheng Jianhua as Jiang Sigen
- Fu Yongcai as Wei Chunhua
- Sun Chenxi as Xinyan
- Wang Hongtao as Yu Wanting
- Wu Chunsheng as Zhang Zhaozhong
- Yang Junsheng as Heshen
- Ding Tao as Zhaohui
- Si Gengtian as Messenger
- A\'Si\'er as Dahu
- Kuli Sitan as Erhu
- Fan Yin as Sanhu
- Jiapa\'er as Sihu
- Hadi\'er as Muzhuolun
- Aniwa\'er as Huo\'ayi


# Love Is All You Need
***Love Is All You Need*** (, Lit.: The Bald Hairdresser) is a 2012 Danish romantic comedy film directed by Susanne Bier and starring Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm.
Danish hairdresser Ida (Trine Dyrholm), who has recently completed a successful breast cancer treatment after undergoing a mastectomy, returns home to find her husband Leif having an affair with his accountant, Tilde. In a different part of Copenhagen,
English businessman Philip (Pierce Brosnan) is a successful exporter of fruits and vegetables who has become misanthropic after the death of his wife.
Meanwhile, Ida\'s daughter Astrid and Philip\'s son Patrick have gone to Italy to prepare Patrick\'s family\'s villa for their wedding, which is to take place only three months after they met.
Ida is in denial about her husband leaving her. She intends to travel alone to Italy for the wedding, but at Copenhagen airport she bumps into Philip for the first time (her car collides with Philip\'s). After he shouts at her for being a reckless driver he realizes she is Astrid\'s mother and the two travel the rest of the way to the villa together. They do not have a favourable view of one another as Philip finds Ida irritating while Ida thinks that Philip is rude and mean.
At the villa drama ensues when Leif brings his new girlfriend, Tilde, to the wedding and everyone is surprised when she introduces herself as his fiancée. Upset, Ida goes for a swim in the cove near the house. Philip sees her swimming nude and runs to urge her out of the water as the current can be dangerous. On their walk home he shows her the groves of lemon and orange trees on the estate.
Philip begins to feel attracted to Ida\'s warm and sunny personality and eventually confides the way in which his wife died to her. He also rejects the advances of Benedikte, his sister-in-law. At a celebration before the wedding Philip dances with Ida. He allows Leif to cut in but after he pushes Ida around their son comes to Ida\'s rescue and punches Leif. Philip then tells Ida she\'s beautiful and wonderful but they are interrupted by Benedikte.


# Love Is All You Need
Back at the party Patrick sees Astrid grinding on Alessandro, a hired hand at the villa. He breaks them apart but Astrid tells him that he is gay. When he goes to apologize to Alessandro the two end up kissing.
The morning of the wedding Patrick disappears. Philip finds him and Patrick confesses that he doesn\'t want to marry and only did it in part because he thought it was something Philip would want him to do. Before the ceremony Patrick and Astrid inform the guests they will not be getting married. Ida goes to comfort Astrid and Philip comforts Patrick. Philip is able to say goodbye to Ida before she leaves but they do not say anything of consequence.
Sometime later after arriving back in Denmark Ida comes home to a house filled with roses. Leif tells Ida he still loves her and apologizes to her for leaving her for Tilde. Philip meanwhile finds his life cold and unsatisfactory. He goes to visit Ida at the salon where she works and tells her that he is cutting back on his workload and moving to Italy. He asks Ida to come and visit him. Ida tells him that Leif has moved back and that she loves him. Back at home Ida realizes she no longer loves Leif and dumps him.
Ida goes to Italy, ditching her wig and wearing her short hair which is growing back from chemo. She goes to Italy where she finds Philip who has gone back to working in the lemon orchard on his estate. She asks him to sit with her while she opens a letter from the hospital giving her her latest test results. Philip and Ida kiss before they open the letter. After reading the results they smile and then kiss again.
- Pierce Brosnan as Philip
- Trine Dyrholm as Ida
- Kim Bodnia as Leif
- Paprika Steen as Benedikte
- as Patrick
- as Astrid
- as Tilde
- Micky Skeel Hansen as Kenneth
- Bodil Jørgensen as Lizzie
- Line Kruse as Bitten
- Ciro Petrone as Alessandro
The southern Italian scenes were shot in Sorrento and on the Amalfi Coast.
The film\'s soundtrack features multiple versions of the song \"That\'s Amore\".
*Love Is All You Need* has a 75% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 60/100 average on Metacritic.
In 2013, *Love Is All You Need* was selected as best comedy film at the 26th European Film Awards.


# The Thing (2011 film)
***The Thing*** is a 2011 science fiction horror film directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., written by Eric Heisserer, and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Eric Christian Olsen. It is a direct prequel to the 1982 film of the same name by John Carpenter, which was an adaptation of the 1938 novella *Who Goes There?* by John W. Campbell. It tells the story of a team of scientists on a Norwegian Antarctic research station who discover a parasitic alien buried deep in the ice, realizing too late that it is still alive.
*The Thing* premiered on October 10, 2011 and was released on October 14, 2011. The film was a commercial flop, grossing \$31.5 million against a \$38 million budget, with mixed reviews from critics.
In the winter of 1982, an alien spacecraft and nearby alien body are discovered buried in Antarctic ice by members of Norwegian research station \"Thule\". American paleontologist Kate Lloyd is recruited by Dr. Sander Halvorson and assistant Adam Finch to investigate. They fly to Thule in a helicopter with pilots Sam Carter and Derek Jameson, and crewman Griggs. They meet station chief Edvard Wolner, Juliette, Karl, Jonas, Henrik, Colin, Peder, Lars, and Lars\' dog.
The body is excavated in a block of ice. Jameson, alone, sees the alien burst from the ice block. Searching for the alien, the team finds Lars\' dog dead. The alien drags Henrik into itself, spattering blood on Olav. The group kills the alien with a flamethrower. An autopsy finds that the alien\'s cells were copying Henrik\'s. Olav falls ill.


# The Thing (2011 film)
As the helicopter is taking off, Griggs transforms into a monstrous creature and attacks Olav, and the helicopter crashes in the mountains. Kate discovers dental fillings in a bloodied shower and tells the team that the alien can assimilate and imitate its victims, and that it is now living among them. Edvard orders the team to drive to the closest base, however Juliette and Kate want to prevent anyone from leaving. Juliette lures Kate into an abandoned room before transforming and attacking her. Kate escapes and the Juliette-Thing kills Karl. Lars kills the Juliette-Thing with a flamethrower and the team resolve to quarantine themselves until the threat is eliminated.
That night, Carter and Jameson stagger back from the crashed helicopter. Suspected to be alien, they are imprisoned in isolation. As the alien does not assimilate inorganic material, Kate proposes everyone be checked for dental fillings. The test implicates Sander, Edvard, Adam, and Colin, who have no fillings.
Lars is abducted while going to fetch Carter and Jameson for testing. Carter and Jameson break into the main building, shooting Peder dead and puncturing his flamethrower\'s tank, causing an explosion knocking Edvard unconscious. When brought to the main room, Edvard violently transforms, infects Jonas and Jameson, and gruesomely assimilates Adam. Kate burns Jonas and Jameson before they can fully transform, then she and Carter pursue the Thing, which assimilates Sander.
The Sander-Thing drives off into the night, pursued by Kate and Carter. The spacecraft suddenly activates, separating them. Kate falls into the ship and confronts the monstrous Sander. She kills him with a grenade which shuts down the ship\'s engines. Kate finds Carter and notices he is missing his earring. Carter indicates the wrong ear so Kate burns the Carter-Thing and shelters in a snowcat.
The next morning, Thule\'s helicopter and pilot Matias return. Matias views the ruined station and the husk of the Edvard-Adam-Thing with horror. Colin has committed suicide, and a paranoid Lars demands at gunpoint that Matias show his teeth. Lars\' dog, thought dead, emerges and runs away. Realising that the dog is actually a Thing, Lars orders Matias to give chase in the helicopter.


# The Thing (2011 film)
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Kate Lloyd, an American vertebrate paleontologist graduate from Columbia University: In order to be different from Kurt Russell as the 1982 film\'s protagonist, R.J. MacReady, Kate Lloyd was written to have similar traits as the character Ellen Ripley from the *Alien* film series.
- Joel Edgerton as Sam Carter, an American helicopter pilot and Vietnam War veteran running a supply operation to the bases. He and his two co-pilots are left in the dark as to why they are there and what is the mysterious thing the scientists have found.
- Ulrich Thomsen as Dr. Sander Halvorson, the arrogant Danish leader of alien research. He orders the team to obtain a sample of the recently discovered creature despite Kate\'s warnings.
- Eric Christian Olsen as Adam Finch, a young American scientist working as Dr. Sander\'s research assistant who invites Kate to the Norwegian base.
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Derek Jameson, an American helicopter co-pilot and also a Vietnam veteran who is Carter\'s best friend.
- Paul Braunstein as Griggs, a crew-chief member of the American helicopter transport team.
- Trond Espen Seim as Edvard Wolner, a notable Norwegian geologist who is the station commander and an old friend of Sander.
- Kim Bubbs as Juliette, a French geologist who is part of Edvard\'s team.
- Jørgen Langhelle as Lars, an ex-soldier who works as the dog keeper of the Norwegian base. He is the only member of the Norwegian base who does not speak English. Lars is also revealed to be the Norwegian shooter in the original film.
- Jan Gunnar Røise as Olav, a Norwegian Snowcat vehicle driver and guide.
- Stig Henrik Hoff as Peder, a Norwegian rifle-toting camp member who is Edvard\'s right-hand man.
- Kristofer Hivju as Jonas, a nervous but friendly Norwegian polar ice researcher.
- Jo Adrian Haavind as Henrik, another Norwegian base member who assists the alien research team.
- Carsten Bjørnlund as Karl, a Norwegian geologist also part of Edvard\'s team.
- Jonathan Lloyd Walker as Colin, an eccentric English radio operator.
- Ole Martin Aune Nilsen as Matias, the helicopter pilot of the Norwegian base currently in a mission to restock kerosene at Halley. Matias, like Lars, is revealed to be aboard the Norwegian helicopter in the 1982 film.
- Michael Brown as Hank, a security guard and bit part who introduces Adam and Sander to Kate.


# The Thing (2011 film)
### Development
`"It's a really fascinating way to construct a story because we're doing it by autopsy, by examining very, very closely everything we know about the Norwegian camp and about the events that happened there from photos and video footage that's recovered, from a visit to the base, the director, producer and I have gone through it countless times marking, you know, there's a fire axe in the door, we have to account for that...we're having to reverse engineer it, so those details all matter to us ‘cause it all has to make sense."`
 --- Eric Heisserer describing the process of creating a script that is consistent with the first film.
After creating the *Dawn of the Dead* remake, producers Marc Abraham and Eric Newman began to look through the Universal Studios library to find new properties to work on. Upon finding John Carpenter\'s 1982 film *The Thing*, the two convinced Universal to create a prequel instead of a remake, as they felt that remaking Carpenter\'s film would be like \"paint(ing) a moustache on the *Mona Lisa*\". Eric Newman explained; \"I\'d be the first to say no one should ever try to do *Jaws* again and I certainly wouldn\'t want to see anyone remake *The Exorcist*\... And we really felt the same way about *The Thing*. It\'s a great film. But once we realized there was a new story to tell, with the same characters and the same world, but from a very different point of view, we took it as a challenge. It\'s the story about the guys who are just ghosts in Carpenter\'s movie -- they\'re already dead. But having Universal give us a chance to tell their story was irresistible.\"


# The Thing (2011 film)
### Development
In early 2009, *Variety* reported the launch of a project to film a prequel---possibly following MacReady\'s brother during the events leading up to the opening moments of the 1982 film---with Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. as director and Ronald D. Moore as writer. Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. became involved in the project when his first planned feature film, a sequel to the *Dawn of the Dead* remake, a zombie film taking place in Las Vegas written and produced by Zack Snyder, who directed the *Dawn of the Dead* remake, and co-produced by Abraham and Newman, called *Army of the Dead*, was cancelled by the studio three months before production began. Needing to start all over again, he asked his agent to see if there was a *The Thing* project in development, since *Alien* and *The Thing* are his favorite films. As a fan of Carpenter\'s film, he was interested in the project because, being European himself, he had always wondered what happened at the Norwegian camp. In March 2009, Moore described his script as a \"companion piece\" to Carpenter\'s film and \"not a remake.\" \"We\'re telling the story of the Norwegian camp that found the Thing before the Kurt Russell group did\", he said. Eric Heisserer was later hired to do a complete rewrite of Moore\'s script. Heisserer explained that in writing the script, it was necessary for him to research all the information that was revealed about the Norwegian camp from the first film, down to the smallest details, so that it could be incorporated into the prequel in order to create a consistent backstory. The decision was made to name the film the same title as the first film, because the producers felt adding a \"colon title\" such as *Exorcist II: The Heretic* had felt less reverential. In April 2010, it was revealed that Scott Frank had been hired to work uncredited on new dialogue for the film.


# The Thing (2011 film)
### Development
Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. explained that he created the film not to simply be a horror film, but to also focus largely on the human drama with the interaction between characters, as the first film had. The director felt that horror films worked better when time was spent to explore the characters\' emotional journeys, allowing the audience to care about them. Mary Elizabeth Winstead insisted that the film would not feature any romantic or sexual elements with her character, as it would be inappropriate considering the tone of the film. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje said that the film would try to recreate the feeling of paranoia and distrust that the first film had, where the characters can\'t tell who has been infected by the alien. The filmmakers drew additional inspiration for the film from the original novel *Who Goes There?*, in making the characters in the film educated scientists as opposed to \"blue collar\" workers. However, the filmmakers drew no influence from the events of *The Thing* video game. The director also drew additional inspiration from the film *Alien* in creating the film, particularly in regard to casting a female lead, and in the way the alien creatures are filmed by not showing too much of them. Matthijs van Heijningen also cited the films of director Roman Polanski as influence, such as his work on *Rosemary\'s Baby*. Actual Norwegian and Danish actors were cast in the film to play the Norwegian characters, and the director allowed the actors to improvise elements different from what was scripted when they felt it was appropriate, such as a scene where the characters sing a Norwegian folk song called \"Sámiid ædnan\". Many scenes involving characters speaking Norwegian were subtitled, and the language barrier between them and the English speaking characters is exploited to add to the film\'s feeling of paranoia. Director Matthijs van Heijningen said that the film would show the alien creature in its \"pure form\", as it was discovered in its ship by the Norwegians; however, it is not revealed whether this is the creature\'s original form or the form of another creature it had assimilated. Addressing rumors stating that John Carpenter wished to have a cameo appearance in the film, Carpenter himself corrected these in an interview for the fan site \"Outpost 31\", in August 2012. \"Those rumors are not true\", Carpenter stated in the interview.


# The Thing (2011 film)
### Filming and post-production
The film was shot in the anamorphic format on 35mm film, as the director dislikes the look of films shot digitally. The director chose not to fast cut the film, instead opting for a slower pace, hoping to build a sense of pending dread. The prequel was filmed in Pinewood Toronto Studios, Port Lands on March 22, 2010 and ended on June 28, 2010. On set, the director had a laptop computer which contained \"a million\" screen captures of the Carpenter film, which he used as a point of reference to keep the Norwegian camp visually consistent with the first film. Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr. of Amalgamated Dynamics created the practical creature effects for the film. In addition to creating the effects for the human-Thing transformations, Gillis, Woodruff and their team had the challenge of coming up with the look of the alien in the ice block unearthed by the Norwegians. While it was initially only intended to be shown as a silhouette, the director liked their designs and encouraged them to fully create the creature, which was realised by creating a monster suit that Tom Woodruff wore. The effects team opted to use cable-operated animatronics over more complex hydraulic controls, as they felt they gave a more \"organic feel\". In order to emulate the creature effects of the first film, Heisserer revealed that traditional practical effects would be used on the creatures whenever possible. The film\'s computer-generated imagery was created by Image Engine, the effects house who worked on Neill Blomkamp\'s 2009 film *District 9*. Computer Graphics were used to digitally create extensions on some of the practical animatronic effects, as well as for digital matte paintings and set extensions. Alec Gillis stated that the advancement of animatronic technology since 1982 combined with digital effects allowed the effects team to expand upon the possible creature conceptions. Matthijs van Heijningen preferred to use practical effects over computer imagery, as he believed actors give better performances when they have something physical to react to. Speaking about the practical effects, he stated that acting with physical props \"is much better than working with tennis balls as markers\". However, in post-release interviews, Alec Gillis revealed that while Amalgamated Dynamics creature designs for the film remained intact, most of their practical effects ended up being digitally replaced in post-production. The creation of Gillis\'s all-practical-effects independent horror film *Harbinger Down* was partially in response to this. Stunt men covered in fire-retardant gel were used in scenes when characters are set on fire. The original Ennio Morricone score was reflected in the film\'s score, but it was initially reported that Morricone did not score the film, nor was his music from the 1982 version used.


# The Thing (2011 film)
### Filming and post-production
The interior of the crashed alien spacecraft was created by production designer Sean Haworth. To design the ship, Haworth had to recreate what little was shown of the spacecraft in the Carpenter film, then \"fill the gaps\" for what was not originally shown. Haworth and a team of approximately twelve others then created the inside of the ship as a several story-high interior set constructed mostly out of a combination of foam, plaster, fiberglass, and plywood. The ship was designed specifically to look as if it were not made to accommodate humans, but rather alien creatures of different size and shape who could walk on any surface. A section of the craft called the \"pod room\" was designed to imply the alien creatures manning it had collected specimens of different alien species from around the universe for a zoological expedition.
While the film was originally set for release in April, Universal Pictures changed the date to October 14, 2011, to allow time for reshoots. The intention of the reshoots was to \"enhance existing sequences or to make crystal clear a few story beats or to add punctuation marks to the film\'s feeling of dread.\" On his Facebook page, Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. claimed that the reshoots of the film included making an entirely different ending, referring to the original cut as the \"Pilot Version\" and the new cut as the \"Tetris Version\". In the original ending, Kate was to discover the original pilots of the spaceship which had all been killed by The Thing, which was an escaped specimen they had collected from another planet, implying that the ship was crashed in an attempt to kill the monster. \"I liked that idea because it would be the Norwegian camp in space. Kate sees the pod room and one pod being broken, giving her the clues what happened. What didn\'t work was that she wanted to find Sander and stop the ship from taking off and still solve the mystery in the ship. These two energies were in conflict.\"


# The Thing (2011 film)
### Box office
*The Thing* grossed \$8,493,665 over the opening weekend and ended up third on the box office chart. It was distributed to 2,996 theaters and spent a total of one week on the top 10 chart, before dropping down to the 16th position in its second week. It concluded its domestic run with a total of \$16,928,670. Its box office collections were called \"an outright disappointment\" by Box Office Mojo, who goes on to say \"the film was naturally at a disadvantage: a vague \"thing\" doesn\'t give prospective audiences much to latch on to. It was therefore left up to fans of the original, who are already familiar with the concept, to turn out in strong numbers.\" The film grossed \$14,576,617 in foreign countries, bringing the total worldwide box-office gross to \$31,505,287.

### Reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 34% based on 174 reviews, with an average rating of 5/10. The site\'s critical consensus reads, \"It serves the bare serviceable minimum for a horror flick, but *The Thing* is all boo-scares and a slave to the far superior John Carpenter version.\" According to Metacritic, which assigned it a weighted average score of 49 out of 100 based on 31 critics, the film received \"mixed or average reviews\". In CinemaScore polls users gave the film a \"B--\" on an A+ to F scale.


# The Thing (2011 film)
### Reception
Michael Phillips of the *Chicago Tribune* gave the film a rating of 3 out of 4, saying \"While I wish van Heijningen\'s *Thing* weren\'t quite so in lust with the \'82 model, it works because it respects that basic premise; and it exhibits a little patience, doling out its ickiest, nastiest moments in ways that make them stick\". Andrew O\'Hehir of Salon.com called it a \"Loving prequel to a horror classic\", saying \"It\'s full of chills and thrills and isolated Antarctic atmosphere and terrific Hieronymus Bosch creature effects, and if it winks genially at the plot twists of Carpenter\'s film, it never feels even a little like some kind of inside joke.\" James Berardinelli gave it three stars out of four, saying that it \"offers a similar overall experience\" to the 1982 film, but \"without replicating styles and situations\". Christopher Orr of *The Atlantic* wrote that the narrative choices open to a prequel \"exist on a spectrum from the unsurprising to the unfaithful\", but van Heijningen \"has managed this balancing act about as well as could be hoped\" and although the line between homage and apery is a fine one, \"in our age of steady knockoffs, retreads, and loosely branded money grabs, *The Thing* stands out as a competent entertainment, capably executed if not particularly inspired.\" Josh Bell of *Las Vegas Weekly* rated the film three out of five stars and wrote, \"Winstead makes for an appealing protagonist, and Kate is portrayed as competent without being thrust into some unlikely action-hero role.\"


# The Thing (2011 film)
### Reception
Kathleen Murphy of MSN Movies rated it two-and-a-half out of five stars, calling it \"a subpar slasher movie tricked out with tired \'Ten Little Indians\' tropes and rip-offs from both Carpenter and the Christian Nyby-Howard Hawks\' 1951 version of the chilling tale that started it all, John W. Campbell Jr.\'s *Who Goes There?*\". Jim Vejvoda of IGN Movies also rated the film two-and-a-half out of five, saying, \"This incarnation of *The Thing* is much like the creature it depicts: An insidious, defective mimic of the real, er, thing. It\'s not an entirely lost cause, but it is a needless one.\" Roger Ebert gave the film two and a half stars out of four, the same rating he gave the 1982 film. In Patrick Sauriol of Coming Attractions\' review, he states, \"Stack it up against John Carpenter\'s version and it looks less shiny, but let\'s face it, if you\'re that kind of Thing fan you\'re going to go see the new movie anyway. Try and judge today\'s Thing on its own merits.\" A brief review in *Fangoria* refers to the film as \"Matthijs van Heijningen\'s prequel that proves modern CGI is no match for old-school makeup FX\".

### Accolades
The film was nominated for two awards at the 38th Saturn Awards, but lost to *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* and *X-Men: First Class*, respectively.
`Year `
`Award `
`Category `
`Recipient`
`Result `
`Ref.`
`2012`
`Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards`
`Best Film of 2011`
*`The Thing`*
`Saturn Awards`
`Best Horror or Thriller Film`
`Best Make-Up`
`Tom Woodruff Jr. and Alec Gillis`
`Visual Effects Society Awards`
`Outstanding Animated Characterin a Live Action Feature Motion Picture`
`Lyndon Barrois, Fred Chapman,Greg Massie, Marco Menco`


# The Thing (2011 film)
### Home media
*The Thing* was released on Blu-ray and DVD on January 31, 2012 in the US. As of 2013, the film earned an additional \$10,436,405 through Blu-ray and DVD sales.
The music composed for the film by Marco Beltrami was released on October 11, 2011. The soundtrack was released under the label Varèse Sarabande.
AllMusic rated the album 3.5/5 saying, \"Composer Marco Beltrami\'s appropriately tense and brooding score for director Matthijs van Heijningen, Jr.\'s 2011 prequel to *The Thing* dutifully echoes Ennio Morricone\'s stark score for the original version, which in its own way echoed the soundtrack work of that film\'s director, John Carpenter.\"
On September 21, 2011, Dark Horse Comics released a three-part digital-only prequel comic, called *The Thing: The Northman Nightmare*, over a weekly basis. Taking place in Greenland, it follows a group of stranded Norsemen who must deal with the shape-shifting creature within a desolate village. The three-issue tale was written by Steve Niles, drawn by Patric Reynolds and colored by Dave Stewart.
The film was made into a maze at both Universal Studios Hollywood\'s and Universal Orlando Resort\'s 2011 Halloween Horror Nights events, having the subtitle *Assimilation* at Hollywood\'s version.
In 2015, Aidan Cosky started a Change.org petition to release the \"pilot version,\" which was promoted by Dread Central even though the petition closed due to a lack of followers. In 2020, the following social media hashtags: *#ReleaseThePilotVersion* and *#ReleaseTheStudioADIcut* were started in response to *Zack Snyder\'s Justice League* and the released BTS footage from Studio ADI on YouTube, while Bloody Disgusting and NerdBot published articles and YouTube videos calling it one of the most anticipated director\'s cut in horror movies.


# Possessed (1983 film)
***Possessed*** (猛鬼出籠) is a 1983 Hong Kong film directed by David Lai. It is followed by Possessed II in 1984.
An insane man is shot dead by two cops Kung and Hsiao after he refused to listen to them and stabbed a woman dead. After that, the two cops always meet strange things and Hsiao\'s girl friend is also haunted too. In order to reduce the fear, the cops employ a Taoist to find out the problem. After several enchantments, the Taoist discovers the truth: As Hsiao\'s father was involved in some corruption that led to a death. Now the spirit of the victim has returned from hell for revenge.
- Siu Yuk-Lung (1) -- Siu Yuk Lung
- Lau Siu-Ming -- Lau Siu Ming
- Irene Wan Pik-Ha -- Siu\'s sister
- Tai San (1) -- Leong Hsia
- Chan Chi-Shui -- Sue
- Wong Yat-Fei -- Master Chen
- Sham Ching-Mei -- Lin Chin Shui\'s mother
- San Sin -- Priest
- Chan Wai-Yue -- Wang Tso Yi\'s wife
- Chan Fung-Bing -- Auntie San
- Chui Yi -- Hsiao Yau Tim
- Lee Wan (2) -- Ms Hung
- Kobe Wong Kam-Bo -- Priest
- Ng Kit-Keung -- Wang Tso Yi
- Law Man-Hon -- Ming\'s superior officer
- John Chan -- Boyfriend of Siu\'s sister


# Possessed II
***Possessed II*** (艷鬼發狂) is a 1984 Hong Kong film directed by David Lai. It is preceded by Possessed in 1983.
A bar waitress lived with her boyfriend and gave birth to a baby boy called Paul. Seven years later, her boyfriend abandoned the family and never returned. Out of rage, the bar waitress committed suicide and killed Paul too. Thirty years later, new residents move in the house while knowing nothing about its history. When they get settled, strange things start to happen\...


# The Battle Wizard
***The Battle Wizard*** is a 1977 Hong Kong film adapted from Louis Cha\'s novel *Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils*. The film was produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio and directed by Pao Hsueh-li. The film centers on the story of Duan Yu, one of the three protagonists of the novel.
- Danny Lee as Duan Yu
- as Mu Wanqing / Xiang Yaocha
- Lam Jan-kei as Zhong Ling
- Si Wai as Duan Zhengchun
- Shut Chung-tin as unnamed antagonist based on Duan Yanqing\'s characteristic, but here he is Qin Hongmian\'s husband
- Wai Wang as Duan Zhengming
- Kong Do as Yue Canglong (combination of Yue Laosan and Yun Zhonghe)
- Keung Hon as Sikong Xuan
- Sun Shu-wah as Zhong Wanchou
- Hung Ling-ling as Dao Baifeng
- Kam Lau as Qin Hongmian
- Teresa Ha as Gan Baobao
- Norman Chui as Gu Ducheng
- Yeung Chak-lam as Chu Wanli
- Ko Hung
- Leung Seung-wan
- Yuen Cheung-yan
- Wong Pau-kei
- Wong Cheung
- San Kuai
- Yuen Wah
- Corey Yuen
- Chui Fat
- Yuen Shun-yi
- Wong Chi-keung
- Chan Kwok-kuen
- Hao Li-jen
- Lam Fung
- Koo Chim-hung
- Lui Tat
- Chai Lam
- Kong Chuen
- Ting Tung
- Yuen Jan-yeung
- Chan Siu-kai
- Law Keung


# Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (film)
***Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils**\'\', also known as***Dragon Story**\'\', is a 1982 Hong Kong film based on Louis Cha\'s novel of the same title. The film was directed and produced by Siu Sang and starred Norman Chui, Kent Tong, Felix Wong, Idy Chan, Lam Jan-kei and Austin Wai. The film is not to be confused with the television series of the same title produced by TVB, which was also released in the same year and shared some common cast members (Tong, Wong and Chan played the same roles in the television series as well).

:   *Note: Some of the characters\' names are in Cantonese romanisation.*
- Norman Chui as Kiu Fung
- Kent Tong as Duen Yu
- Felix Wong as Hui-juk
- Idy Chan as Wong Yu-yin
- Lam Jan-kei as Ah-chu
- Austin Wai as Muk-yung Fuk
- Eddy Ko as Kau Mo-chit
- Lee Lung-kei as Duen Ching-sun
- Lau Kong as Ye-lut Hung-kei
- Chen Kuan-tai
- Lau Kwok-shing
- Cheung Hei
- Ling Hon
- Wang Han-chen
- Sham Chin-bo
- Tam Wai-man
- Leung Sam


# Raging Sharks
***Raging Sharks*** is a 2005 American direct-to-video science fiction action horror film directed by Danny Lerner. It stars Corin Nemec, Vanessa Angel, Corbin Bernsen, Todd Jensen, Elise Muller, Blinky van Bilderbeek, Simone Levin, Emil Markov, Jonas Talkington, and Atanas Srebrev. Set in an isolated underwater research facility, the film follows a group of scientists as they discover a strange series of crystals, only to find out that it also harbors a psychological effect on sharks, causing them to become more aggressive. The sharks soon attack the facility, causing the oxygen supply to start to decrease, and forcing the survivors to find a way out.
In outer space, two alien spaceships collide, one of which releases a capsule that lands at the bottom of the Bermuda Triangle. Five years later, the underwater research facility, the Oshona, discovers the crystals, and the facility\'s manager Mike Olsen retrieves them. As Mike leaves for the mainland, divers Don and Jake attempt to make repairs outside of the facility. However, they are soon attacked by sharks. One of the scientists and Mike\'s wife, Linda, attempt to rescue them, only to be chased by more sharks, which inadvertently cause the facility to lose power, cutting the facility\'s oxygen supply, which begins to decrease, and Linda, scientist Jonas, technicians Vera, Simona, and Carlo, and workers Harvey and Leo are trapped in the facility.
Mike receives word of the incident, and boards the submarine *USS Roosevelt*, piloted by captain Riley. Meanwhile, a boat above the Oshona, the *Paradiso*, sends a diver down to inspect the damage, he\'s killed by the sharks during the dive. They then attempt to send two men down in a seaplane to retrieve the cables, one of the sharks rams the plane, causing one of the men to fall overboard, and be eaten by the shark. In the Oshona, Jonas discovers that the sharks\' aggressive behavior is being caused by the crystals, which have been eaten by the sharks, creating a psychological effect on the sharks\' minds. Harvey becomes increasingly paranoid. The sharks, in the meantime, kill several people at a nearby beach before sinking a nearby boat.


# Raging Sharks
Mike and agent Ben Stiles are transferred into the Oshona, and intend to evacuate the survivors into the submarine, an electrical overload created by the crystals occurs, creating a fire in the engine room, preventing the evacuation. With the oxygen supply dwindling, Mike and Carlo are sent in a submersible to turn on the facility\'s oxygen reserves. They are successful, Carlo is killed when the sharks attack the submersible. Mike is forced to hide in a nearby crevice, where he finds the capsule, and retrieves another sample of the crystal before managing to return to the Oshona. Harvey finally snaps, and attempts to escape in another submersible, the sharks attack it, and cause it to sink into a crevice, creating an explosion that kills Harvey.
Minutes later, Mike and Linda discover Jonas to be stabbed to death, and as they return to the control center, Stiles appears and causes a shootout that kills Vera. Stiles reveals himself as a Black Ops agent who has been sent to retrieve the crystals. Leo attempts to create a diversion that distracts Stiles, is killed himself. Mike and Linda run away while Stiles take Simona as a hostage. He soon decides she\'s useless and traps her inside a flooding room, where she drowns. Stiles stealthily chases Mike and Linda throughout the flooding facility, he is finally subdued after engaging in a fight with Mike. He then attempts to escape the facility, only to be eaten by a shark. Mike and Linda witness two aliens diving down, and retrieving the capsule before the Oshona completely collapses. Linda nearly drowns, Mike rescues her, and they are picked up by Riley in the submarine, where Linda is revived. In the aftermath, Mike fails to convince Riley of his sighting of the aliens.
- Corin Nemec as Dr. Mike Olsen
- Vanessa Angel as Linda Olsen
- Corbin Bernsen as Captain Riley
- Todd Jensen as Ben Stiles
- Binky van Bilderbeek as Harvey
- Elise Muller as Vera
- Simone Levin as Simona
- Jonas Talkington as Jonas
- Atanas Srebrev as Carlo
- Emil Markov as Leo
A Horror.Net review said that the film is a good use of live stock footage, computer effects, and fake shark heads-and gallons of blood. Alison Nastasi, of Horror Squad, said that the film has several hilariously bad moments that B movie shark fanatics will enjoy.


# Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq
***Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq*** is a 2000 Carlton Television documentary written and presented by John Pilger which was directed by Alan Lowery. In this documentary Pilger argues that UN sanctions had a devastating effect on the children of Iraq during the 1990s.
John Pilger and Alan Lowery traveled to Iraq with Denis Halliday, a former assistant secretary-general of the United Nations who resigned over what he called the \"immoral policy\" of economic sanctions. There they expected to find a suffering nation held hostage to the compliance of a dictator, Saddam Hussein. What they found was a country being slowly strangled by a draconian U.S./U.K. blockade.
- Dennis Halliday -- Former Asst. Secretary General, United Nations
- Robert Gates -- CIA Director 1991-93
- Hans von Sponeck -- Chief UN co-ordinator, Iraq
- Ambassador Peter van Walsum -- Chairman, UN Sanctions Committee
- Professor Karol Sikora -- Former Chief of Cancer Programme, World Health Organization
- James Rubin -- US State Department spokesman
- Scott Ritter -- UN Weapons Inspector 1991-1998
- Said Aburish -- Author, *Saddam Hussein*: *The Politics of Revenge*
- Mohammed Amin Ezzet -- Conductor, Iraqi National Orchestra
- Anupama Rao Singh -- UNICEF Representative, Iraq
- Professor Doug Rokke -- Former US Army health physicist
- Dr. Jinan Ghalib Hassen -- Paediatrician
- Dr. Jawad Al-Ali -- Cancer specialist
- Laith Kubba -- Iraqi opposition exile
- Felicity Arbuthnot -- Journalist
- Hussain Jarsis -- Shepherd
- Chris Award, Columbus International Film & Video Festival
- Vancouver International Film Festival


# A Story About Love
***A Story About Love*** () is a 1995 Norwegian romantic film directed by Aune Sand, starring Beate Halkjelsvik, Beate Charlotte Lunde, Einar Lund, Aune Sand, Siv Stubsveen and Charlotte Thiis-Evensen. The film follows different couples and their love stories around the world, in Cairo, Normandy, Oslo and New York City.
The film was universally panned by critics and is considered by some to be one of the worst films ever made. The critic Harald Kolstad from Dagsavisen gave it a score of zero out of a scale from one to six, refused to acknowledge *Dis* as a film, and claimed to have never seen anything worse. Despite this, it became a commercial success, with fans embracing it as being \"so bad it\'s good\". Today, it is regarded as a cult film. Aune Sand insists that *Dis* is a masterpiece.
- List of films considered the worst
- List of cult films


# Brudeferden i Hardanger
***Brudeferden i Hardanger*** () is a 1926 Norwegian silent drama film directed by Rasmus Breistein, starring Aase Bye. The script was written by Breistein, based on the novel *Marit Skjølte*, by Kristofer Janson. The film is a romantic drama about two lovers who are separated and only get reunited in their old age. It started a trend of national romanticism in Norwegian film.
Norway at the beginning of the 20th century: Several inhabitants of a small village on a fjord are boarding a ship to emigrate to the United States. Marit Skjølte refuses to follow her parents because she is in love with Anders Bjåland. Anders tells her that he is going to travel for a couple of years and will marry her when he comes back. He gives her his mother\'s brooch as token of his engagement. Four years later, Marit discovers that Anders is marrying the rich Kari Bjørve. She expresses her contempt towards him and goes to work for an old man in the mountains. One day, Tore, the man who always loved her comes to renew his offer to marry her. Marrit accepts to follow him.
Wedding Boat Procession
Many years have passed. Marit has become a rich widow, living with her son Vigleik and her daughter Eli. Anders poor and sick lives with his son Bård. Eli falls in love with Bård, and despite her mother\'s prohibition and her brother\'s threats, marries him and goes to live on his farm where she takes care of her sick father in law. Several years pass. Anders\' wife has died poor and derelict. Marit begins to soften up and sends anonymously some food to her daughter. One day Vigleik, who has drunk too much, goes to the Bjåland farm, drags Anders out of his bed and throws him out of the house. Eli carries him to her mother who takes care of him. When Anders regains consciousness and sees that Marit has always carried his mother\'s brooch, he is full of remorse. They remember when they played bride and groom as children. Vigleik, ashamed by his behaviour emigrates to the United States and Marit and Anders spend their old days together.


# Brudeferden i Hardanger
- Aase Bye as Marit Skjølte young
- Gunhild Schytte-Jacobsen as Marit Skjølte old
- Henry Gleditsch as Anders Bjåland young
- Alfred Maurstad as Vigleik, Marit\'s son
- Annik Saxegaard as Eli, Marit\'s daughter
- Oscar Larsen as Anders Bjåland old
- Martin Fiksen as Bård, Anders Bjåland\'s son
- Dagmar Myhrvold as Kari Bjørve
- Vilhelm Lund as Tore Skjølte
- Henny Skjønberg as Tore\'s mother
The outdoor takes were shot in Aga and Lofthus in Ullensvang, and on Tokheim Farm outside Odda. The indoor takes were filmed at The Art Room in Thunes Mek. Verksted, Skøyen.
The film premièred on 26 December 1926 at the Cirkus Verdensteater and Frogner Cinema Theatre, Oslo.
The film only existed in one, severely damaged 35 mm copy, with extremely unstable pictures, as the copy had shrunk, with extensive damages and scratches in the emulsion. The film was scanned in 2048x1556 pixels, and a total of 113.000 frames were individually stored and repaired. The data files were stabilized, illuminated and repaired with the most advanced equipment.
The copy that the Norwegian Film Institute had in its possession was an unedited version without titles. The Swedish title lists were found at The Swedish Film Classification Board in 1998.
From these files, a new, restored 35 mm negative was produced in 1999, with new music based on the original playlists, written by Halldor Krogh. Hardanger fiddle soloist: Einar Mjralsnes. Sound Engineer: Hékon Aarraen. Music producer: Halldor Krogh
Since 1999, several new title lists have surfaced. This has rendered it possible to reconstruct an omitted sequence which expands on the narrative in the film. In 2007, a new version, a few hundred meters longer, was released on DVD with Norwegian intertitles and English subtitles.


# Lost City Raiders
***Lost City Raiders*** is a 2008 made-for-television science fiction film written and directed by Jean de Segonzac. It starred James Brolin, Ian Somerhalder, Jamie King, and Bettina Zimmermann.
In year 2048, global warming has caused much of the surface of the earth to become flooded. In the city of New Vatican, Cardinal Battaglia believes that the global inundation can be gotten rid of by using the \"scepter of Moses\". This is the staff that Moses used to part the Red Sea during The Exodus.
Cardinal Battaglia contacts John Kubiak (James Brolin) and his sons Jack (Ian Somerhalder) and Thomas (Jamie King). The Kubiak family is raiding the sunken New York City for various treasures lost beneath the waves. The Kubiaks are to assist Brother Fontana and Father Giacopetti in a submarine to retrieve the scepter and save the earth. They are opposed by Nicholas Filiminov (Ben Cross), a major land dealer who wants the scepter for his own purposes; having forced the water to rise to cover the remaining land, survivors will be forced to live in his planned floating communities, and he can then purchase the sunken land for a pittance before lowering the water level again. The Kubiak brothers are also involved with two women, Giovanna (Bettina Zimmermann)---Jack\'s ex---and Cara (Elodie Frenck)---their new mechanic, who take on a new importance after John\'s death forces his sons to take up his mission. Despite the attempted intervention of an insane Cardinal who sees the Rising as God\'s punishment for mankind\'s sins, the new Team Kubiak are able to activate an ancient chamber that triggers the lowering of the flood waters. The film ends with the team having dinner and contemplating their future as they visit the thirty-one other chambers listed on the map as activating that one chamber only caused the Mediterranean to drop ten meters while not affecting the rest of the world.


# Lost City Raiders
- James Brolin as Pa Kubiak
- Ian Somerhalder as Jack Kubiak
- Bettina Zimmermann as Giovanna Becker
- Jamie King as Thomas Kubiak
- Élodie Frenck as Cara
- Michael Mendl as Cardinal Battaglia
- Jeremy Crutchley as Father Giacopetti
- Ben Cross as Nicholas Filiminov
German commercial television station ProSieben, the American cable television network Sci Fi Channel, Austrian production company Tandem Communications produced the film. Its budget was US\$6 million.
The film was first announced in March 2006. Tandem Communications intentionally picked an international cast, part of the company\'s successful strategy of making films easily marketable around the world. Within weeks of the announcement of the production, the film had already been pre-sold in Germany, France, and Spain.
Principal cinematography was to have begun in the summer of 2006, but did not begin until April 2008.
The 90-minute film was intended to air in two parts. The Sci Fi Channel hoped that it would lead to a series. The film had its worldwide television debut on 31 October 2008 in Germany. It debuted on the Sci Fi Channel on 22 November 2008.
David Hinckley in the *New York Daily News* found the production values exceptionally low and the film predictable. \"Sadly, the action turns out to be fairly predictable. Not as predictable as Brolin\'s acting, but predictable nonetheless, which may be why the filmmakers insert a romantic subplot involving not one, but two spirited, adventuresome women.\" Linda Stasi of the *New York Post* called it bad and cheesy. The *Tampa Tribune* called it \"*Waterworld* without the budget\" and an \"awful movie\".


# The Child's Eye
***The Child\'s Eye*** () is a 2010 Hong Kong horror film by the Pang brothers. It takes place in 2008 in Bangkok where six find themselves at the Chung Tai Hotel. After Rainie (Rainie Yang) sees a female ghost and Ling (Elanne Kwong) finds a disembodied hand, they find that while at dinner, the three men they came with have disappeared. Rainie leads the girls to find their friends.
*The Child\'s Eye* premiered on 4 September 2010 at the Venice Film Festival, making it the first 3D Hong Kong horror film. The film received negative reviews, most of which took issue with the quality of the script.
In Bangkok, six young people on vacation find themselves stranded at an airport due to a riot. A driver takes them to the Chung Tai Hotel, run by Chuen, where Rainie sees a female ghost and Ling finds a hovering hand trying to grab her. While at dinner the three men disappear. Rainie leads the girls with the aid of Man-man and her ghost-seeing dog Little Huang as they try to find them in the hotel\'s underground passages where they encounter the female ghost and a strange monster which is actually a dog human hybrid.
Actress Rainie Yang in 2010. Yang played a character named Rainie in *The Child\'s Eye*
- Rainie Yang as Rainie. The romantic partner of Lok. They are on the verge of breaking up.
- Elanne Kwong as Ling. The sister of Rex.
- Lam Ka-tung as Chuen. The owner of the hotel.
- Jo Koo as Chuen\'s wife.
- Ciwi Lam as Ciwi. The girlfriend of Hei.
- Izz Xu as Hei. Ciwi\'s boyfriend.
- Rex Ho as Rex. Ling\'s brother.
- Shawn Yue as Lok. Rainie\'s romantic partner.


# The Child's Eye
Due to the success of *Journey to the Center of the Earth* and *Bolt*, the idea of producing *The Child\'s Eye* as a 3-D film was greenlit. *The Child\'s Eye* is the first 3D Hong Kong horror film and the first Hong Kong production to be entirely shot in 3-D and in high definition. Director Danny Pang stated that when he \"went to see the 3-D Hollywood films the first chance we got\...The technology of 3-D filming is now well-developed enough for us to try applying our horror style.\"
The film began shooting in June 2009 in Thailand. The Pang brothers stated they had difficulty with the camera movement, editing, and filming on location in 3D, saying \"It took 10 hours to get 12 shots. It took more time to adjust the lighting for the 3-D effects. And we needed to adjust the balance level of the left eye and the right eye---getting the correct focus is important and quite difficult\". Actress Rainie Yang said the role in the film was difficult for her, stating \"I never tried this before in my previous works. It is demanding as it all depends on your own imagination. But I feel lucky that I could try such special role which others may want to try but could never have a chance\".
The film premiered out of competition at the Venice Film Festival on September 4, 2010. It was released in Hong Kong on October 14, 2010. Clips to promote the film were shown at Ocean Park in Hong Kong before its release. The film premiered at number one position on its first week in the Hong Kong box office grossing \$572,080. The film was also successful in Malaysia where it was the number one film in the box office for two weeks, grossing a total of \$1,487,116. The film grossed a total of \$3,712,643 worldwide.


# The Child's Eye
### Reception
The film received generally negative reviews after its premiere. *Variety* commented on a weak script, and notes that the \"hands pop out of the ground, monsters lunge camerawards, and other shocktastic devices that even William Castle would have thought corny are deployed\...Outside Asia, this one looks destined to be eyeballed mostly by cultists\". Film Business Asia gave the film a three out of ten rating, stating that \"The Child\'s Eye 3D is not as lame as the previous entry in the Pang Brothers\' Eye cycle, The Eye 10\...The fault, as with so many of the brothers\' films, lies in the script, which generates little characterisation among its six young leads (actually three, for most of the film) and relies purely on eerie sound effects, sudden crashes on the soundtrack and ghost/monster shots for its horror\". *Screen Daily* gave the film a mixed review, stating that the script is a \"strictly by-the-numbers affair, there are more than a few nicely set-up 3D moments and a healthy moment of surreal filmmaking in amidst the film\'s horror-in-a-hotel tale\". *Today* gave the film a rating of 1.5 out of 5, saying that \"poor acting, the lack of cast cohesiveness and too many plot holes makes this wannabe fright flick one huge disappointment\".


# The Gateway of Europe
***The Gateway of Europe*** () is a Polish historical film. It was released in 1999. In 2001 it received Polish Film Awards for Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design and Best Production Design.
In January 1918, three volunteer nurses came to the field hospital and Polish Corps located in the manor in Ciechinicze (Cichinicze) between Rahačoŭ and Babrujsk. Sophie, one of the nurses, finds her previously missing brother. When the hospital gets into the hands of the Bolsheviks, the sisters must cope not only with patient care, but also the brutality of the enemy soldiers.
- Alicja Bachleda-Curuś as Zosia
- Kinga Preis as Hala
- Henryk Boukołowski as Dr Mroczek
- Agata Buzek as Henrietta
- Piotr Szwedes as Smagły
- Małgorzata Rudzka as Lasiewska
- Agnieszka Sitek − Ira
- Mariusz Bonaszewski − dr Lesiewski
- Piotr Szwedes − Smagły
- Piotr Adamczyk − Sztyller
- Katarzyna Groniec − Niewidoma
- Magda Teresa Wójcik − Kobieta
- Jan Kozaczuk − Staszewicz
- Piotr Rzymyszkiewicz − kolega Staszewicza
- Andriej Jegorow − Andriej Anczew
- Aleksander Kalinowski − Rudy
- Michał Breitenwald − Żyd
- Jerzy Mularczyk − ranny


# Dabangg 2
***Dabangg 2*** () is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film co-produced (with Malaika Arora) and directed by Arbaaz Khan in his directorial debut. Its story is set in Kanpur and written by Dilip Shukla. *Dabangg 2* serves as a sequel to the 2010 film *Dabangg* and is the second part in the highly successful *Dabangg franchise*. It stars Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Arbaaz Khan, Mahie Gill and Vinod Khanna reprising their roles from *Dabangg*, with Prakash Raj playing the antagonist replacing Sonu Sood. The supporting cast includes Nikitin Dheer, Gireesh Sahdev, Pankaj Tripathi, Manoj Pahwa and Deepak Dobriyal, with Manoj Joshi and Tinnu Anand appearing in cameo roles.
The development of *Dabangg 2* commenced after the release of *Dabangg*. Abhinav Kashyap, who directed *Dabangg*, refused to direct the film citing unknown reasons; following this, Arbaaz Khan decided to make his directorial debut. Filming for *Dabangg 2* began on 9 March 2012 in Mumbai.
*Dabangg 2* theatrically released in India on 21 December 2012 during the Christmases festival. It earned nett in India within three days of its release to break the record of *Ek Tha Tiger*, another film featuring Salman Khan. It opened to mixed reviews, with praise for its performances, action sequences, humor and music, but criticism for its script and screenplay.


# Dabangg 2
*Dabangg 2* grossed over at the worldwide box office, becoming the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2012 behind *Ek Tha Tiger*, and one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time. The film accumulated nett and was termed a \"blockbuster\" by Box Office India. The third film in the franchise, *Dabangg 3*, was released in December 2019.
The story carries on from the previous film--- Inspector Chulbul Pandey--- in charge of a local police station in Kanpur and resides there with his wife Rajjo, half brother Makkhi and stepfather. A boy gets kidnapped from a school, therefore Chulbul deals with the problem. In Kanpur, an assassin murders a witness who is about to testify against a dreaded don. Chulbul tracks the assassin down, killing him at a coffeehouse. The don is Thakur Bachcha Singh, a struggling politician. After several public altercations, Bachcha\'s brother Genda convinces him to get rid of Pandey, threatening Chulbul\'s stepfather to kill his entire family if Chulbul keeps on interfering in Bachcha\'s criminal activities.
Genda harasses a girl, arriving at her wedding to kidnap her. Chulbul arrives at the wedding and asks Genda to leave. Genda refuses to comply and continues to insult Chulbul. Chulbul breaks his neck, leading to his death. In the meantime, his wife becomes pregnant, Pandey being advised by everybody to leave Bachcha alone for the sake of his family\'s safety. Bachcha, promising to avenge his brother\'s death, decides to do so before the election. He meets Rajjo and Makkhi while they are leaving a temple where Makkhi is shot by Bachcha, and Rajjo is pushed off the temple stairs. However, both of them survive, with Rajjo having a miscarriage and suffering a head injury.


# Dabangg 2
Chulbul is enraged at the loss of his first child. He enters Bachcha\'s location and kills all of his men. He fights him and gets him arrested, but when Bachcha tries to threaten him, he kills him instantly by grabbing a gun and shooting him with two bullets in the chest. Later, Chulbul and Rajjo have their first child, a baby boy. Right at the end, Chedi Singh\'s photographer (from the first film, Dabangg) arrives, asking for a family photo. They all laugh, and the photographer takes the picture.
- Salman Khan as inspector Chulbul Pandey
- Sonakshi Sinha as Rajjo Pandey
- Arbaaz Khan as Makhanchand \"Makkhi\" Pandey
- Prakash Raj as Thakur Bachcha Singh, a politician and the main antagonist
- Vinod Khanna as Prajapati Pandey
- Mahi Gill as Nirmala Pandey
- Nikitin Dheer as Chunni, the secondary antagonist
- Deepak Dobriyal as Genda Singh, Bachcha\'s brother
- Gireesh Sahedev as Inspector Siddique
- Manoj Pahwa as Commissioner SP Anand Mathur
- Flora Asha Saini in a cameo as a reporter
- Madhumita Das as Raina Tripathi
- Sandeepa Dhar as Anjali Prasad
- Tinu Anand as the master in a special appearance
- Manoj Joshi as a shopkeeper in a special appearance
- Nitesh Pandey as a doctor in a special appearance
- Pankaj Tripathi as Filawar
- Rashami Desai in a cameo appearance in song \"Dagabaaz Re\"
- Nandish Sandhu in a cameo appearance in song \"Dagabaaz Re\"
- Achyut Potdar as Beni Prasad, Anjali\'s Grandfather
- Malaika Arora Khan as Munni, a bar dancer in the item number song \"Pandeyji Seeti\"
- Kareena Kapoor as a bar dancer in the item number song \"Fevicol Se\"


# Dabangg 2
### Development
When director Abhinav Kashyap opted out of directing the sequel, Arbaaz Khan himself decided to helm the film. Prakash Raj was confirmed to have been chosen to play the main villain. Kareena Kapoor has chosen to play an item number in the film, despite initial reports considering Katrina Kaif for the role.
In Feb 2012, it was reported that distribution rights were sold to UTV Motion Pictures for a price of 1.40 billion, the highest for a Bollywood film till date. But later UTV Motion Pictures reported the news as completely fake & nonsense. UTV Motion Pictures has brushed aside rumours of purchasing the rights of the sequel to Salman Khan-Sonakshi Sinha starrer, *Dabangg 2* for 1.40 billion.
The national emblem framed on the wall of Chulbul Pandey\'s police station was depicted incorrectly. Sensitive to the slightest abnormality pertaining to national sentiments, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has asked producer-director Arbaaz Khan to simply blur the corner of the film\'s frames where the national emblem appears.

### Filming
Shooting for the film began in March 2012. The producers announced plans to shoot the film in Kanpur. A set depicting the city of Kanpur was created at the Kamalistan Studios in Mumbai, where the first schedule of the film was shot. The entire studio was rented for the film, making it a first in Bollywood. The phase consisted of shooting a qawwali song under neon lights. Following the shoot, filming is expected to take place in film city in Mumbai. The last schedule has been planned to be shot at Satara. Three days after the film went on floors, it was reported that Salman Khan replaced cinematographer, K. K. Senthil Kumar, with Aseem Kumar. A song titled \"Fevicol Se\" was choreographed as a dance number and considered as an equivalent to \"Munni Badnaam Hui\" from prequel. Reports indicating that Salman would essay an important involvement in the director\'s role were dismissed by Arbaaz. *Dabangg 2* was produced on a budget of ; 170 million were spent on marketing costs of the film.
\+***Dabangg 2* Pre-release business**
`Territories and ancillary revenues`
`Price`
` Satellite rights with a TV channel`
`Overseas & home video rights with Eros International`


# Dabangg 2
### Filming
`Music rights (T-Series)`
Total
- The figures don\'t include the Print and Advertising (P&A) costs.
The songs are composed by Sajid--Wajid while the lyrics were penned by Jalees Sherwani, Irfan Kamal, and Sameer. The film score is composed by Sandeep Shirodkar. The full soundtrack album was released on 9 November 2012.
\"Pandeyji Seeti\" appears to be inspired by the song \"Chalat Musafir\" from the film *Teesri Kasam* (1966), which in turn was inspired by a Bihari folk song, and added little sample of previous song Munni Badnaam Hui, which this song \"Pandeyji Seeti\", became sequel of this song In turn, \"Pandeyji Seeti\" itself appears to have inspired the song \"Badri Ki Dulhania\" in the film *Badrinath Ki Dulhania* (2017). The song \"Fevicol Se\", which showed Kareena Kapoor, sung by same singer Mamta Sharma.


# Dabangg 2
### Track listing
The first look of the film was unveiled on 19 October 2012 and theatrical trailer was launched on 20 October 2012 at Salman Khan\'s reality show *Bigg Boss 6*. Chulbul Pandey, Khan\'s character in *Dabangg 2* appeared in StarPlus soap Diya Aur Baati Hum to promote the film. It aired on 12 and 13 December 2012. Salman and Sonakshi promoted the film on the sets of *Sa Re Ga Ma Pa*. *Dabangg 2* was screened at the Ketnav theatre in Khar, a western Mumbai suburb, on 17 December 2012. A *Dabangg 2* special screening was done for the star kids on 19 December 2012. Another premiere was held on 20 December 2012 in which Aamir Khan also attended.
*Dabangg 2* released in 3500 screens in India and 450 screens overseas on 21 December 2012. The film was made on a budget of including prints and advertising. This figure does not include Salman Khan\'s fee which can go as high as the budget of the film itself. *Dabangg 2* had the highest screen count for any film in India and worldwide, surpassing that of *Ek Tha Tiger*. The trailers for *Kai Po Che!* and *Bhaag Milkha Bhaag* were released with *Dabangg 2*.

### Controversy
Chief judicial magistrate (CJM), Muzaffarpur has ordered to lodge an FIR against seven artists of *Dabangg 2*, including Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, and others under Section 156 (clause 3) of the CrPC and submit a report within a week in connection with a complaint filed against a song \"Fevicol....\" in Hindi movie *Dabangg 2*. The complainant filed the case demanding a ban on the song immediately, claiming that such songs are likely to fuel sexual harassment and misbehaviour against girls at a time when the entire nation was experiencing an unprecedented shame due to the recent gang rape and death of a 23-year-old girl in Delhi.


# Dabangg 2
### Critical Reception
Dabangg 2 received mixed reviews from critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 4 out of 5 stars and said \"*Dabangg 2* has Salman Khan, Salman Khan and Salman Khan plus entertainment, entertainment and entertainment in large doses\". Resham Sengar of Zee TV rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars, noting \"But the actor cum director has kept the standards of the film intact like a pro. So much so that it was hard to believe that a newbie in film making has directed the film. So, go on and book your ticket to enjoy this paisa vasool film with your friends and family and don\'t forget to grab a tub of popcorn\". Srijana Mitra Das of *The Times of India* gave the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and praised the overall style. *Mid-Day* gave it 3 out of 5 stars and said the film was a treat for diehard Salman Khan fans. Rubina Khan of First Post India gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and said it didn\'t matter what score she gave the film, it would still do great business. *Filmfare* stated \"*Dabangg 2* is a fanboy\'s dream and wouldn\'t disappoint the first comer either\".


# Dabangg 2
### Critical Reception
Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave the film a score 2.5 out of 5 stars reviewing \"This film might also end up raking in a much larger box office booty than *Dabangg* did, but assessed strictly as a pure entertainer designed for instant mass gratification, it isn\'t half as successful. Unfortunately, the *Dabangg 2* screenplay is devoid of any fresh ideas\". Gaurav Malani, also from *The Times of India* gave the film a mixed review and recommended skipping it by \"watching reruns of *Dabangg* on television\". Raja Sen of Rediff gave it 2.5 out of 5 stars and felt *Dabangg 2* was less unwatchable than its predecessor and it had \"absolutely nothing new to offer, and nothing to remember, quote or take away from the theatre\". *The Indian Express* rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and said \"Arbaaz should have given himself some more time\" to make the film watchable. *Stardust* publishers Manga gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars also calling it a \"one-time watch potboiler\". Anupama Chopra of the *Hindustan Times* gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and said *Dabangg 2* does not match \"the zing of the original\" and \"there wasn\'t one line that stayed with me after the film\". Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and stated what the \"film needed was personality and character, what it\'s left with is sameness. But that\'s probably enough for Salman Khan fans\".


# Dabangg 2
### Critical Reception
Aniruddha Guha also of *DNA India* rated the film 2 out of 5 stars and called it \"wannabe-*Dabangg*\". After giving it a 2 out of 5 stars, the *Daily Bhaskar* panned *Dabangg 2* by saying \"you\'d feel like a moron spending the last day on planet Earth filling your mind and lowering your IQ with rubbish like this\". Business of Cinema gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and said it was a copy of the original and offered nothing new. Reuters gave it a negative review and raised objections to the content and said the film \"objectified women in the worst way possible\". Sanjukta Sharma from *Live Mint* (*The Wall Street Journal*) said \"*Dabangg 2* is a disappointment. It had nothing to keep me engaged\".


# Dabangg 2
### Critical Reception
IGN gave the film 4.5 out of 10 stars and criticized the weak script and direction. Mufaddal Fakhruddin wrote, \"the screenplay and script are majorly lacking, and whatever story it does have is stretched out in a way that it becomes blatantly obvious. There were a number of times where I went, \"why did I just watch this scene?\". *Dabangg 2* felt lost. They say not all those who wander are lost, but *Dabangg 2* actually is. Digital Spy gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and objected to the content. Priya Joshi wrote, \"Khan revels in the shameless display of narcissism, but there is little to commend the performance. The dialog is trite, there is no depth to the characters, and most of the effort has been applied to the elaborate fight sequences. With the emphasis on violence and the objectifying of women, it\'s a step back in time, where the women are either dutiful, temple-going housewives or cleavage-baring prostitutes\". Joshi recommended skipping the film and added instead of watching it, we could \"use the time, perhaps more wisely, pondering whether we have enough brussels for Christmas dinner\". Asian review website Wogma rated the film 1.18 out of 5 and criticized all aspects, from direction to performances by the lead actors. The reviewer broke down the rating of the film and gave \"1 out of 5 for direction, 1 out of 5 for the story, 1 out of 5 for lead actors performances, 2 out of 5 for character artists, 2 out of 5 for dialogues, 1 out of 5 for screenplay, 1.5 out of 5 for the music, and 1 out of 5 for lyrics\". Simon Abrams of *The Village Voice* said \"before they really screw up the film, *Dabangg 2*\'s creators do a good job of not taking themselves too seriously\". Trisha Gupta from First Post International said the film was a rehash of *Dabangg*. Instead of giving a review, the *New York Daily Times* objected to the content of the film. Quoting William Nicholas Gomes, a visiting fellow at the University of York, they said *Dabangg 2* \"glorified the practice of torture by police forces\" and would \"raise wider public support in favour of torture and ill treatment of prisoners in custody\".


# Dabangg 2
### Accolades
`Distributor`
`Date aired`
`Category`
`Recipient`
`Result`
`Zee Cine Awards`
`20 January 2013`
Best Actor (Male)
`Salman Khan`
`Best Actor- Male (Viewer's Choice)`
`Salman Khan`
`Colors Screen Awards`
`19 January 2013`
`Best Actor (Male)`
`Salman Khan`
`Best Actor in a Negative Role (Male/Female)`
`Deepak Dobriyal`
`Promising Debut Director`
`Arbaaz Khan`
`Best Music`
`Sajid-Wajid`
`Best Playback Singer (Female)`
`Mamta Sharma  ("Fevicol", `*`Dabangg 2`*`)`
`Best Lyrics`
`Sameer Anjaan("Dagabaaz re", `*`Dabangg 2`*`) `
`Best Dialogue`
`Dilip Shukla (Dabangg 2)`
`Best Choreography`
`Chinni Prakash ("Pandeyji seeti bajaaye", `*`Dabangg 2`*`)  Farah Khan ("Fevicol", `*`Dabangg 2`*`)`
`Best Action`
`A Arasukumar (`*`Dabangg 2`*`)`
`Best Actor (Popular Choice)`
`Salman Khan`
`Mirchi Music Awards`
`3 March 2013`
`Song of The Year`
`"Dagabaaz Re"`
`Lyricist of The Year`
`Sameer Anjaan ("Dagabaaz Re")`
`Raag-Inspired Song of the Year`
`"Dagabaaz Re"`
`Filmfare Awards`
`20 January 2013`
`Best Actor`
`Salman Khan`
`Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, India`
`2013`
`Best Actor`
`Salman Khan`
`Best Actress`
`Sonakshi Sinha`
`Best Film`
*`Dabangg 2`*
`Screen Awards`
`2013`
`Best Actor – Popular Choice`
`Salman Khan for `*`Dabangg 2`*` and `*`Ek Tha Tiger`*
`Best Actor`
`Salman Khan`
`Best Music Director`
`Sajid–Wajid`
`Best Female Playback Singer`
`Mamta Sharma for `*`Fevicol Se`*
`Most Promising Debut Director`
`Arbaaz Khan`
`Best Villain`


# Dabangg 2
### Accolades
`Deepak Dobriyal`
`Best Choreography`
`Chinni Prakash for `*`PandeyJee Seeti`*
`Farah Khan for `*`Fevicol Se`*
`Best Dialogue`
`Dilip Shukla`
`Best Action`
`Anl Arasu for `*`Dabangg 2`*` and `*`Rowdy Rathore`*

### India
*Dabangg 2* was the second-highest grosser of the year behind *Ek Tha Tiger*. It netted on its opening day, the biggest non-holiday opener beating the previous record held by *Rowdy Rathore*. On its second day however, the film witnessed a drop due to \"excessive screenings and cold weather\" but still collected around . The film\'s business grew on Sunday and it collected , taking the first weekend total to , beating the previous three-day record set by *Khiladi 786*. After a successful weekend, the film had a strong Monday where it made , beating the previous record held by *Dabangg*. *Dabangg 2* collected around on Tuesday (Christmas day). *Dabangg 2* netted around on Wednesday. The film collected on Thursday, bringing the first week total to . The film collected in its second weekend taking the film\'s collections to . The film was declared a blockbuster by Box Office India after its first week. *Dabangg 2* has collected around nett in five days of its second week as it grossed a huge crore plus on Tuesday as it was New Years Day, taking its total to . According to Box Office India, the film became the second highest-grossing film of 2012 in 13 days, adding 30 million nett on that day. *Dabangg 2* collected solid figures of nett in its second week. After successful two weeks, the film further netted in third weekend to make a total of around nett. *Dabangg 2* collected a good figure of in its third week. It netted around nett after the completion of its theatrical run. The final distributor share of the film in India was .


# Dabangg 2
### Overseas
*Dabangg 2* collected close to US\$8.5 million overseas in its opening weekend. The film reached \$8 million overseas in 10 days and was declared a \'super-hit\' by Box Office India. *Dabangg 2* has taken its overseas total to around \$10.25 million in 17 days and has become the third biggest overseas hit of 2012 behind *Jab Tak Hai Jaan* and *Ek Tha Tiger*, both of which earned the \'blockbuster\' status overseas. *Dabangg 2* grossed around \$11.75 million in its total lifetime.
It has been reported that *Dabangg 3* a sequel which will be the third and last installment in the Dabangg (film series) starring Salman Khan and Sudeep was released on 20 December 2019.


# The Sorcerer and the White Snake
***The Sorcerer and the White Snake***, previously known as ***It\'s Love*** and ***Madame White Snake***, is a 2011 action fantasy film directed by Ching Siu-tung and starring Jet Li. It is based on the Chinese legend, *Legend of the White Snake*. Production started on September 10, 2010 and ended on January 16, 2011. The film is in 3-D and was shown out of competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival on 3 September 2011. It was released in mainland China on 28 September 2011 and Hong Kong on 29 September.
Abbot Fahai and his assistant Neng Ren meet an ice harpy at the top of a mountain. The harpy turns the impetuous Neng Ren into an ice statue. Unrepentant, Fahai is forced to capture her with a demon trapper, which releases Neng Ren from the transformation. Neng Ren is then tasked to confine the ice harpy at Lei Feng Pagoda, confining it in a magic circle along with other trapped demons.
On the other side of the mountain, two female snake demons (Qingqing and Susu) are playing around when they spot a physician, Xu Xian, picking herbs at the foot of the mountain with his friends. Qingqing, being a playful snake, scares him, causing him to fall into the lake below. Susu, being gentler, assumes human form and kisses Xu Xian, which allows Vital Essence to flow from her into his body thus saving him. When Xu Xian wakes up he tells his friends about the kiss, which only makes them laugh.


# The Sorcerer and the White Snake
After finding a victim of a bat demon, Fahai and Neng Ren leave the temple to subdue the bat demon. Xu Xian comes across them and offers a boat ride to the city. Susu starts thinking about the day she kissed Xu Xian and decides to head to the city to find him. Meanwhile, while Qingqing is exploring the city, she comes across Neng Ren and decides to help him subdue the bat demon by revealing its location. Neng Ren defeats the bat demon\'s cohorts, but is unable to subdue the bat demon king and is bitten. Though he is subsequently saved by Fahai, Neng Ren starts turning into a bat demon himself the next day and decides to run away. Meanwhile, Xu Xian recognizes Susu and they spend the night together, oblivious to the fact that she is a snake in human form.
Neng Ren is found by Qinqing and the two befriend each other. They realize that Neng Ren, despite becoming a bat demon, still has all his human taste for human food, and most of his human qualities. Meanwhile, Xu Xian and Susu wed. Fahai gives Xu Xian a dagger that can kill demons, anticipating that Susu is a demon since she is able to counter the poison of the fox demon and confronts and defeats her but spares her as she had helped save others with a warning to leave Xu Xian as their union will only cause pain and threatens to kill her otherwise. When she doesn\'t, Fahai and his disciples attack her and Xu Xian\'s cottage. Susu fights the battle in snake form, but is stabbed by Xu Xian, who is unaware of her true identity. Susu escapes but is gravely injured. Xu Xian, after realizing what he has done, decides to get the spirit root to heal her.


# The Sorcerer and the White Snake
Helped by Susu\'s friend, a mouse, Xu Xian manages to retrieve a root kept inside the Lei Feng Pagoda, but is possessed by demons since the root was the thing that kept the demons in place. Fahai and the other monks capture Xu Xian and prepare to cast spells to banish the demons from his body. When Susu recovers, she goes to find Xu Xian along with Qinqing. They are confronted by Fahai, who tries to explain to them that the spell should not be broken before it is complete. Susu, however, does not believe him and accuses him of trying to separate them. The two sisters battle Fahai and after Fahai breaks their swords, they retaliate by unleashing a tidal wave on Jinshan that Fahai is able to cut in two to prevent too much damage only to be attacked by their true forms. Susu releases Xu Xian from the spell, but he does not have any memory of Susu. Susu blames this on Fahai and they battle. Despite managing to repel Susu\'s fierce snakes and incapacitate Qingqing, Fahai is left defeated as he questions whether he was too driven on his demon-hunting and fierce defense of Buddha as despite all his efforts, disasters would continue on without stopping. When Susu recommences the battle, Fahai is empowered by his faith in Buddha and manifesting many divine arms around him, easily deflects all of Susu\'s attacks before he is able to trap Susu in Lei Feng Pagoda. At this point, Susu repents and asks to see Xu Xian just one last time. Buddha implores Fahai to fulfill Susu\'s wish and Fahai, filled with the divine spirit, obeys and lifts up the pagoda, temporarily freeing Susu. After an emotional talk with Xu Xian, Susu kisses him, causing him to remember everything. Susu is then sucked back into the temple as Fahai lets go of the temple, trapping Susu there again much to Xu Xian\'s sadness. Qingqing, watching all this from a distance with Neng Ren, tells him that she doesn\'t want to love anyone as her sister loved Xu Xian, and leaves saying that he will never be a true bat demon anyway.