Maggie Q. in Balls of Fury
I’ll grant you that the premise for “Balls of Fury” is really, really stupid. Consider this plot synopsis: “Down-and-out former professional ping-pong phenom, Randy Daytona (Fogler), is sucked into a maelstrom when FBI Agent Ernie Rodriguez (Lopez) recruits him for a secret mission. Randy is determined to bounce back and win, and to smoke out his father’s killer — arch-fiend Feng (Walken).” I mean, come ON! Anyways, it does star Maggie Q., coming on strong after roles in “Live Free or Die Hard” and “Mission Impossible III”. And yes, I love the outfit she’s required to wear in this movie. Dammmmmn! Check out some promos of Maggie Q. in “Balls of Fury”. Nice, no?
Movie Preview: Three Kingdoms - Resurrection of the Dragon
Big-budget Asian epics have lost their novelty about the time Zhang Yimou came out with his “Hero” and “House of Flying Daggers”. Now it seems like every Asian filmmaker is going for the “historical action epic” movie, and one of the most highly anticipated is Andy Lau and Maggie Q.’s “Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon”, which is based on the ever-so popular “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” novels written by Luo Guangzhong nearly 600 years ago. (John Woo’s own “Battle of Red Cliff” is also based on parts of it.) Variety says “Resurrection of the Dragon” has been budgeted at $20 million, and is now shooting in China under helmer Daniel Lee (”Black Mask”), who also wrote the screenplay adaptation.
BALLS OF FURY Trailer and Images
So sue me, but I’m dying to see this one. What’s it about? “A washed-up ping-pong champion must reclaim his skills after being recruited by the government to go undercover and bust a crime lord, who hosts an annual ping-pong tournament in which all the losers are executed.” Yeah, it’s that silly. But hey, it stars Christopher Walken, Maggie Q., Masi Oka, Aisha Tyler, and that guy from “Mortal Kombat”, and there are some nuts ping pong action. I love me some ping pong action. Or, as the Chinese say, ping pong.
“Live Free or Die Hard” Gets a Poster
“Live Free or Die Hard” gets a poster. It’s Bruce Willis and his bald head with a gun and, um, that’s about it. Well, they certainly know how to sell the movie. If they had asked for my opinion, I would have told them to include Maggie Q. in there somewhere. Or replace Willis with Maggie Q. completely. Then again, I’m just a horny toad, so what do I know. Here’s the poster for “Live Free or Die Hard”, aka “Die Hard 4.0″.
Maggie Q. to star in “Five Deadly Venoms” Remake
Here’s something funny: I thought I knew the plot for Chang Cheh’s original 1978 “Five Deadly Venoms” until I read the plot outline on IMDB.com, which informed that I, in fact, knew squatto. Here’s the plot: “A dying teacher instructs his final student to check on the activities of five former pupils, each of whom he taught a unique and special style of kung-fu to: The Centipede, Snake, Scorpion, Lizard, and Toad (hence the title). His final student, who knows a little of each style must team up with one of the other good students to destroy the evil ones if there are any. Greed and treachery ensue as the student discovers that some of the students are indeed evil. But which one can he trust enough to team up with?”
“Live Free or Die Hard” (aka “Die Hard 4″) Teaser Trailer Online
Poor John Mclane. The guy can’t catch a break wherever he goes or whatever he does. Damn terrorists always seem to follow him bent on doing bad things to good people and all that jazz. “Die Hard 4″ (aka “Live Free or Die Hard” — set to open July 4th, 2007, of course) brings Bruce Willis back as supercop/terrorist plans poiler John Mclane, once again to kick some terrorist ass. This time, it’s geek terrorists — aka cyber terrorists. But hey, these bad boys have Maggie Q. on their side shooting people. Nice! Check out the trailer that was “leaked” onto the net. It might get pulled, so get it while it’s here, boys! (Best line in the trailer? Justin Long’s character to Bruce Willis’ Mclane: “Why are you so calm? Have you done that kind of stuff before?” And the look Mclane gives him. Priceless!)
First Pictures From “Live Free or Die Hard”
Some first pictures from the Baltimore set of the new “Die Hard” movie, “Live Free or Die Hard”, where John McClane (Bruce Willis) takes on cyber terrorists bent on destroying American and applie pie and all that good stuff we take for granted, such as two-piece bikinis, Denise Richards — Where was I? Oh right, some pictures from the Baltimore set of “Live Free or Die Hard” via the Baltimore Sun. Disappointingly, no Maggie Q…
Maggie Q. Joins “Die Hard” Sequel
Well Gawddamn, I can’t believe Hollywood finally wised up and put Maggie Q. into another big-budget movie after her turn in Nutty Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible 3″. According to this article, Maggie Q. will play a computer hacker who has to hack John McClane (Bruce Willis). Well, not really. Here, this is what they said: “Q will play a hacker who bumps heads with McLane. Same difference, right? And oh yeah, Justin Long (the dude from those Mac commercials and “Jeepers Creepers”) will play McClane’s “computer-savvy assistant”. Why all the talk about computers and hacking? Because this “Die Hard” installment, to be called “Live Free or Die Hard”, revolves around cyberterrorists who tries to shut down America’s computers. Damn nerds. I always knew they would become trouble…