Dance of the Dragon

In 1996 Japan made the timeless movie shall we dance, 2004 Hollywood made the remake (Ofcourse) and in 2008 Singapore made their own dancing movie Dance of the dragon. Even though the title could fool people to think this is a martial arts movie and also cast of Jason Scott Lee but this is not a martial arts movie.

This movie is the story about a man that is passionate about dancing and it's basically his dream to be a ballroom dancer. The director picked a good actor for this role which is Jang Hyuk who is an actor that is passionate no matter what role he takes.

There are three distinct characters here, each played by someone of different nationality, and had in their own fiefdom, crafted scenes within their own comfort zone, but when put together, seem to have awkwardness stamped all over it. I shall begin with the strongest.

Finally a great film comes out of Singapore, I attended the premiere and was blown away. The cinematography is stunning and the performances flawless.

I attended the premiere at the Cathay cinema, it was a complete full house 8 cinemas completely sold out. From the opening frame this is eye candy for everyone.

I went to the sneak peaks screening of this film on the weekend at the cathay. I can't believe the Korean scenes were filmed in Singapore.

I love dance films, but this is not just a dance film, it is a emotional roller coaster, I loved the cast in this film, so fresh and real. Every scene was like a Hollywood big screen movie.

Dance of the Dragon is a beautifully-shot film with great performances especially from the leads, Jang Hyuk, Fann Wong and Jason Scott Lee. The story could have been more tightly edited, and more realistic locales could have been used, but generally the film is lensed well with strong characterization.

I saw this film yesterday at the cineleasure in Singapore with my whole family to a totally full cinema and my family and the whole audience loved it. This was the second time I had seen the film and I actually appreciated the story and the performances even more on second viewing.