Big Brother (2018 film)

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Big Brother
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Traditional Chinese 大師兄
Simplified Chinese 大师兄
Hanyu Pinyin Dà Shī Xiōng
Jyutping Daai6 Si1 Hing1
Directed byKam Ka-wai
Screenplay byChan Tai-li
Produced by Wong Jing
Connie Wong
Donnie Yen
Starring Donnie Yen
Joe Chen
Lok Man-kit
Yu Kang
CinematographyJam Yau
Noah Wong
Edited byLi Ka-wing
Music byDay Tai
Production
companies
Mega-Vision Project Workshop
Bona Film Group
Sun Entertainment Culture
Er Dong Pictures
Super Bullet Pictures
Horgos Huanxing Entertainment Company
Shanghai Bona Culture Media Company
Mega-Vision Project Production
Distributed byMega-Vision Project Workshop
Release dates
16 August 2018 (2018-08-16) (Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore)

24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) (China, Taiwan)

August 30, 2018 (2018-08-30) (United States)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryHong Kong
Language Cantonese
Box officeUS$22.03 million [1]

Big Brother is a 2018 Hong Kong action drama film directed by Kam Ka-wai and starring Donnie Yen and Joe Chen. The film was released on 16 August 2018.

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Plot

A high school is in crisis, the students are under-performing and preoccupied with non-academic activities. Henry Chan, aka Big Brother, a teacher with rather rusty writing skills yet armed with the most knowledgeable fists and heart of steel, comes to enlighten and inspire the students with his unconventional teaching methods. Just as the kids are improving their work and enjoying the merits of the educational system, trouble follows. An opportunistic entrepreneur creates havoc by sending in a motley gang of fighters to take over the land in order to turn the all ready failing school into an apartment complex. Their approach is not all that persuasive with Chan, as he and his beloved class are going to give the unwelcome guests the benefits of a real education.

Cast

Reception

Box office

The film grossed a total of US$22,029,250 worldwide, combining its box office gross from Hong Kong, China, North America and Australia. [1]

In Hong Kong, the film grossed HK$7,253,433 during its theatrical run from 16 August to 3 October 2018. [2]

In China, the film grossed a total of CN¥146,303,000 at the box office. [3]

Critical reception

Simon Abrams gave the film a score of 2.5 stars on RogerEbert.com . Abrams described the film as a 'corny, civic-minded "Stand and Deliver"' with "leaps in feel-good logic" while asserting that Donnie Yen's "disarming poise and arch sincerity" would "[make] you want to suspend your disbelief". [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Big Brother - Box Office Mojo".
  2. "CreateHK (.gov) › hk › HKFI...PDF 香港電影業資料彙編-2018 - CreateHK".
  3. "大师兄 - 艺恩".
  4. "Big Brother movie review & film summary (2018) RogerEbert.com".