Hit Girls

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Hit Girls
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Girl-on-girl action
Directed byMaria Tran, Adrian Castro
Written byMaria Tran
Produced byMaria Tran, Raj Patankar
StarringMaria Tran, Juju Chan, Thien Nguyen, Adrian Castro
CinematographyJustin Gong
Edited byMaria Tran, Adrian Castro
Production
companies
Phoenix Eye Transmedia, Fideo Films, Jusmedia
Running time
18 min
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Hit Girls is a 2013 Australian martial arts action comedy short film. It was written, produced and directed by Maria Tran; co-directed by Adrian Castro [1] [2] and co-stars the Juju Chan.

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Synopsis

Two assassins, serene Pixie Ho (Juju Chan) and acerbic Charlie Vu (Maria Tran) are reaching breaking point in their partnership. They must put aside their differences when they go undercover as school girls to eliminate the son of millionaire Michael Huang (Thien Nguyen) - their former primary school crush.

Awards

Cast

Production

The script was written by Maria Tran in September, 2012 after several conversations with Antony Szeto and Juju Chan who were preparing for their holiday in Australia at that time. The film was shot in 5 days [3] and most of the locations were in suburb of Fairfield, with one shot from Broken Hill. A total of $4,050 USD [4] was raised in making the short film and all the 100 cast and crew volunteered their time for the project. The action sequences were choreographed by Trung Ly.

Other

Antony Szeto visited the set on day two of the shoot. This was where he discovered Trung Ly and mentioned that if he was to direct the next project, that he will be on board. That project turned into Roger Corman's "Fist of the Dragon".

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References

  1. ↑ "HIT GIRLS - Action Short Comedy (Juju Chan/Maria Tran)". Asian Movie Pulse. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Will Hit Girls make a Killing?". Impact Online. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Tran, Maria (2013). The Making of Hit Girls Book. Fairfield. p. 10.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ↑ "Hit Girls - Action Short Film". Indiegogo. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
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