The Lion Men

The Lion Men
狮神决战
The Lion Men; 狮神决战
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jack Neo
Written by	Jack Neo
Produced by	Thum
Starring	Tosh Zhang; Wang Weiliang; Eva Cheng; Noah Yap; Charlie Goh; Maxi Lim; Chen Tianwen; Zhang Xinxiang; Jaspers Lai; Bunz Bao; Rao Zi Jie; Celyn Liew
Cinematography	Ardy Lam
Edited by	Yim Mun Chong
Music by	Mo Ju Li
Production; companies	J Team Productions; mm2 Entertainment
Distributed by	Shaw Organisation
Release date	30 January 2014;
Running time	130 minutes
Country	Singapore
Languages	Mandarin; Hokkien; English
Box office	US$1,668,380

The Lion Men (Chinese: 狮神决战) is a Singapore action comedy film directed by Jack Neo and starring Tosh Zhang, Wang Weiliang, Eva Cheng, Noah Yap, Charlie Goh, Maxi Lim, Chen Tianwen, Zhang Xinxiang, Jaspers Lai, Bunz Bao, Rao Zi Jie and Celyn Liew. The main plot revolves around three lion dance troupes pitting themselves against one another. It also marks the third on-screen reunion of Maxi Lim, Noah Yap, Wang Weiliang, Tosh Zhang, Charlie Goh and Chen Tianwen after their first and second collaborations together in Neo's previous popular and well-known army and military movies known as Ah Boys to Men and Ah Boys to Men 2.

Plot

Shi Shen (Tosh Zhang) is the top performer in the Tiger Crane Lion Dance Association, but feels restricted by Master He's (Chen Tianwen)'s traditional mindset. He decides to take a group of disciples and forms his own lion dance troupe known as Storm Riders, which fuses hip hop and rock with lion dance movements.

A major Lion Dance Competition is coming up and Mikey (Wang Weiliang) is groomed to be Shi Shen's successor. However, he has a huge fear of heights! The situation worsens when both Shi Shen and Mikey fall for Master He's daughter named He Xiao Yu (Eva Cheng).

Cast

Tosh Zhang^[2] as Shi Shen/Supreme
Wang Weiliang^[2] as Mikey
Eva Cheng as He Xiao Yu, Master He's daughter
Noah Yap^[2] as Zhang Bu Da
Charlie Goh^[2] as Ah Qiang
Maxi Lim as Babyface
Chen Tianwen^[2] as Master He, the Head Master of Tiger Crane Lion Dance Association
Zhang Xinxiang as the Director of Flying Clouds Lion Dance Academy, later became Master of Storm Riders
Jaspers Lai as Sam, the Leader of Black Hawk Lion Dance Troupe
Bunz Bao as Xiao Wang Zi
Rao Zi Jie as Tommy
Celyn Liew as Bing

Production

Development of this film was first announced in June 2013 as an untitled project hailed as the "breakthrough action movie" of director Jack Neo.^[3] In August 2013, the film's title was revealed during its opening ceremony, with Neo adding that he had been thinking of such a film premise for "quite some time ago". The budget of the film is estimated to be around $4 million. To prepare for the film, the stars had to undergo real life lion dancing training sessions.^[2]