Just Call Me Nobody
| Just Call Me Nobody | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Kevin Chu |
| Written by | Ning Caishen |
| Produced by | Fargo Pi |
| Starring | Xiao Shen Yang Kelly Lin Banny Chen Zhao Benshan Eric Tsang Jacky Wu Xiao Xiao Bin |
| Cinematography | Du Jie |
| Edited by | Chen Po-wen |
| Music by | Ricky Ho |
Release date |
|
Running time | 94 minutes |
| Countries | Taiwan China |
Just Call Me Nobody (大笑江湖) is a 2010 comedy-martial arts film directed by Kevin Chu. The film is about a bumbling cobbler (Xiao Shen Yang) who becomes a martial arts master.
Plot summary
![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (January 2011) |
In ancient China, a poor shoe repair man Wu Di (Xiao Shen Yang) lives with his mother (Chen Hui-chuen) and is obsessed with martial-arts picture books. Wu Di repairs the shoe of the swordswoman Yuelou (Kelly Lin) and later helps save her in a fight despite having no martial-arts training. She thanks him and says she can be found on Qin Mountain if she is needed. Yuelou is secretly a princess who is due to marry the emperor (Banny Chen) but escape after setting the palace on fire.
Production
Just Call Me Nobody finished filming in later September.[1]
Release
Just Call Me Nobody was released on December 3, 2010 in China and is set to be released in Taiwan on January 26, 2011.[2] On its release in China, the film topped the box office grossing $9,018,081.[3]
Reception
Derek Elley of Film Business Asia gave the film a rating of three out of ten, referring to the film as "poorly scripted" and actor Xiao Shen Yang as "a weak lead".[2] A negative review of the film came from my paper, that said the best thing about the film was the "local marketing strategy" and that "Many Singaporeans could be drawn to the movie on the strength of its poster which touts the talents of top comics from the Chinese entertainment world...But once they watch the movie, they will realise they are the victims of a bait-and-switch: Tsang, Wu and Lee are merely guests making lame cameos."[4]
Notes
- ^ "'Just Call Me Nobody' Wraps up Shooting". China Radio International. September 29, 2010. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
- ^ a b Elley, Derek (January 4, 2011). "Just Call Me Nobody (大笑江湖)". Retrieved January 4, 2011.
- ^ "Just Call Me Nobody (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
- ^ "Just call me nobody". My Paper. December 30, 2010. Retrieved January 4, 2010.