The theatrical rights to exhibit Dragon Blade, the latest film by the living legend, Jackie Chan, in cinemas across Nigeria, from September 4, 2015, has been acquired by top notch Nigerian distribution company, FilmOne. Dragon Blade was a big hit in China and now Nigeria and other regions are set to achieve the same. The cinematographic splendor, sprawling battle scenes, unconvoluted story, memorable thrilling scenes, mind blowing stunts, with pints of comic relief synonymous with JC, makes Dragon Blade worth seeing at the cinemas. The film takes us to year 48 BC and HuoAn (Jackie Chan) serves as the captain of the Protection Squad Silk Road. A Roman general named Lucius (John Cusack) flees to the East with his legion and Publius (Jozef Waite), heir to the ruling Roman Consul, to escape from the corrupt Emperor Tiberius (Adrien Brody), who plans to kill Publius and usurp the throne. They meet HuoAn at a frontier fort on the Silk Road. Tiberius and his army, who have pursued Lucius along the Silk Road, approach the fort with the intention of killing Publius and ambition of capturing and controlling the Silk Road. HuoAn decides to help Lucius, and goes to his allies to recruit an army to fight Tiberius. HuoAn arrives with reinforcement, and an epic battle like never seen before, begins.
Dragon Blade was directed by Daniel Lee and stars Jackie Chan, John Cusak (Golden Globe Winner), Adrien Brody (Academy Award Winner), Choi Si Won and Xiao Yang.
According to Mr. Moses Babatope, COO of FilmOne, “We are pleased to be the distributor of this thrilling movie from the veteran, Jackie Chan. Certainly, he is a household name in Nigeria and indeed Africa, having achieved great things in his career. Now at sixty, when people think he should be slowing down, the contrary is the case, as he has proven once more that age has nothing to do with reaching your set goals. We are proud to be associated with this film and the Jackie Chan brand and we’re confident that it will do well at the box office.” In the build up to its release, a shout out by Jackie Chan to Nigerians will soon be unveiled and those who troop to the cinemas to watch Dragon Blade will equally have the opportunity of winning fantastic prizes.