The Lion Men

The Lion Men is a Singapore action film directed by Jack Neo and starring Wang Wei Liang, Tosh Zhang, Noah Yap, Charlie Goh, and Maxi Lim. The main plot revolves around three lion dance groups pitting themselves against each other.

Cast
Ah Boys to Men star Ridhwan Azman was originally in talks to join The Lion Men, but he had to drop out because of his clashing army enlistment. Box office; 500,777million
 * Wang Wei Liang
 * Tosh Zhang
 * Noah Yap
 * Charlie Goh
 * Maxi Lim
 * Chen Tianwen
 * Yutaki Ong
 * Rao Zi Jie
 * Eva Cheng

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) traditional mindset. He decides to take a group of disciples and forms his own lion dance troupe, 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 Mikey and Shi Shen fall for the Tiger Crane master's daughter (Eva Cheng)...

Production
Development of The Lion Men was first announced in June 2013 as an untitled project hailed as the "breakthrough action movie" of director Jack Neo. 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.

Release
The Lion Men is released on 30th January 2014,just the day before Chinese New Year.