The great challenge / a France, Great-Britain, Spain, UGC Images, Dan Films, Mate Production ; UGC YM and TF1 Films production ; co-production with the participation of Canal+ ; UGC International ; the Yamakasi Group ; a film by Julien Seri ; produced by Yves Marmion ; screenplay, Julien Seri, Charles Perriere, Philippe Lyon ; original idea, Charles Perriere ; dialogue, Julien Seri, Philippe Lyon, Charles Perriere, Bruno Guiblet ; [directed by] Julien Seri.
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publisher:
Lionsgate,
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Williams Belle, Chàu Belle Dinh, Malik Diouf, Yann Hnautra, Guylain, Charles Perriere, Laurent Piemontesi, Elodie Yung, Santi Sudaros, Burt Kwouk. Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2004. Widescreen (1.85:1). Special features: Making of 'The great challenge'; "The Game" teaser; Trailer gallery.
Summary:
A group of highly accomplished and fearless athletes, whose break-neck skills include leaping from rooftops and scaling vertiginous facades, go to Bangkok to set up a gym and explore the local cityscape. But once there, they encounter a gang of Thai athletes who, betraying their own heritage, have pledged allegiance to the Japanese Yakuza aiming to destroy the local triad and gain control of the city. The French sportsmen soon become unwittingly entangled in an escalating turf war they cannot fully grasp. In the midst of this turmoil, as each one faces his own past and fears, will the spiritual forces of loyalty, love and sportsmanship be enough to preserve them from from the ultimate clash?
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