As a kid Tran Quoc Bao made backyard Jackie Chan videos that Corey Yuen helped edit. Bruce Lee inspired his martial arts tribute film The Paper Tigers

21 Oct, 2020 – Asian-American directors don’t usually make martial arts films, which is why The Paper Tigers, directed by Vietnamese-American filmmaker Tran Quoc Bao, comes as a pleasant surprise.

Set in modern-day Seattle, the film blends themes from classic Hong Kong martial arts films with American martial arts culture. The story follows three ageing martial artists (played by Ron Yuan, Alain Uy and Mykel Shannon Jenkins) as they try to find their former master’s killer while struggling with the everyday duties of humdrum suburban life.

Tran, who directed the film, learned the Korean martial art taekwondo as a child, and was mentored by Hong Kong action-film choreographer and director Corey Yuen Kwai.

Source : South China Morning Post