Hollywood wild card Nicolas Cage looks set to choke out alien invaders on the big screen next month in a jiu jitsu battle for Earth—and the director has hinted that some of the action will be set in Myanmar.
Released yesterday, the trailer for “Jiu Jitsu” also teases a glimpse of what appears to be a CGI snapshot of ancient temple town Bagan in central Myanmar—allbeit with a rockier, more desolate landscape. But sadly, it seems filming for the blockbuster took place in Cyprus instead of the Golden Land.
The sci fi martial arts flick has been touted as “Predator meets Mortal Kombat meets National Treasure,” by its distributor, Highland Film Group.
“Jiu Jitsu is guaranteed to satisfy the millions of martial arts and science fiction lovers across the globe with world class martial artists, stunt men go-to expert Alain Moussi joining superstar Nicolas Cage for some formidable, no holds barred fight sequences set in exotic Burma,” Logothetis previously told US magazine Variety.
The plot is, uh, simple: when Jake Barnes (Moussi), a celebrated war hero and master jiu jitsu fighter, refuses to face Brax, the indomitable leader of the invaders, the future of humanity hangs in the balance. Injured and suffering from severe amnesia, Jake is captured by a military squad unequipped to fight the merciless intruder who has descended upon the planet.
After a brutal alien attack on the military squad, Jake is rescued by Wylie (Cage) and a team of fellow jiu jitsu fighters who must help him recover his memory and regain his strength in order to band together and defeat Brax in an epic battle that will once again determine the fate of mankind.
Myanmar’s film industry received a jolt of energy in February 2019 when international action movie “Line Walker 2” shot some of its scenes in downtown Yangon.
Here’s hoping Cage comes out with a “Jiu Jitsu 2” and decides on the real Bagan as a set. In the meantime, enjoy the trailer for “Jiu Jitsu”, which is set for release in the United States on November 20.
