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Stephen Tung plays a former 80s director-stuntman drawn back into the present-day action-film industry as it faces an identity crisis

This is a film that is more likely to work for hardcore fans of Hong Kong cinema than Hk-curious mainstream viewers. Stuntman is an action-drama that folds in on itself with a tale about the contemporary Hong Kong film industry facing an identity crisis in which well-known figures from its own past appear. The charming opening sequence, set in the 1980s, spoofs the zooms and editing style of that era’s classic fight-driven films – and then pulls back to reveal we’re actually watching a movie being made, back in the 80s.

The action-director character is called Sam Lee. While shooting a particularly tricky stunt that requires a stuntman to leap off a bridge on to a moving lorry, things go wrong and the stuntman ends up in a wheelchair...

Hong Kong action film Stuntman will be released in the UK by Cineasia, and the first trailer has landed too.

Much like recent action comedy The Fall Guy, Stuntman is a Hong Kong movie set in its own film industry. Starring Stephen Tung Wai, it’s about a respected stuntman who’s forced to step away from the spotlight following an accident – something that also happened to Ryan Gosling’s lead in The Fall Guy, thinking about it.

At any rate, Stuntman is getting a UK release courtesy of Trinity Cineasia, and the distributor has handily put out an official synopsis, which goes like this:

Lee Sam (Stephen Tung Wai) was the undisputed king of stunt choreography during the golden era of Hong Kong action cinema in the 80s. After a devastating accident, Sam has stepped away from the industry for 30 years. His old friend, a veteran director, persuaded Sam...