Soi Cheang may not be a familiar name around these parts yet, but he is fast making a name for himself in mainland China where he is the only Hong Kong film director apart from Stephen Chow to join the Billion Yuan Club, when his 2014 hit The Monkey King made more than 1.05bil yuan (RM630mil) at the Chinese box office during last year’s Chinese New Year season.
Best known for his award-winning films like Motorway (2012), Accident (2009), and Dog Bite Dog (2006), the Hong Kong director, whose full name is Cheang Pou Soi, is now adding martial arts actioner SPL2: A Time For Consequences to his name.
