The Lo down on Lo Mang

Hanging out at the Casa del Venom...

One of the great pleasures of making 'Beach Spike!' (apart from the absolute hell of being stuck on the sand with all those bikini babes...) has been developing such a firm friendship with former Shaw Bros movie legend Lo Mang.

Lo plays Uncle Dao, kun...Read more

Beach Spike Birthday Bash

Phoenix lets the vodka cannon fly to celebrate

Our vixenish villainess Phoenix Valen's birthday fell during our shoot, and some key cast and crew joined her for some fun and funk. She came armed with a vodka loaded water cannon. Below are the photos that are fit to print here (the rest are on my ...Read more

Beach Spike In The News

Beach Spike dominates Hong Kong media

As some of my regular readers have noted, my combined workload on Beach Spike! and various other projects caused a log in my blogging (the horror...!). Suffice to say, the whole experience of shooting Beach Spike has been fantastic: a great cast and crew rising to the challenge of filming sun, sand, fun and fury...

I was delighted to see how the film dominated the local media, and I predict a monster summer hit!

Here's a selection of Hong Kong...Read more

Spike The Beach#5 : Boxing Clever

Vo lleyball vixens hit the gym

To further display the prowess of our villainous volleyball vixens (Jessica C and Phoenix Valen), we show them in training at the Swish Thai Boxing gym in C...Read more

Spike The Beach#4

At the Chez Brewer

For the home of the wealthy Brewer clan, producer Peggy Lee found this amazing house that has never before be seen on film. I just wish I could afford to live in such a place in real life the way my screen character could. However, he's dead and I'm alive, so, as my late father use...Read more

Spike The Beach#3

Lei Dou for the night

Lei Dou is a hip Hong Kong nightspot in Lan Kwai Fong, the name of which translates, colloquially, to 'here'. Many's the drunken night: "Where are you, Bey?", "Lei Dou(Here)", "Where's 'here'?", "Here!", "Where...?&quo...Read more

Spiking The Beach# 2

Old school rewrite and becoming Mister Brewer

I arrived on set at the Cyberport for a scene where our two vampy villainesses hold a meeting to discuss the development of an unspoiled Hong Kong beach into an exclusive playground for the rich. Ironically, the exact same story unfolded, in real life, just as...Read more

The Peak speaks!

Peak magazine profile

I was happy and surprised when The Peak magazine asked to interview me. The final piece seemed more focussed on Bruce Lee, but who can complain about that?

Here it is for your edification:

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Spiking The Beach#1

Bai san and sun burn...

We got off to a great start on Beach Spike!, bright sun and a cloudless day. The first location was at Tai Tam, just beneath water refinery built back in 1907. (Yes! Older than me!) 

The day opened with a traditional 'bai san' ceremony to wish us all good luck ...Read more

Beach Spike! Press Call

A rainy day in San Po Kong... on the sand...!

A rainy day on the beach in San Po Kong...

Today we had the press call for 'Beach Spike!', which was held at a beach volleyball court in the Kowloon district of San Po Kong. I lived here (downstairs from Jackie Chan...Read more