The sci-fi flick is the second international film of this caliber to be set in Myanmar, after the Hong Kong-Chinese crime drama Line Walker 2, which was shot in downtown Yangon and captured the imagination of a nation with a bunch of exploding cars and complicated action sequences.īut despite any misgivings the odd subject matter may raise, a Myanmar movie producer told Eleven Media that Jiu Jitsu could have a positive impact on Myanmar’s tourism and film sectors.
(And if the preceding sentence is any indication, that’s saying something.) In fact, given that it features an American and a Canadian using a Japanese martial art to fight invaders that aren’t even from this planet, let alone Myanmar, the odd choice of setting is perhaps the most inexplicable element of the film. Uh, “exotic Burma”? Sounds like Myanmar is being turned into just another shooting location for a film that has very little to do with the country itself. “‘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 told Variety.
