“578: Shot of a madman” labeled 18+, released a million dollar clip at Hai Phong harbor

According to the Producer, this is only 1 of the 5 giant battles of the movie, but it is the scene that is the most difficult.

After showing the trailer and setting the release date, recently the producer of “578: Shot of the Madman” continued to release a behind-the-scenes clip)1 of the 5 most epic action scenes in the film.

Video: Behind-the-scenes action scenes in the film were taken at Dinh Vu harbor (Hai Phong)

Used to be behind the action scenes of famous series in the world such as: “Snowpiercer”, “Avengers: Age of Ultron”, “All of us are dead”; winning the “Excellent Martial Arts Directing” award at the Blue Dragon Awards, Oh Sea Young still has to admit that the action scenes of “578: Shot of the Madman”, at Dinh Vu Port are difficult. in his career.

The film’s director of photography – Morgan Schmidt also admitted: “Dinh Vu Port is the most difficult scene in ‘578: Bullet of the Madman’. USAA huge set, a beautiful harbor, a great location to shoot, but with that comes many challenges.”

Crowded crew with lots of containers

As described, this is a large port like a matrix of nearly 20,000m2 with more than tens of thousands of containers. Dinh Vu port is also a sea border, so security and regulations on entry and exit are very strict. When director Luong Dinh Dung asked to bring the main character into the port area with tens of thousands of containers to stage a great battle, many people thought this was an impossible request. Fortunately, the film crew received support from the Port management, were allowed to use 4 specialized forklifts, each worth more than 1 million USD during the filming process and only for moving lifting, Arrange containers according to the director’s layout plan. In addition, the film crew had to mobilize 57 containers, 7 light trucks 25m high from both Hai Phong and Hanoi ports to meet the lighting for the big action scenes.

If renting the context, containers and vehicles separately at the market price is about 7 billion VND, and calculating the cost, on average, it costs nearly 1 billion VND per day. The crew planned to shoot within 10 days but ended up taking the time to double to 20 days.

The weather when filming the big harbor action scene was about 8-10 degrees, freezing cold, sea breeze, night shooting and rain

To serve the rainy scenes, many complex rain systems were mobilized, each day the crew had to use up to 20,000 – 30,000 liters of water. Performing major staged scenes with the coordination of nearly 300 actors and crews, almost every day, members were injured and many people were hospitalized. Not only that, Luong Dinh Dung also asked the characters to immerse themselves in the water, under the heavy rain when performing the fight scenes to increase the feeling of darkness and danger.

At 3 am, 8 degrees Celsius, the legs of H’Hen Niê and martial artist Tuan Hac trembled because it was too cold to turn. The queen must say: “Scared. I haunted the cold, haunted the water, did not dare to take a bath, turned on the water but the water was not hot, I did not dare to touch it. I always have to say to myself: Try, try, try…”. Director Luong Dinh Dung was sorry to see the actor soaked in the rain in cold weather, but the work still had to be done. The actors, when reviewing the scene, also had to admit that it was Luong Dinh Dung’s strictness that helped them complete the job in the best way.

The action scene in the rain and cold of Miss Ede ethnic group

“578: Shot of a madman” is a journey to seek revenge and regain justice for the father’s young daughter named Hung. On the journey of hunting and being chased “alone alone”, the father realized that he was not only confronting an evil but also a dark force behind.

The film will premiere in Vietnam on May 20, 2022.