Sticks of Fury | Older Brother gets Schooled at Street Fighter

There are few things more important than linkin’ gyal, but when an opportunity arises to put some youngers in their place, Tobz knows what time it is.

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🕹️ Sticks of Fury
Dir. Yuan Hu
https://yuan-hu.com/director

Tackling themes of pride, masculinity and competitiveness, Sticks of Fury is a laugh-out-loud comedy that will strike a chord with anyone who has felt the sting of losing at something to a much younger competitor. More than that though, it’s also an eye-catching showcase of the talents of director Hu, who compliments the whip-smart humour of the script (Written by Louis & Bruin Chan) with some slick filmmaking that completely submerges its audience in both the tense atmosphere of the battlefield (OK, living room) and the spiraling headspace of Tobz.

Explaining that he wanted to make something “visually inventive that used the tools specific to the medium (specifically sound, editing, heightened visual language) to their fullest effect”, Hu says he was aiming to put his viewers into “the mind of someone getting repeatedly thrashed at a video game, to the point they start to lose their minds a little”. It’s at this moment – Tobz’s breakdown – that you really begin to understand how well put together Sticks of Fury is. As the live-action seamlessly merges with video game graphics, the commentator perfectly describing the on-screen and real-life battle, you find yourself invested in both Tobz’s despair and his competitor’s joy at the utter destruction he’s serving up. - S/W Curator, Rob Munday

*Cast + Crew*
Tobz: Demmy Ladipo
Stevie: Keiyon Cook
Mike: Samuel Anoon
Director: Yuan Hu
Writers: Louis Chan & Bruin Chan
Producer: Jonathan Caicedo-Galindo, Laurelle Jones
Director of Photography: Will Stuetz
Casting Director: Lucy Hellier
1st Assistant Director: Louis Chan
1st Assistant Camera: Aga Kocińska
Gaffer: Jack Foley
Sound Recordist: Morgan Smith
Boom Operator: Mishael Holdbrook
Re-Recording Mixer: Michael F. Bates
Restore: Mehdi Daghfous
Colourist: Jax Harney
Hair & Make-up: Cass Manca
Unit Photographer: Floriane Hu
Matte Paintings: Anni Roenkae

Music
“Hitman (Dream Team remix)” by Marvellous Cain
Written & Performed by Marvin Cain Courtesy of Marvin Cain & R:IQ Records

Reproduced on this channel with the permission of the filmmakers.

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