The Rooftop (2013)

Original title

天台

Directed by

Jay Chou

Genre

musical film, action film, martial arts film, romantic comedy film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

2h

Rated

NR

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man living on a rooftop in a vibrant city gets caught up in romance and martial arts action. The story blends music, dance, and fights in a colorful, comedic style.

upbeatwhimsicalenergeticromanticplayfulstylishlively

What happens

The Rooftop (Chinese: 天台; pinyin: tiān tái; lit. 'Rooftop') is a 2013 Taiwanese musical film. It is the second feature film directed by Taiwanese singer/actor Jay Chou. Similar to his first feature film, Secret, Jay played multiple roles in the production of the film, as the main lead, director, script-writer and music composer. The Rooftop is one of the many scripts that Chou has written since the success of Secret in 2007. Most of the scripts are sequels to Secret. However, Chou and his long-time friend Will Liu decided to work on The Rooftop as a challenge to produce the first Chinese mainstream musical-come-martial arts film. They claimed that The Rooftop is a film that is difficult to be categorized, for it combined the elements of musical extravaganza and actions. Chou has made good use of his experience from filming The Green Hornet in Hollywood, Initial D in Hong Kong and directing over 60 of his own music videos, to conceptualize The Rooftop with music as its roots, combined with actions, to create a genre never seen before in Asia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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