Kazakhstan pays homage to the legendary Jackie Chan with the upcoming martial arts actioner Kung Fu Rookie directed by Aman Ergaziyev and starring Timur Baktybayev.
Synopsis: Country bumpkin Timuchin comes to the city to enroll in the police academy. There he is pranked by a lovely young woman who eventually cottons to his courtship. When they run afoul of local gangsters his Dudley Do Right persona and studied obsession with martial arts send him on a bare-fisted mission to thwart the baddies on his own and rescue the damsel in distress. This inspired homage to Jackie Chan by way of urban Kazakhstan is a boisterous roller coaster ride of old school action movie thrills, spills and other hilarious antics.
Kung Fu Rookie is set for release on VOD/Digital March 14th.
