The Protests/Trivia

Trivia

 * The film is directed by Jackie Chan and it is inspired by ongoing protests
 * According to Chan, this is his first drama film he had done since he always does action films
 * The film is rated PG-13 due to extreme violence shown in the film
 * Each member of The Vamps portray the following events/effects during the protests
 * Tristan Evans portrays the umbrella movement which happened in 2014
 * James McVey portrays the August 2019 protests when a female protester was hit multiple times by a beanbag
 * Brad Simpson portrays the effects of tear gas which is used in the 2014 and 2019-20 protests
 * Connor Ball portrays the anti-mask law in Hong Kong

Planned Ideas

 * According to Chan, he was originally going to make an action film starring himself about the protests but because he doesn't want to get injured again, he decided on a drama film instead starring a young boy and girl along with some British guys trying to survive the protests
 * Originally, James was supposed to portray the tear gas effects and Brad portray the August 2019 protests but it was swapped because James hasn't suffered from a lung infection and Brad said that he'd rather be sick rather than be injured
 * Chan originally named the girl Madison and the boy Matthew because they start with 'm' and that it is the first letter of the word, 'medicine'
 * But because he said that they don't sound British enough, he changed it to Emily and Edward to make it sound more British
 * Also because 'e' is the second letter of the word, 'medicine'
 * The film was originally going to be in Cantonese but because Chan collaborated with production companies from the US and UK, he made the film bilingual