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The upcoming Pacific Rim sequel takes influences from Hong Kong cinema, features Chinese actors and was partly shot in Qingdao. Xu Fan reports.

When Steven S. DeKnight was young, he often went to cinemas to watch Hong Kong action movies by the iconic Shaw Brothers studio. And one of his favorites was Jimmy Wang Yu's martial-arts classic, Master of the Flying Guillotine.

During the American director's recent Beijing tour to promote his upcoming sci-fi film, Pacific Rim Uprising, he says Chinese audiences will see the influence of Hong Kong cinema in the movie.