Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon (2004) on Netflix
Max Havoc left kickboxing to shoot sports. A job takes him to Guam, where he meets sisters Jane and Christy Goody. A jade dragon Jane buys is wanted by a yakuza gang.
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Plot summary
Max Havoc once fought as a kickboxer and now works as a sports photographer. His agent books him on a publicity photo shoot in Guam, and there he meets two vacationing sisters, Jane and Christy Goody. Jane buys a rare jade dragon from Tahsi, an antiques dealer who coached Max in his kickboxing years. The figurine belongs to a yakuza clan that wants it back.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon (2004)
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- Guam's economic authority guaranteed an $800,000 loan to producer John F. S. Laing, and the guarantee was lost when the film did not earn back the money. The authority accused Laing of fraud, and he said Guam officials promised him funding he never got.
- The film was originally slated to be directed in Hawaii, but after the September 11 attacks it was moved to Miami for economic reasons, then Bali was considered until a 2002 terrorist bombing there, and the production finally settled on Guam.
- Director Albert Pyun planned to shoot with a Vancouver-based crew, but after they were denied visas he had to hire a Los Angeles crew instead, which he later regretted, and he claimed he was never paid his director's fee, calling the film "the worst financial decision [he] ever made."
- After filming wrapped on Guam, director Isaac Florentine was brought to Los Angeles to improve the film's marketability, adding about ten minutes of screen time. He turned down screen credit, saying he did not feel it was fair to Pyun.
- Albert Pyun first wanted Joanna Krupa to play the younger sister, Christy Goody, and an established actress to play Jane, but Krupa played the older sister instead, and local actress Tawney Sablan took the role of Christy in her first film role.
- According to director Albert Pyun, rapper Fat Joe and Taiwanese actress Shu Qi were kept out of the cast by the film's financial problems.
- After producer John F. S. Laing defaulted on a loan to Comerica, the rights to the film were auctioned. A new Canadian company, Up North Entertainment, Inc., bought the film for $83,000, and Laing was one of its three directors.
