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Kung Fu Cyborg
''Kungfu Cyborg'' () is a 2009 Hong Kong science fiction action film directed by Jeffrey Lau. Plot In the near future, De Ming is one of China's top leading officers in the law enforcement. He is a cyborg designed to handle assignments too dangerous for traditional methods, and is the first in the TN Research Bureau's "K Series"—a revolutionary cybernetic organism programmed with a sophisticated social conscience. De Ming is sent to a remote town as part of a covert training operation, placed under the supervision of the local police captain, Xu Dachun. Xu's mission is to facilitate De Ming's undercover integration into the community while protecting the secret of his young protégé's true identity. De Ming's charm and compassion for justice are quick to win the hearts of the town residents—though none more completely than that of Su Mei, a fellow officer who also happens to be the object of the captain's secret affection. Eventually, one of De Ming's cybernetic sibling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Lau
Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai (; born 5 February 1955) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, actor and producer. Lau is famous for writing and directing "mo lei tau" comedies. His comedies include ''A Chinese Odyssey'' (with Stephen Chow) and ''Chinese Odyssey 2002'', the latter which was voted Best 2002 Film by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society. Filmography *''Nomad'' (1982) *'' My Darling, My Goddess'' (1982) *''Coolie Killer'' (1982) *''Yellow Peril'' (1984) *''Hong Kong Butcher'' (1985) *'' Operation Pink Squad'' (1986) *''The Haunted Cop Shop'' (1987) *''Eastern Condors'' (1987) *''Flaming Brothers'' (1987) *''Operation Pink Squad II'' (1987) *''Carry on Hotel'' (1988) *''The Haunted Cop Shop II'' (1988) *''Thunder Cops II'' (1989) *''All for the Winner'' (1990) *''Mortuary Blues'' (1990) *''The Top Bet'' (1991) *''The Top Bell'' (1991) *''Fist of Fury 1991'' (1991) *''Lethal Contact'' (1991) *'' Today's Hero'' (1991) *''92 Legendary La Rose Noire'' (1992) *'' Rose Rose I L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chin Kar Lok
Chin Ka-lok, sometimes credited as Chin Kar-lok (Chinese: 錢嘉樂, Pinyin: Qián Jiālè, born 6 August 1965), is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, and television presenter. Chin was born in Hong Kong, the younger brother of actor and stunt performer Chin Siu Ho. He is a former member of Sammo Hung's stunt team. Chin began working as a stuntman at the age of 16. In 1985, he made his film debut in Sammo Hung's ''Heart of Dragon'' as one of Jackie Chan's SWAT Team buddies. In 1988, Chin replaced his brother Siu Ho in the 4th installment of ''Mr. Vampire''. After starring in ''The Green Hornet'' and ''Drunken Master II'' in 1994, he began doing non-action roles alongside action roles. In 1995, he played a demon destroyer/centipede demon/scholar in ''Journey to the West''. In 1997, he directed his only film, ''97 Aces Go Places''. Aside from films, he is the co-host of '' The Super Trio Show'', a Hong Kong variety show, along with Jerry Lamb and Eric Tsang. As a fan of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Films
The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films. Also in 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of that year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five (the first time since the 1943 awards). Evaluation of the year Film critic Philip French of ''The Guardian'' said that 2009 "began with the usual flurry of serious major movies given late December screenings in Los Angeles to qualify for the Oscars. They're now forgotten or vaguely regarded as semi-classics: ''The Reader'', '' Che'', ''Slumdog Millionaire'', '' Frost/Nixon'', '' Revolutionary Road'', ''The Wrestler'', ''Gran Torino'', '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''. It soon became apparent that horror movies would be the dominant genre once again, with vampires the pre-eminent sub-species, the most profitable inevitably being '' New Moon'', the latest in Stephenie Meyer's ''Twilight'' saga, the best the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Cantonese-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Science Fiction Action Films
Hong may refer to: Places *Høng, a town in Denmark *Hong Kong, a city and a special administrative region in China *Hong, Nigeria *Hong River in China and Vietnam *Lake Hong in China Surnames *Hong (Chinese name) *Hong (Korean name) Organizations *Hong (business), general term for a 19th–20th century trading company based in Hong Kong, Macau or Canton *Hongmen (洪門), a Chinese fraternal organization Creatures *Hamsa (bird), a mythical bird also known was hong *Hong (rainbow-dragon) ''Hong'' or ''jiang'' () is a two-headed dragon in Chinese mythology, comparable with rainbow serpent legends in various cultures and mythologies. Chinese "rainbow" names Chinese has three "rainbow" words, regular ''hong'' , literary ''didong'' , ..., a two-headed dragon in Chinese mythology * ''Hong'' (genus), a genus of ladybird {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Science Fiction Action Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
29th Hong Kong Film Awards ...
The ceremony for the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards took place on 18 April 2010. Wang Po-chieh's original nomination for the Best New Performer was withdrawn after he was confirmed to be an actor in the 2008 Taiwan film '' Winds of September''. His nomination was replaced by Fala Chen. Awards Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). References External links Official website of the Hong Kong Film Awards {{DEFAULTSORT:Hong Kong Film Awards 2010 *2010 2009 film awards 2010 in Hong Kong Hong Hong may refer to: Places *Høng, a town in Denmark *Hong Kong, a city and a special administrative region in China *Hong, Nigeria *Hong River in China and Vietnam *Lake Hong in China Surnames *Hong (Chinese name) *Hong (Korean name) Organiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Kin-yan
Lee Kin-yan (; born 12 May 1961) is a Hong Kong actor, who frequently makes comic cameo appearances in Stephen Chow's films, as a cross-dressing man with a finger up his nose known as Yu Fa (Chinese: 如花; Cantonese: yu fa; Mandarin: ru2 hua1), meaning "flower-like" in Chinese, and he also acquired his nickname from this character. Filmography * ''The Legend of Zu 2'' (2019) * ''Hunter Bounty 2'' (2019) * ''Hunter Bounty 1'' (2019) * ''A Stupid Journey'' (2014) * ''Long's Story'' (2014) * ''Just Another Margin'' (2014) * '' Ameera'' (2014) * '' Kungfu Cyborg'' (2009) as Yu Fa * ''The Lady Iron Chef'' (2007) * ''Bet to Basic'' (2006) * '' A Chinese Tall Story'' (2005) * ''Kung Fu Mahjong 2'' (2005) * '' China's Next Top Princess'' (2005) * '' Sex and the Beauties'' (2004) as Restaurant owner * ''Shaolin Soccer'' (2001) as Manny * ''Street Kids Violence'' (1999) as Uncle San * ''Troublesome Night 5'' (1999) as Ghost Policeman * ''9413'' (1998) as Fatty Chuen * ''The Lucky Guy'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law Kar-ying
Dr Law Kar-ying BBS MH (born September 22, 1946) is a Hong Kong Cantonese opera singer and actor. Background Born Law Hang-tong on September 22 (August 27 Lunar), 1946 in Shunde, Guangdong as the eldest son of actor Law Kar-kuen (羅家權) and his wife Lee Ngan-guen (李銀娟). His younger brothers are Law Yiu-tong (羅耀堂), Law Yau-tong (羅友堂), and Law Shiu-tong (羅紹堂). His younger sister is Law Sok-ching (羅素貞). In 1949, his family moved to Hong Kong. He was originally a Cantonese opera singer in the 1970s. And a practitioner of the Ng Ying Kungfu (Chinese: 五形功夫) Five Animal Kung Fu arts. In 1990 he turned to acting in movies. He became popular after being cast in ''From Beijing with Love'', which also starred Stephen Chow, as Da Vinci, an inventor whose list of (useless) gadgets include a solar-powered torch. In 1990s, Law played Wong Yat-fei in his first movie debut in 1993 film '' Crime Story'' along with Jackie Chan. In 1994 he was cast in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Tsang
Eric Tsang Chi-wai (; born 14 April 1953) is a Hong Kong actor, film director, producer, and television host, best known for hosting the variety show ''Super Trio series'' on the Hong Kong television network TVB over 18 years. He currently holds the general manager post at TVB. Early life Tsang is a Hakka of Wuhua ancestry. His father, Tsang Kai-wing, was a former football coach and player, then served in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force from 1940 to 1972. He fled to Taiwan to escape from the Independent Commission Against Corruption in 1976 after being convicted of corruption and sentenced to three years in jail, while still free pending an appeal. In 2001, the Department of Justice seized his house in La Salle Road and later auctioned it for HK$4.35 million after 10 years of civil proceedings. Tsang Kai-wing died in Taiwan in 2011 with his son Eric and other family members around him.Tsang Kai-wing dies aged 94 after 35 years as corruption fugitive, SCMP, Danny Mok, 19 Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gan Wei
Gan Wei (, born 21 May 1984), also known as Vivian Gan, is a Chinese actress and the founder of LeYoung Pictures which produced the hit web series ''Go Princess Go'' (2015). Gan has had supporting roles in multiple films, but is perhaps better known as the wife of billionaire Jia Yueting Jia Yueting (; born 15 December 1973, YT Jia) is a Chinese businessman who is the founder of Leshi Holding Group and the former CEO of Faraday Future. He previously founded LeEco and the Le.com subsidiary LeSports, and is the former chairman and .... In 2017, after Jia Yueting was put on China's debt blacklist, he refused to return to China despite a court order. Gan Wei and Jia's brother were tasked to settle his debts. In early 2018, Gan Wei was put onto the list of defaulters by Beijing No.3 Intermediate People’s Court, which made her subject to travel restrictions. Filmography Film Web series References External links * * 21st-century Chinese actresses 1984 births Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephy Tang
Stephy Tang Lai-yan (; born 15 October 1983) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She was formerly the leader of the Cantopop group Cookies. She won the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress in 2017 for her performance in ''The Empty Hands'', and was nominated twice for the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress. Early life Tang is a Hakka of Dongguan ancestry, and is able to speak Hakka, Cantonese and Mandarin. She graduated from Buddhist Sum Heung Lam Memorial College and the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education's Department of Fashion Design. She represented Hong Kong in volleyball since Form 1 mainly as a left wing spiker or libero, but gave up to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. In March 2015, Tang, who became a fashion label founder/owner (Loey), got sponsorship from the shop to reassemble a women's volleyball team, with herself being a left wing spiker as well as the captain and founder of the team (she cannot become a captain as a libero) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
