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Lee Rock II
''Lee Rock II'' is a 1991 Hong Kong crime drama film directed by Lawrence Ah Mon and starring Andy Lau, Sharla Cheung, Aaron Kwok and Chingmy Yau. The film is a direct sequel to ''Lee Rock'' released earlier in the same year, which is inspired by a true story of real life corrupt police officer Lui Lok, who is portrayed in the film as Lee Rock by Lau. Plot The film continues directly from ''Lee Rock'', with a brief recap of the main details of its predecessor. In 1959, Yau Ma Tei foreign detective Reeve retires, which leads to a competition between Lee Rock and Ngan Tung for the position as Yau Ma Tei's chief detective. Ngan Tung does not hesitate to collude with many of Hong Kong's businessmen and drug dealers in hopes of taking the throne. Lee Rock also refuses to back down and pleases to Commissioner's wife, while the Commissioner also highly regards Lee. Although ultimately Ngan Tung gets the position as the chief detective of Yau Ma Tei, Lee Rock was also promoted as the Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Ah Mon
Lawrence Ah Mon or Lawrence Lau Kwok Cheong (劉國昌) (born 1949) is a Hong Kong film director. His films are notable for their lurid exploration of the problems of the poor in modern Hong Kong, such as ''Gangs'' (1986), ''Spacked Out'' (2000), ''Gimme Gimme'' (2001) and ''City Without Baseball'' (2008). He has also made several films about colonial and postcolonial subaltern history in Hong Kong, such as the ''Lee Rock'' series (starring Andy Lau) and ''Queen of Temple Street'' (1990). He was born in Pretoria, South Africa. He has been nominated for Best Director in the Hong Kong Film Awards twice. Filmography as director * '' Dealer/Healer'' (2017) * ''Tales from the Dark 2'' (2013) * '' Tactical Unit - No Way Out'' (2009) * '' Besieged City'' (2008) * '' City Without Baseball'' (2008) * '' My Name is Fame'' (2006) * ''Gimme Gimme'' (2001) * ''Spacked Out'' (2000) * '' One and a Half'' (1995) * ''Even Mountains Meet'' (1993) * ''Three Summers'' (1992) * '' Arrest the Restless ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yau Ma Tei
Yau Ma Tei is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong District in the south of the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. Name ''Yau Ma Tei'' is a phonetic transliteration of the name (originally written as ) in Cantonese. It can also be spelt as Yaumatei, Yau Ma Ti, Yaumati or Yau-ma-Tee. ''Yau'' ( 油) literally means "oil", ''Ma'' ( 麻 or 蔴) can either refer to "sesame" or "jute", and ''Tei'' (地) means "field" or "open ground". Hence, ''Yau Ma Tei'' can be interpreted to mean either "oil-sesame field" or "oil and jute ground". This dual-interpretation is perhaps the reason for there being two explanations for the origin of the place name.Architectural Conservation Office, HKSAR Governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Films
The year 1991 in film involved some significant events. Important films released this year included '' The Silence of the Lambs'', ''Beauty and the Beast'', ''Thelma & Louise'', ''JFK'' and '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day''. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1991 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events *February 14 – '' The Silence of the Lambs'' is released and becomes only the third film after ''It Happened One Night'' (1934) and '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1975) to win the top five categories at the Academy Awards: Best Picture; Best Director ( Jonathan Demme); Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins); Best Actress (Jodie Foster); and Best Adapted Screenplay (Ted Tally). It is also the first, and to date only, Best Picture winner widely considered to be a horror film. * July 3 – '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic. *August 7 - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Cinemagic
Hong Kong Cinemagic, sometimes referred to as HKCinemagic, is a bilingual ( French and English) website providing a repository for information about Chinese language films from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, and the people who created them. The website contains news, interviews, film reviews and a database of people, films and film studios as well as an illustrated glossary of terms. The web magazine has existed in various forms for over a decade. As of March 2009, the database contains over 10,000 films. The site was designed and is maintained by Marc Delcambre, Jean-Louis Ogé and Thomas Podvin. The key staff and editors are Stéphane Jaunin, Arnaud Lanuque, Van-Thuan Ly, Philippe Quevillart and David-Olivier Vidouze. History The original HKCinemagic1 site was created in late 1998 by Laurent Henry and Thomas Podvin, and initially hosted on Wanadoo France, it began as a site dedicated to directors Tsui Hark and Wong Kar-wai. As the site expanded with new contributors coming on board ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wong Jing Filmography
This page contains the filmography of Wong Jing. Filmography Television series References External linksWong Jingat the Hong Kong Movie DataBase *Wong Jingat Hong Kong Cinemagic Hong Kong Cinemagic, sometimes referred to as HKCinemagic, is a bilingual ( French and English) website providing a repository for information about Chinese language films from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, and the people who created them. The websi ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Wong, Jing Male actor filmographies Hong Kong filmographies British filmographies Director filmographies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Kwok Filmography
This is the filmography of Hong Kong singer and actor Aaron Kwok Aaron Kwok Fu-shing (born 26 October 1965) is a Hong Kong singer, dancer and actor. Active since the 1980s, Kwok is known as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Hong Kong pop music. Dubbed the "God of Dance", Kwok's onstage dancing is influenc .... Film Television series References {{reflist Kwok, Aaron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hung Yan-yan
Hung Yan-yan (born 25 February 1965, also credited as 熊欣欣 or Xiong Xin Xin) is a Hong Kong martial artist, actor, stuntman and action director originally from Liuzhou, Guangxi, China. He was the stunt double for martial arts superstar Jet Li. Early life Hung was born in Liuzhou, Guangxi, China in 1965. He was placed in a martial arts school at age 12 after he was taken away from school. Hung trained for 12 years and won multiple championships. Film career After training, he went to Hong Kong and was discovered by famous filmmaker Lau Kar-leung, who was at that time filming ''Martial Arts of Shaolin'' starring Jet Li, and hired Hung as Li's stunt double. He then moved to Hong Kong in 1988. There, Hung became a stuntman, later an actor and action director. He had small roles as an actor. Later, Hung was Jet Li's stunt double in ''Once Upon a Time in China''. Some of the action scenes were too dangerous for Li because of an ankle injury. Hung was then Li's stunt double again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheung Tat-ming
Cheung Tat-ming () (born 2 July 1964) is a Hong Kong actor, comedian, director and writer. Personal life Cheung married Ho Nim-chi, a psychiatrist, in September 2001, subsequently announcing their divorce in 2016. They had one son and one daughter. Filmography *'' My Heart Is That Eternal Rose'' (1989) *''Lee Rock II'' (1991) *'' A Moment of Romance II'' (1993) *''Big Bullet'' (1996) *''Troublesome Night 2'' (1997) *''Troublesome Night 4'' (1998) *'' The Doctor in Spite of Himself'' (1999) *'' A Wicked Ghost III: The Possession'' (2002) *'' My Lucky Star'' (2003) *''The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng (2006) *''The Luckiest Man'' (2008) *'' Love in a Puff'' (2010) *''Beauty on Duty'' (2010) *''Flirting Scholar 2'' (2010) *'' Bruce Lee, My Brother'' (2010) *''The Aroma City'' (2011) *''Love Shock'' (2011) *''Scary Market'' (2011) *'' The Sorcerer and the White Snake'' (2011) *''Summer Love Love'' (2011) *''Fatal Invitation'' (2011) *''Good-for-Nothing Heros'' (2012) *''Everything Is Nothin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Tien (actor)
James Tien (born 28 May 1942) is a Hong Kong actor. He appeared in almost 70 films, primarily in Hong Kong action cinema, including roles in the films of martial arts stars including Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung. He often played villains or supporting roles. He retired from the Hong Kong film industry in 1996. History Born in Chao'an County, Guangdong, James Tien moved with his British family of Chinese descent to Hong Kong in 1958. He became a student of the Fu Sheng Drama School in Taipei, Taiwan, along with Angela Mao and Philip Kwok. His acting career began in the late 1960s, when he joined Shaw Brothers Studio. His first significant acting role was in the 1969 film '' Raw Courage'', directed by Lo Wei. After appearing in a number of further Shaw Brothers films, he moved to Golden Harvest, where he played Bruce Lee's cousin in ''The Big Boss'' (1971). This was followed by a role in Lee's next film, ''Fist of Fury''. He was originally intended to co-star in ''Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Chan (actor)
Michael Chan Wai-man (; born 10 July 1943) is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist. A Hakka of Wuhua ancestry born in New Territories, Chan was well known for various triad roles, when in actuality he had been involved with triads in real life. In a media interview, he admitted to have been the No. 2 in the 14K Triad that dominated vice in Tsim Sha Tsui before the handover of Hong Kong. Having worked as a police officer in the prison system, he came into contact with many underworld figures and joined the Triads. Chan was expelled from the Royal Hong Kong Police as a result of his links. Personal life In his twenties, Chan met his partner Ng Kwok-ying (), and together they have had three children. The couple married in 2020 after being together for 50 years. Filmography Films *''The Way of the Bug'' (2018) *''Chasing the Dragon'' (2017) *''Muay Thai Girls'' (2016) *'' Super Bodyguard'' (2016) *''Gangster Payday'' (2014) *'' Triad'' (2012) *''Lives in Flames'' (2012) *'' G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
