''Bad Blood'' (US King of Triads) is a 2010 martial arts-

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

written, produced and directed by

Dennis Law Dennis Law Sau-yiu (born 19 February 1963) is a Hong Kong film producer, screenwriter, actor, director and presenter. He is the former chairman and executive director of Milkyway Image, and a founder of its subsidiary company Point of View Mo ...

. The film features an

ensemble cast In a dramatic production, an ensemble cast is one that is composed of multiple principal actors and performers who are typically assigned roughly equal amounts of screen time.Random House: ensemble acting Linked 2013-07-17 Structure In contrast to ...

that includes

Simon Yam Simon Yam Tat-wah (; born 19 March 1955) is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. He received international acclaim for his performances in international film festival and box office hits such as ''Naked Killer'', '' SPL: Sha Po Lang'', ''Election' ...

Bernice Liu Bernice Jan Liu (born January 6, 1979) is a Canadian actress, singer, and commercial model based in Hong Kong. She has previously held the title Miss Chinese Vancouver 2000 as well as Miss Chinese International 2001, the latter position bringing ...

and

Andy On Andy On () (born May 11, 1977) is an American actor and martial artist. Life and career On was born on May 11, 1977, in Providence, Rhode Island. He is a native of the US, and can speak English, Mandarin, and a bit of Cantonese. Andy On did no ...

. ''Bad Blood'' centers on a Triad gang as the members plot and scheme against each other to become the gang's new leader, after the death of their boss. The film was released in

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 Delt ...

on 21 January 2010.

Plot

The film begins with escaping prisoners Funky (

), Calf (

), Hung (

Ken Lo Ken Lo (Kenneth Houi Kang Low) (born 19 March 1957) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, and stuntman. He is known for his martial arts and stunt work as a former member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team, most notably for his antagonistic role as Jo ...

), Kong ( Xiong Xin Xin) and Andy Lok (

Cheung Siu-fai Cheung Siu-fai (; born 4 February 1963), also known as Eddie Cheung, is a Hong Kong actor. He is best known for his many supporting or everyman roles similar to Liu Kai-chi Dick Liu Kai-chi (, 30 September 1953 – 28 March 2021) was a Hon ...

) on the run from several Chinese (

People's Armed Police ) , abbreviation = PAP ("People's Armed Police") CAPF ("Chinese Armed Police Force"), formerly abbreviated''Wujing'' ( zh , s = 武警 , p = Wǔjǐng , l = Armed Police , labels = no ), or WJ as on vehicle license plates , patch ...

) officers somewhere in China. Though Funky and his crew manage to fight off the guards, he and Andy Lok the crime boss of their gang get separated with the others while protecting something very valuable to Mr Lok's company. As the others reach their escape meeting an elderly gang ally named Zen, they realize Funky and Andy Lok are still trying to catch up. Just as Andy Lok tries to make a last-ditch attempt to escape he is hit by a truck which was actually part of a trap by the PAP officers and is captured, while Funky hides in the bushes apparently foreseeing it coming. Sometime later, Andy Lok's sister Audrey Lok (

) is sitting in silence at a public execution. Just as the PAP officers execute one man, Andy Lok's weeps once last time before being executed by an officers AK-47. Audrey prompts leaves the execution site and meetings with her will bearer Peter Wong (

Lam Suet Lam Suet (; born 1964), or Lin Xue, is a Hong Kong film actor. Life and career Lam was born in Tianjin, and came to Hong Kong as a youth in 1979 to receive inheritance money left by his grandfather. Soon after, all the money had been squander ...

) who discusses her brother's will. As Audrey Lok tries to settle her brother's will at her house. It becomes evidently that her brother's co-workers only want her money and her brother's power and soon mysterious conspiracies leading to murder schemes begin to follow. Audrey realizes what she wants and becomes a great fighter. She fights and kills, striving only to be triad leader. She manipulates Calf into helping her kill the other Triad members. Calf manages to eliminate several of the Triads but is eventually betrayed and murdered in cold blood by Audrey, after she has no use for him anymore. Audrey manages to kill the other Triads in her way as well, but eventually becomes more violent and aggressive to a point where she even mercilessly murders members of her own family just to secure leadership for herself. At the end, the will reveals that Audrey and her brother's father wanted his children to leave Hong Kong and have a better life while the gang leadership will go to the co-workers. However, Audrey got greedy, and betrayed her brother and everyone in between, killing them all and only used Calf to help kill the Triads she could not face herself. In the final showdown, Dumby - Calf's student - fights Audrey after learning she has murdered Calf as well. At first Audrey gains the upper hand and brutally beats down Dumby, however Dumby as a last resort manages to grab and pin down Audrey and cook a live hand grenade. Dumby is gunned down by Audrey's bodyguards but Audrey's panics as she is not able to escape's Dumbys grasp. The grenade explodes, blowing Audrey into shredded pieces and killing the remaining bodyguards, putting an end to Audrey's reign as a cold sociopathic gang leader.

Cast

as Funky *

as Audrey Lok *

as Calf *

Jiang Luxia Jiang Luxia (; born 25 December 1986) is a Chinese actress and martial artist. In 2018, she won the Best Supporting Actress in Hundred Flowers Award for her role as "Tong Li, the Female Machine Gunner" in the movie ''Operation Red Sea''. The fi ...

as Dumby *

as Hung *

Chan Wai-Man 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. ...

as Zen * Xiong Xin Xin as Kong * Pinky Cheung *

Lai Lok-Yi Chris Lai Lok-yi (born 15 June 1980) is a Hong Kong actor and host contracted to TVB. Lai is best known for playing John Ma in the TVB sitcom ''Come Home Love'' from 2012 to 2015. In 2018, he was nominated for TVB Anniversary Award for Best A ...

as Jason Lok * Amy Chum *

Wong Tin-lam Wong Tin-Lam (1927–2010) was a Chinese screenwriter, producer, director, and actor, who has contributed to the Hong Kong cinema scene with a career spanning six decades. He has made films in Cantonese, Mandarin and Amoy dialect. Career Wong ...

Eddie Cheung Cheung Siu-fai (; born 4 February 1963), also known as Eddie Cheung, is a Hong Kong actor. He is best known for his many supporting or everyman roles similar to Liu Kai-chi. Filmography Television series References External links * * ...

as Andy Lok *

as Peter Wong * Amy Tam * Jack Wong * Candy Hau

Production

''Bad Blood'' was written, production and directed by

, and produced and distributed by Law's company Point of View Movie Production Co. Ltd. Nicky Li, a

Jackie Chan Stunt Team The Jackie Chan Stunt Team (), also known as Jackie Chan's Stuntmen Association, is a group of stuntmen and martial artists who work alongside Jackie Chan. Founded in the 1970s, it initially included Hong Kong action stuntmen and martial artist ...

member who has previously collaborated with Law, served as the film's fight choreographer.

Release

''Bad Blood'' was released in Hong Kong on 21 January 2010.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bad Blood 2010 films 2010 martial arts films Cantonese-language films 2010 action thriller films Triad films Hong Kong action thriller films Hong Kong martial arts films 2010 crime thriller films Films directed by Dennis Law 2010s Hong Kong films