''Beach Spike'' (''Yit long kau oi jin'' 熱浪球愛戰) is a 2011 Hong Kong film directed by Tony Tang. The film involves a female beach volleyball teams with martial arts skills. It has a proposed cast of veteran actors

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and

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along with the female leads of

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, Phoenix Chou and Ankie Beilke.

Plot

In Hong Kong's Paradise Cove Sharon (

) and Rachel (

) work at a restaurant of their kung fu master uncle Tao (

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) while taking on rivals in beach volleyball matches. The wealthy Bu family has plans to have the beach made into a playground for the rich and getting rid of the youth at the beach. Mrs. Bu's two Eurasian daughters, Natalie ( Jessica C) and Natasha (Phoenix Chou) challenge Sharon and Rachel to a volleyball match which Natalie and Natasha win. Natasha and Natalie give Rachel and Sharon a challenge: if the two local girls enter and win the upcoming All Hong Kong Women's Volleyball tournament, Mrs. Bu will revise her plans to further develop the area. Sharon and Rachel feel they don't have a chance to win the tournament. Their uncle then Tao teaches the girls kung fu skills that they apply to volleyball.

Cast

as Sharon *

as Rachel *Jessica C as Natalie *

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as Tim *Alex Lam as Water *

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as Water's father *

as Uncle Tao *

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as Auntie Tao *Phoenix Chou as Natasha *

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as Mrs. Bro *

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as Coach *

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as SingSing

Production

''Beach Spike'' is the live-action feature debut of animator Tony Tang, who previously directed the actress

in a Slim Beauty television commercial in 2009, where she rips open her office outfit to reveal herself in a bikini. The film was set to shoot in

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and Hong Kong. ''Beach Spike'' is the second film after ''

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'' to come from producer Bey Logan's

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. The film was partially funded by the Hong Kong Film Development Fund who approved $2,799,836.00 for it in June 2010. Chau took three months of volleyball training to prepare for her role in ''Beach Spike''. While working on ''Beach Spike'' during the day, Chau and

were shooting the scenes for ''

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'' by night. Production on ''Beach Spike'' ended in late September 2010.

Release

''Beach Spike'' was released in Hong Kong on 7 July 2011. It was the fourth highest-grossing film in the Hong Kong box office on its opening week. In total, the film has grossed $191,748.

Notes

External links

* * {{IMDb title, 1740661 Hong Kong films 2011 films Volleyball films 2010s Cantonese-language films Films set in Hong Kong Films shot in Hong Kong