''Enter the Phoenix'' (Chinese: 大佬愛美麗, ''Daai lo oi mei lai'', literally "Big brother loves beauty") is a
2004 Hong Kong film
The cinema of Hong Kong ( zh, t=香港電影) is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China and the cinema of Taiwan. As a former British colony, Hong Kong had a greater degree of pol ...
directed by
Stephen Fung.
Plot
When gang master Hung died, his two followers Cheung and Chapman To were sent to Thailand to look for his son, Georgie Hung, to succeed him. Georgie, who is gay and lives as a cook with his boyfriend Frankie, is uninterested to continue his father's work. But his close friend Sam, adored the life of a gangster and took his position instead. Sam and Georgie thus returned to Hong Kong with their identities swapped.
Upon returning, they discovered that Hung had accidentally killed Cheng Chow's father and now Cheng Chow, a leading gangster of a friendly gang, led by Chan Wai-Man, is looking to avenge for his father's death.
Meanwhile, Chan Wai-Man wanted to let his daughter Julie to marry Sam in order to strengthen the bond between the two gangs. Sam initially agrees but later changed his mind when he discovered that Julie is not in love with him.
Finally, Cheng Chow kidnapped both Julie and Sam and forced Georgie to lead his gang on a rescue mission. Georgie, with help from Julie and Sam, defeated Cheng Chow in the final battle and told him to accept the fact that his father's death was an accident. Then Cheng Chow saved Georgie when one of his men tried to take his life.
Julie and Sam fell in love during the kidnapping and decided to get married while Sam and Georgie took joint leadership of the gang.
Full cast
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Eason Chan
Eason Chan Yick Shun (born 27 July 1974) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. Chan was ranked sixth in the 2013 Forbes China Celebrity Top 100 List.
In 2006 Chan's Cantonese album ''U87'' was named one of ''Time'' magazine's "Five Asian Albums W ...
- Sam
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Daniel Wu
Daniel Ng Neh-Tsu (, born September 30, 1974) is an American actor, director and producer based in Hong Kong. He is known as a "flexible and distinctive" leading actor in the Chinese language film industry. Since his film debut in 1998, he has ...
- Georgie Hung Chi Kit
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Karen Mok
Karen Mok (born Karen Joy Morris (), 2 June 1970) is a Hong Kong pop diva who is one of the leading Asian pop singers and actresses with a career spanning three decades. She is the first female Hong Kong singer to win the Golden Melody Award and h ...
- Julie Lui
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Chapman To
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- Chapman To
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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) ...
- Master 8 / Cheung / Father Fight
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Stephen Fung - Cheng Chow
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Yuen Biao
Yuen Biao (born Ha Lingchun; 26 July 1957) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist and stuntman. He specialises in acrobatics and Chinese martial arts and has also worked on over 80 films as actor, stuntman and action choreographer. He was one ...
- Georgie Hung's father
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Nicholas Tse - Cock Head
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Jackie Chan
Fang Shilong (born 7 April 1954), known professionally in English as Jackie Chan and in Chinese as Cheng Long ( zh, c=成龍, j=Sing4 Lung4; "becoming the dragon"), is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for ...
- Mr. Chan / Client of Julie (cameo)
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Brian Lee - David
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Michael Chan - Lui the Gang leader
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Philip Ng
Philip Ng Wan-lung (; born September 16, 1977) is a Hong Kong-born American actor, martial artist and action choreographer. He is currently based in Hong Kong.
Early life
Born in Hong Kong on September 16, 1977. Ng's father is Sam Ng. Ng's mother ...
- Bo
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Chapman To
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- Kin
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Sam Lee - Gay Man
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Sammi Cheng
Sammi Cheng Sau-man (; born 19 August 1972) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She is considered one of the most prominent female singers in Hong Kong, with album sales of over million copies throughout Asia. Most notably in the 1990s, she was dub ...
- Head Restaurant Manager (cameo)
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Hayama Go
, born , is a Japanese actor and former model based in Hong Kong.
Filmography
* ''Enter the Fat Dragon'' (2020)
* ''Tail Card Q1'' (2018)
* ''Chou Fu Zhe Union'' (2016)
* ''Girls'' (2014)
* ''Firestorm'' (2013)
* ''Lucky Dog'' (2012)
* ''The Firs ...
- Max Cheung (Chow's Henchman)
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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. ...
- Lui
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Lee Lik-Chi - Ma Leung
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Glen Chin - Fat Ox
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Maggie Lau
Maggie Lau () is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She starred in ''New Police Story'', ''The Twins Effect'' and also had a small acting part in '' The Myth'' alongside Jackie Chan and Korean actress, Kim Hee-sun.
She has had a minor musical care ...
- Breeze
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Koey Wong - Precious
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Tenky Kai Man Tin - Assassin
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Courtney Wu - Mr. Ho
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Ankee Leung - Kin's thug
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Sam Hoh - Chow's thug
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Chu Cho-Kuen (extra)
See also
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Jackie Chan filmography
Jackie Chan began his film career as an extra child actor in the 1962 film ''Big and Little Wong Tin Bar''. Ten years later, he was a stuntman opposite Bruce Lee in 1972's '' Fist of Fury'' and 1973's '' Enter the Dragon''. He then had starring ...
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Hong Kong LGBT-related films
Films directed by Stephen Fung
2004 directorial debut films
2004 LGBT-related films
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