''Fatal Contact'' () is a 2006 Hong Kong

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written 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 ...

, who also producer with

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. The film stars Wu Jing,

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, Miki Yeung,

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and

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. Wu Jing played Kong Ko who is trained with the fighting techniques of

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, and lured into the world of illegal martial arts fighting.

Plot

A young Chinese martial arts national champion, Kong, comes to Hong Kong on a short contract with a Chinese opera group. A small-time gambling boss, Ma, is so impressed with Kong that he wants him to be his fighter in the underground all-contact boxing world. In need of money, Kong makes up his mind to enter the underground boxing scene with his girlfriend Tin, and together they are under control. Kong's fighting skills made him unbeatable in the arena, but after each win, he gets himself too deep into the underground world.

Cast

* Wu Jing as Kong Ko *

as 'Captain' Chan Shing * Miki Yeung as Siu Tin *

as Chui Chi *

as Ma Ho-keung *

as Chan Sun *

as Silver Dragon *

as Soo *

as Portland Street Fighter *

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as Wai * Chan Man-ching as fighter * Lee Chi Kit as Ricky's gangster * Kenji Tanigaki as fighter * Anthony Carpio as fighter

Production

''Fatal Contact'' is

's third film as a writer and director. He reunites with the same crew he used to work on his last two films ''

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'' and ''

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''. The film was produced by Law's production company, Point of View Movie Production Co. Ltd.,

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's China Star Entertainment and Paco Wong's Gold Label Entertainment, the management company of Wu Jing, Ronald Cheng and Miki Yeung.

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was coordinated by Nicky Li, a member of the

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Filming

Filming for ''Fatal Contact'' began in Hong Kong on 11 April 2006 under the tentative titles ''Black Fist'' and ''Underground Fist'' (黑拳). Filming had finally ended with a production inauguration on 24 May 2006.Fatal Contact Wraps; Wu Jing vs Xing Yu - Wu-Jing.org
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Fight choreography

The fight sequences were choreographed by Nicky Li, a member of the

. Li had served as choreographer and stunt coordinator for Dennis Law's previous two films ''The Unusual Youth'' and ''Love @ First Note''. In Beijing, China, Wu Jing prepared for his role by training in

. Wu admitted to receiving injuries on set, and described the film as his toughest work to date. His manager, Paco Wong, arranged for him to stay in a special hostel, as he would be staying in Hong Kong during the two-month shoot. During filming, Wu had to deal with different opponents each day, and had to use various techniques against them. He also worked very closely with Li, discussing and exploring various moves with him They would try out different moves before demonstrating to the rest of the cast. The major fight scene between Wu and

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required two rehearsals before proceeding to actual filming, which was done in two takes. The production crew also took extra precaution when filming action scenes involving Ronald Cheng as Cheng had not recovered from a previous waist injured. Prior to filming, Cheng had sought guidance from Wu, and discovered several fatal moves in the art of

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, one of which resulted in a thumb injury caused by Wu.

Release

DVD release

American film distributor

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picked up distribution rights for the film and released the film on

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as part of their

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collection. The 2-Disc Special Edition DVD was released on 22 January 2008. Features on the DVD include interviews with Wu Jing,

and Miki Yeung and a feature commentary with Dennis Law and

Hong Kong Cinema 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 po ...

expert Bey Logan. DVD was released in Region 2 in the United Kingdom on 21 July 2008, it was distributed by Cine Asia.

References

External links

* * {{Dennis Law 2006 films 2006 martial arts films 2000s Cantonese-language films China Star Entertainment Group films Films directed by Dennis Law Films set in Hong Kong Hong Kong martial arts films Kung fu films Martial arts tournament films Triad films Underground fighting films 2000s Hong Kong films