''Gun n' Rose'' (released as ''Guns N' Roses'' in the Philippines) is a 1992
Hong Kong action film
Hong Kong action cinema is the principal source of the Hong Kong film industry's global fame. Action films from Hong Kong have roots in Chinese culture, Chinese and Culture of Hong Kong, Hong Kong cultures including Chinese opera, storytelling an ...
directed by
Clarence Fok
Clarence Fok Yiu-leung (霍耀良) is a Hong Kong film director and actor from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is perhaps best known for directing the international cult classic ''Naked Killer'' (1992).
He was once asked by producer Mario Kassar t ...
and starring
Alan Tang
Alan Tang Kwong-Wing (20 September 194629 March 2011) was a Hong Kong film actor, producer and director.
Early life
Tang was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. He was the youngest of four children, having two older brothers and one older si ...
,
Andy Lau
Andy Lau Tak-wah (; born 27 September 1961) is a Hong Kong actor, singer-songwriter and film producer. He has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maint ...
,
Leon Lai
Leon Lai Ming SBS BBS MH (born 11 December 1966), is a Hong Kong actor, film director, businessman and Cantopop singer. He is one of the " Four Heavenly Kings" of Hong Kong pop music. He uses his Chinese name "Li Ming" or "Lai Ming", whi ...
and
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' ...
.
Plot
Alan Lung is the adopted son of Taiwanese triad leader Lung Yat-fu. Alan is highly favored by Lung, who appoints him as his successor over his two biological sons Simon and Bowie. One time when Lung was shot, Alan blames Bowie, who then becomes a police informant attempting to kill Alan. Alan survives so Lung tells his second son Simon to kill Bowie while Simon also hires an assassin, Leon, to kill Alan. Alan then escapes from Taiwan to Hong Kong where he meets triad leader Andy, his girlfriend Loletta and his sister Carrie. While hiding in Hong Kong with his crippled wife Monica, Alan is dragged back into the triad life by Andy’s incessant activities and the reappearance of Leon. Finally, Alan decides to go back to Taiwan and get even with Simon.
Cast
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Alan Tang
Alan Tang Kwong-Wing (20 September 194629 March 2011) was a Hong Kong film actor, producer and director.
Early life
Tang was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. He was the youngest of four children, having two older brothers and one older si ...
as Alan Lung
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Andy Lau
Andy Lau Tak-wah (; born 27 September 1961) is a Hong Kong actor, singer-songwriter and film producer. He has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maint ...
as Andy
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Leon Lai
Leon Lai Ming SBS BBS MH (born 11 December 1966), is a Hong Kong actor, film director, businessman and Cantopop singer. He is one of the " Four Heavenly Kings" of Hong Kong pop music. He uses his Chinese name "Li Ming" or "Lai Ming", whi ...
as Leon
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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' ...
as Simon Lung
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Bowie Lam
Bowie Lam (, Lam Bo-yee; born 4 September 1965) is an Hong Kong actor with the TVB network. He has starred in several popular dramas including ''File of Justice'' and '' Healing Hands''.
Before working in entertainment, Lam held other occupations ...
as Bowie Lung
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Monica Chan
Monica Chan Fat-yung (Chinese: 陳法蓉; born 28 October 1966) is a Hong Kong actress and model. She won the Miss Hong Kong 1989 pageant.
Before her acting days, Chan graduated from high school in Canada and attended University of Hawaii. Befor ...
as Monica Shum
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Carrie Ng
Carrie Ng (born 1963) is a Hong Kong actress well known for both Category-III cult and mainstream films. She won Best Actress at the 1993 Golden Horse Film Festival awards for her performance in ''Remains of a Woman'' and Best Supporting Actre ...
as Carrie
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Loletta Lee
Rachel Lee (; born 8 January 1966), previously known as Loletta Lee, is a Hong Kong actress and a Category III film star.
She started playing small roles in Hong Kong movies in the 1980s. Her first role as a lead actress was in ''Devoted to You ...
as Loletta
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Michael Chan as Brother Chicken
*John Ching as Bee
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Joey Leung
Joey Leung Wing-Chung (; born September 10, 1965), is a Hong Kong actor, director, screenwriter / playwright, program host (TV & Radio) and drama tutor.
Career
He has starred in movies such as ''Girl Boxer'' (2004), ''Master of Martial Arts'' (1 ...
as Skinny
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Tien Feng
Tien Feng (born Tien Yu-kun, 4 June 1928 – 22 October 2015) was a Chinese actor, who appeared in hundreds of films in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
He has acted with Bruce Lee in '' Fist of Fury'' (1972) and with Jackie Chan in '' Little Tiger of Can ...
as Lung Yat-fu
*Wong Kim-fung as Fung
*Lau Shung-fung as Simon's gangster
*Adam Chan as Simon's gangster
*Hung Chi-sang as Simon's gangster
*Kwan Yung as Alan's bodyguard
*Leung Sam as Alan's gangster
*Wong Kam-tong as Alan's gangster
*Leung Kam-san as Heroin dealer
*Wan Seung-lam as Heroin dealer's thug
*Peter Ngor as Lecherous patient
*Lam Sek as Bee's gangster
*Lam Foo-wah as Bee's gangster
*Hui Si-man as Monica's mom
*Fan Chin-hung as Rival gang member
Release
''Gun n' Rose'' was released in Hong Kong on 5 June 1992. In the Philippines, the film was released by Daifuku Films as ''Guns N' Roses'' in 1993.
Box office
The film grossed HK$14,944,759 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run 5 June to 18 June 1992 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 ...
.
References
External links
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Gun n' Rose' at
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 ...
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''Gun n' Rose'' film reviewat LoveHKFilm.com
1992 films
1990s crime action films
1990s Cantonese-language films
Films directed by Clarence Fok
Films set in Hong Kong
Films set in Taiwan
Films shot in Hong Kong
Gun fu films
Hong Kong crime action films
Triad films
1990s Hong Kong films