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''Health Warning'' (alternative titles: ''Da Lei Tai'', ''Da Lui Toi'', ''Future Flash Kung Fu'', ''Digital Master'') is a 1983
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
Kirk Wong Kirk Wong (黃志強; born March 28, 1949) is a Hong Kong film director and actor. Wong is best known for action films '' Crime Story'' and ''The Big Hit''. Wong's other films like '' Health Warning'', '' Organized Crime & Triad Bureau'', and '' ...
. It is a dystopian
sci-fi Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universe ...
kung fu film Kung fu film () is a subgenre of martial arts films and Hong Kong action cinema set in the contemporary period and featuring realistic martial arts. It lacks the fantasy elements seen in ''wuxia'', a related martial arts genre that uses historical ...
set in the future.


Cast and roles

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Eddy Ko Eddy Ko Hung (; born Ho Yiu-sum ; 1947) is a Hong Kong television and film actor who has worked on the TV stations RTV, ATV (both now defunct), and TVB. Most recently, he has made appearances in several international films including 2015's ''T ...
- The Master * Kwok Wai-keung * Ray Lui - Gei * Mak Wai Cheung * San Guai *
Elvis Tsui Elvis Tsui Kam-kong (born October 12, 1961) is a Hong Kong actor and artist. Tsui is primarily known for his roles in erotic films and martial arts films, where he's more often cast as villains. Some of the famous characters he has portrayed repe ...
- Tall skinhead fighter * Wang Lung Wei - Killer *
Yuen Tin Wan Yuen is a Cantonese Chinese surname, which can refer to: 袁, 阮, 元, 源, 原 and 苑 *Yuan (surname), the Pinyin transliteration of the Han Chinese surnames 袁, 元, 源, 原 and 苑 *Ruan (surname), the Pinyin transliteration of the Han Chin ...
* Lee Kwan-Young - Boss of Nazis / Killer's last opponent in finale fight scene (uncredited)


Awards

At the
3rd Hong Kong Film Awards The 3rd Hong Kong Awards ceremony, honored the best films of 1983 and took place on 4 August 1984, at the Regent International Hotel, Hong Kong. The ceremony was hosted by Chung King-fai, during the ceremony awards are presented in 12 categories. ...
, ''Health Warning'' was nominated for
Best Picture This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
, and Kirk Wong was nominated for
Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * BA ...
.Hong Kong Film Awards: Best Pictures
/ref> The film was listed as one of the " Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures" during the
24th Hong Kong Film Awards The 24th Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony was held on 27 March 2005, in the Hong Kong Coliseum and hosted by Carol Cheng and Lawrence Cheng. Twenty-nine winners in nineteen categories were unveiled, with films ''Kung Fu Hustle'' and ''2046'' being th ...
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See also

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Media about lei tai The lei tai fighting stage has been the subject of various types of media; including Chinese film, video games, television, Literature, and music. Film *''Fearless'' (2006). This film was loosely based on the life of Huo Yuanjia, a legendary Ch ...


References


External links

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HK cinemagic entry
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