''Kungfu Cyborg'' () is a 2009

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directed by

Jeffrey Lau Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai (; born 5 February 1955) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, actor and producer. Lau is famous for writing and directing "mo lei tau" comedies. His comedies include ''A Chinese Odyssey'' (with Stephen Chow) and '' ...

Plot

In the near future, De Ming is one of China's top leading officers in the law enforcement. He is a cyborg designed to handle assignments too dangerous for traditional methods, and is the first in the TN Research Bureau's "K Series"—a revolutionary cybernetic organism programmed with a sophisticated social conscience. De Ming is sent to a remote town as part of a covert training operation, placed under the supervision of the local police captain, Xu Dachun. Xu's mission is to facilitate De Ming's undercover integration into the community while protecting the secret of his young protégé's true identity. De Ming's charm and compassion for justice are quick to win the hearts of the town residents—though none more completely than that of Su Mei, a fellow officer who also happens to be the object of the captain's secret affection. Eventually, one of De Ming's cybernetic siblings, the K-88, has disappeared after suffering a critical neural meltdown. Xu and Ming hunt down and confront the malfunctioning cyborg in a spectacular clash of artificial wills that leaves the captain scarred, and De Ming gradually becomes confused and conflicted over his role in human society. While the mission is a success, consequences of De Ming's actions continue to haunt him, and Xu's behavior has become increasingly strange and erratic after the battle with the K-88, a fact that De Ming feels compelled to hide from co-workers and superiors. Su Mei's behavior also becomes troubled as she is incapable of understanding that as a machine, Ming is unable to love her in the way she so desperately desires. Torn between his bond to humanity and the knowledge that he will never be a part of it, De Ming, unprepared, must find within himself the strength to defeat the group of cyborg assassins that has descended on the town to avenge his betrayal of the cyborgs.

Cast

Hu Jun Hu Jun (born March 18, 1968) is a Chinese actor best known for playing dramatic roles in various films and television series. He has acted in a number of Hong Kong films. Biography Hu Jun was born on March 18, 1968, to Wang Yiman (), a drama ac ...

as Xu Dachun *

Betty Sun Sun Li (, born 26 September 1982), also known as Susan Sun, is a Chinese actress. In 2018, she became the youngest Chinese actress to win the "Grand Slam", after winning the three biggest television awards, the Flying Apsaras Awards, Golden Eag ...

as Zhou Sumei * Alex Fong as De Ming/K-1 *

Gan Wei Gan Wei (, born 21 May 1984), also known as Vivian Gan, is a Chinese actress and the founder of LeYoung Pictures which produced the hit web series ''Go Princess Go'' (2015). Gan has had supporting roles in multiple films, but is perhaps better kn ...

as Zhou Suqing *

Ronald Cheng Ronald Cheng Chung-kei (born 9 March 1972) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. Life and career Ronald Cheng was born in Hong Kong. Originally intending to work behind the scenes as a songwriter and a producer, Cheng did odd jobs at his father (Dire ...

as Jiang * Wu Jing as K-88 *

Eric Tsang Eric Tsang Chi-wai (; born 14 April 1953) is a Hong Kong actor, film director, producer, and television host, best known for hosting the variety show ''Super Trio series'' on the Hong Kong television network TVB over 18 years. He currently holds ...

as Lin Xiang *

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) an ...

as Ying Ming *

Lee Kin-yan Lee Kin-yan (; born 12 May 1961) is a Hong Kong actor, who frequently makes comic cameo appearances in Stephen Chow's films, as a cross-dressing man with a finger up his nose known as Yu Fa (Chinese: 如花; Cantonese: yu fa; Mandarin: ru2 hua1 ...

as Yu Hua

Awards and nominations

29th Hong Kong Film Awards The ceremony for the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards took place on 18 April 2010. Wang Po-chieh's original nomination for the Best New Performer was withdrawn after he was confirmed to be an actor in the 2008 Taiwan film '' Winds of September''. His no ...

* Nominated: Best Visual Effects (Cecil Cheng Man Ching and Don Ma Wing On)

References

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