''Mrs K'' is a 2016 Malaysian-Hong Kong

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directed by Ho Yuhang. It stars

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and Siow Li Xuan. This movie was only released in Moscow, Russia under the title: Миссис Кей (''missis kei'' in Russian)

Premise

''Mrs K'' is a story of a woman who gives everything that she has to protect her husband and daughter when enemies from her past come hunting her. She is forced to revisit her dark past when her teenage daughter is kidnapped by enemies from her past.

Cast

as Mrs K *

as Scarface *

as Mr K * Siow Li Xuan as Little K *

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as Tano *

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as Monkey *

as Fong * Lenny Ooi as Loong * Joe Chang as Blondie * Germaine Yeap as Nikkie *

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 '' R ...

as Priest *

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as Retiree * Dain Said as Loan shark * Alvin Chong as Robbers 1 * Bernard Hiew as Robbers 2 * R. Ramasundran as Rajeev

Reception

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called it "is a stylish action movie whose light touch persuades us to accept still-lethal potential of a nearly 60-year-old heroine" and "it's expertly crafted good fun that should appeal to genre fans across many borders."

Accolades

Singaporean and Russian release

In Singapore and Russia, the movie was released in 2018 under Mosfilm Asia.

References

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