''Return Engagement'', also known as ''Hong Kong Corruptor'' is a 1990 Hong Kong
action
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drama film
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directed by
Joe Cheung
Joe Cheung Tung-cho () is a Hong Kong director, producer, scriptwriter and actor.
Filmography
As director
* ''The Incredible Kung Fu Master'' (1979)
* '' Killer Wears White'' (1980)
* '' Dan bo dan'' (1981)
* ''Pom Pom'' (1984)
* ''Feng liu zho ...
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 ...
,
Elizabeth Lee,
May Lo 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' ...
, with a guest appearance by
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 ...
.
Plot
''Return Engagement'' tells the story of Lung (Alan Tang), a
Triad boss who is sent to
prison
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in
Canada
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. While he is in jail his daughter is taken to
Hong Kong
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to keep her safe. On his release Lung travels to Hong Kong to find his daughter where he meets a young Triad, Wah (Andy Lau) who knows of his reputation and respects him greatly.
Alternate versions
The film was released on
VHS in
North America
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as ''Hong Kong Corruptor'', featuring an unrelated scene with
Chow Yun-fat
Chow Yun-fat (born 18 May 1955), previously known as Donald Chow, is a Hong Kong actor. He is perhaps best known for his collaborations with filmmaker John Woo in the five Hong Kong action heroic bloodshed films: ''A Better Tomorrow'', ''A Be ...
. This meant to cash in on the success of
American film
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debuts made by
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n filmmakers, such as
John Woo
John Woo Yu-Sen SBS (; born September 22, 1946) is a Hong Kong filmmaker, known as a highly-influential figure in the action film genre. He was a pioneer of heroic bloodshed films (a crime action film genre involving Chinese triads) and the gun fu ...
as well as superstars such as Chow Yun-Fat.
Cast
*
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 Lung Ho-tin
*
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 Wah (guest appearance)
*
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 Lee Pang
*
Elizabeth Lee as Tsim Siu-fung
*
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 Lung's wife
*
Ku Feng
Chan Sze-man (born 3 July 1930), better known by his stage name Ku Feng, is a Hong Kong actor.
Background
He studied in Beijing, and has appeared in hundreds of films, many of which were produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio
Shaw Brothers ( ...
as Uncle Hung
* Melvin Wong as Officer Wong
* Dennis Chan as Hotel manager
*
May Lo as Little Lung
*
David Wu
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As a child of immigrants from Taiwan, Wu was the first Taiwanese American to serve in ...
as David
*
Chang Yi as Toilet repairman
* Anthony Pa as Lee Pang's thug
References
External links
*
Hong Kong Cinemagic entry
1990 films
1990s Cantonese-language films
1990 crime drama films
1990s action films
Gun fu films
Hong Kong action films
Hong Kong gangster films
Triad films
Films set in Hong Kong
Films shot in Hong Kong
Films set in Vancouver
Films shot in Vancouver
1990s Hong Kong films
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