''The Big Heat'' (城市特警) is a 1988
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 ...
starring
Waise Lee
Waise Lee Chi-hung (born 19 December 1959) is a Hong Kong film and television actor best known for playing the roles of villains and antagonists in various films.
Biography
Lee graduated from TVB's Artist Training Academy in 1982 and was from the ...
and
Joey Wong
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Cast
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Waise Lee
Waise Lee Chi-hung (born 19 December 1959) is a Hong Kong film and television actor best known for playing the roles of villains and antagonists in various films.
Biography
Lee graduated from TVB's Artist Training Academy in 1982 and was from the ...
as Chief Inspector John Wong
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Joey Wong
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as Ada
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Matthew Wong as Inspector Kwok-Keung Lun
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Philip Kwok
Philip Kwok (; also known as Kuo Chui, Kwok Chui, Kwok Chun-Fung; born 21 October 1951) is a Hong Kong-based Taiwanese actor, martial artist, and stuntman. He rose to fame as a member of the Venom Mob, an ensemble of highly-talented marti ...
as Detective Ah Kam
Production
Johnnie To stated that "Tsui had lots of ideas
or ''The Big Heat'' changing the script all the time, but three days later he would come up with something totally different." To went on to describe that the violence in the film originated from Hark's suggestions, and that it was "a very difficult project" To noted that he was brought in after another director was unable to satisfy Tsui Hark. To also stated that he did not complete the film, but that Tsui Hark completed it with
Ching Siu-tung
Ching Siu-tung (Chinese: 程小東, born October 31st, 1953), also known as Tony Ching, is a Hong Kong action choreographer, actor, film director and producer, who has directed over 20 films, including the critically acclaimed supernatural fantas ...
shooting some scenes.
Release
''The Big Heat'' was released in Hong Kong on 22 September 1988.
It was described by Lisa Morton as a "minor box office disappointment", grossing HK$4.076 million and being the 94th highest-grossing film in Hong Kong in 1988.
Reception
Johnnie To reflected on the film in the late 1990s, stating that "it's good at places, but it was chaotic".
References
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Hong Kong Cinemagic entry
1988 films
1988 action films
Hong Kong action films
Gun fu films
Police detective films
1980s Cantonese-language films
Films directed by Johnnie To
Films set in Hong Kong
Films shot in Hong Kong
1980s Hong Kong films
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