''First Option'' is a 1996
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 ...
directed by
Gordon Chan
Gordon Chan Kar-Seung (), born in 1960, is a Hong Kong film director, writer and producer. His most notable works include ''Beast Cops'', ''Fist of Legend'', ''Painted Skin'', '' 2000 AD'' and '' Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen''. I ...
, who wrote with Chan Hing-ka. The film stars
Michael Wong and
Gigi Leung
Gigi Leung Wing-kei (Chinese: 梁詠琪, born 25 March 1976) is a Hong Kong singer and actress.
Early life
She was born at Tsan Yuk Hospital in Sai Ying Pun on 25 March 1976 and was given the name Leung Pik-chi () for superstitious reasons; as a ...
. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 14 September 1996. It was entered into the
20th Moscow International Film Festival
The 20th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 19 to 29 July 1997. The Golden St. George was awarded to the American film '' Marvin's Room'' directed by Jerry Zaks.
Jury
* Oleg Menshikov (Russia – President of the Jury)
* Georgi Dju ...
.
Cast
*
Michael Wong as Officer Don Wong
*
Gigi Leung
Gigi Leung Wing-kei (Chinese: 梁詠琪, born 25 March 1976) is a Hong Kong singer and actress.
Early life
She was born at Tsan Yuk Hospital in Sai Ying Pun on 25 March 1976 and was given the name Leung Pik-chi () for superstitious reasons; as a ...
as Inspector Minnie Kwan
*
Damian Lau
Damian Lau Chung-yan (born 14 October 1949) is a Hong Kong film and television actor, executive producer and film director. Lau has starred in many television drama series of various genres, produced by Hong Kong's TVB and ATV.
Biography
...
as Inspector Lau (guest star)
* Lee Fung as Madam Katie Ngan
*
Kathy Chow
Kathy Chow Hoi-mei (; born 6 December 1966 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong actress and singer who is widely known for her leading roles in Hong Kong TVB series during the late 1980s to 1990s such as ''The Breaking Point'' and ''Time Before Tim ...
as Sue
* Joseph Cheung as Joe Cheung
* Kim Yip as Forensics tech
* Stephen Chan as Inspector Lau
* Richard Grosse as Rick
Home media
On 30 June 2003, DVD was released by
Hong Kong Legends
Hong Kong Legends was a United Kingdom DVD distribution company, based in Hertfordshire and operating from the UK and Australia between 1999 and 2007. Hong Kong Legends was initially part of Medusa Communications, who, along with Soulblade bought ...
in the United Kingdom in
Region 2.
See also
*
List of Hong Kong films
This is a list of films produced in Hong Kong ordered by decade and year of release in separate pages. For film set in Hong Kong and produced elsewhere see ''List of films set in Hong Kong''.
1909–1949
*List of Hong Kong films before 1950
...
References
External links
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1996 films
1996 action films
1990s police procedural films
1990s war adventure films
1990s Cantonese-language films
Films directed by Gordon Chan
Films shot in Hong Kong
Hong Kong action films
Hong Kong police films
Hong Kong war films
Media Asia films
Police detective films
Remakes of Hong Kong films
1990s Hong Kong films
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