The Sting (1992 Film)
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - The Sting (1992 Film)
OR:
The Sting (1992 Film) on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

''The Sting'' is a 1992 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Nico Wong and starring
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 ...
,
Rosamund Kwan Rosamund Kwan Chi Lam (born Kwan Kar Wai on 24 September 1962) is a Hong Kong former actress, best known for starring as the female lead "Thirteenth Aunt" in the 1990s ''Once Upon a Time in China'' film series. She had since retired from acti ...
,
Simon Lui Simon Lui Yue Yeung (; born 8 July 1964), also known as Simon Loui and Simon Yu, is a highly prolific Hong Kong-based actor famous for starring in many low-budget and/or horror films since the early 1990s. He began drawing attention when he was fe ...
and
Bowie Lam Bowie Lam (, Lam Bo-yee; born 4 September 1965) is an Hong Kong actor with the TVB network. He has starred in several popular dramas including ''File of Justice'' and '' Healing Hands''. Before working in entertainment, Lam held other occupations ...
.


Plot

Simon Tam (
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 ...
) is a righteous private detective who is working for free for 3 years and 8 months at the behest of his superstitious mentor. Simon has completed 3 years, 7 months, and 28 days as the
backstory A backstory, background story, back-story, or background is a set of events invented for a plot, presented as preceding and leading up to that plot. It is a literary device of a narrative history all chronologically earlier than the narrative of p ...
is completed. On the second to last day of that period, his assistant Joe (
Simon Lui Simon Lui Yue Yeung (; born 8 July 1964), also known as Simon Loui and Simon Yu, is a highly prolific Hong Kong-based actor famous for starring in many low-budget and/or horror films since the early 1990s. He began drawing attention when he was fe ...
) accepts a case involving missing money and an advance down payment of
HK$ The Hong Kong dollar (, sign: HK$; code: HKD) is the official currency of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It is subdivided into 100 cents or 1000 mils. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is the monetary authority of Hong Kong and ...
1,000,000. The next day, the client mysteriously dies; Simon decides to find the money for the client's wife, Yvonne (
Rosamund Kwan Rosamund Kwan Chi Lam (born Kwan Kar Wai on 24 September 1962) is a Hong Kong former actress, best known for starring as the female lead "Thirteenth Aunt" in the 1990s ''Once Upon a Time in China'' film series. She had since retired from acti ...
). The missing money turns out to amount to ten thousand million (i.e., ten American billion) Hong Kong dollars of
triad Triad or triade may refer to: * a group of three Businesses and organisations * Triad (American fraternities), certain historic groupings of seminal college fraternities in North America * Triad (organized crime), a Chinese transnational orga ...
money; both Simon and the triads chase after it.


Cast

*
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 Simon Tam *
Rosamund Kwan Rosamund Kwan Chi Lam (born Kwan Kar Wai on 24 September 1962) is a Hong Kong former actress, best known for starring as the female lead "Thirteenth Aunt" in the 1990s ''Once Upon a Time in China'' film series. She had since retired from acti ...
as Yvonne *
Simon Lui Simon Lui Yue Yeung (; born 8 July 1964), also known as Simon Loui and Simon Yu, is a highly prolific Hong Kong-based actor famous for starring in many low-budget and/or horror films since the early 1990s. He began drawing attention when he was fe ...
as Joe *
Bowie Lam Bowie Lam (, Lam Bo-yee; born 4 September 1965) is an Hong Kong actor with the TVB network. He has starred in several popular dramas including ''File of Justice'' and '' Healing Hands''. Before working in entertainment, Lam held other occupations ...
as Inspector Michael Lee *Chin Ho *
Shing Fui-On Shing Fui-On (成奎安; 1 February 1955 – 27 August 2009) was a Hong Kong actor, best known for his supporting roles in Hong Kong cinema. He had only one leading role in his entire career. Biography Shing Fui-On was the fourth of five s ...
*Wai Kei-shun *Lo Hung *Pau Fong as Simon's mentor *Henry Fong *Michael Dinga *Mandy Chan as bald killer *Tsang Kan-wing as Tsang *Hon Ping *Leung Biu-ching *Raymond Tsang *Bill Lung as Biu *Tse Wai-kit as triad member *Chun Kwai-po as monk *Chow Kam-kong *Chan Sek *Ng Kwok-kin as policeman *Jacky Cheung Chun-hung *Wong Chi-keung *Choi Kwok-keung as granny assassin *So Wai-nam *Lam Kwok-kit *Leung Kei-hei as thug *Lee Chuen-hau as thug *Lui Siu-ming *Huang Kai-sen


Box office

The film grossed HK$6,660,687 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 19 November to 2 December 1992 in
Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
.


See also

* Andy Lau filmography


External links

* *
The Sting
' at
Hong Kong Cinemagic Hong Kong Cinemagic, sometimes referred to as HKCinemagic, is a bilingual ( French and English) website providing a repository for information about Chinese language films from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, and the people who created them. The websi ...
* 1992 films 1992 action comedy films 1992 martial arts films Hong Kong action comedy films Hong Kong martial arts films Hong Kong martial arts comedy films Hong Kong detective films Hong Kong slapstick comedy films 1990s Cantonese-language films Films set in Hong Kong Films shot in Hong Kong Triad films 1990s Hong Kong films {{1990s-comedy-film-stub