United We Stand (

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: 飛躍羚羊;

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: fēi yuè líng yáng) is a 1986

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teen motivational film directed by

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, it stars Olivia Cheng, Fennie Yuen,

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and

Bonnie Law Bonnie Law (September 11, 1968 – May 27, 2016) was a Hong Kong actress and singer. She was best known for her role in the 1984 Hong Kong comedic film, ''Happy Ghost'', opposite Raymond Wong. ''Happy Ghost'' marked her film debut at the age of 15 ...

.The film ran in theaters from 10 October 1986 to 16 October 1986.

Plot

Sports in Hong Kong is declining, pressures of an international track and field competition is almost too much for ten young athletes to bear, famous athlete Chi Cheng (

Chi Cheng (athlete) Chi Cheng (born March 15, 1944 in Hsinchu, Japanese Taiwan) is a Taiwanese track and field athlete. She was an Olympic medalist in 1968 and was named the Associated Press Athlete of the Year for 1970. She was a former pentathlete turned sprint ...

) hires trainer Cheung ( Olivia Cheng), who leg was hurt badly due to an unfortunate incident, to help them as they train for the competition. Polly (

) and Lam (Fennie Yuen) are rivals on the same team, they challenged trainer Cheung to a race, they realize trainer Cheung outpaced them a lot, which made them respect trainer Cheung a lot more. During their training, they entered a small competition and got great results, because of this, they became careless and lost to the Singapore national track and field team in the final. Trainer Cheung was furious and almost quit her job because of this. After this competition, they realize the important of unity and hard work. Their hard work paid off in the end as they won the international track and field competition, giving sports in Hong Kong some hope.

Cast

* Olivia Cheng as Trainer Cheng - Hard working, has a broken leg * Fennie Yuen as Lam Kit (林傑) - Hates his family, hurt her own leg during the international competition *

as Polly Ho (何寶兒) - Has a rich but unhappy life *

as Ginger Lee (李明珠) - Emotional, energetic * Lam Wing-Han as Bella - Leaves the training camp before the international competition *

Chiao Chiao Lisa Chiao Chiao, often credited as Chiao Chiao (; born Chiao Li-na (焦莉娜); 6 March 1943), is a Taiwanese film actress best known for her work in Hong Kong cinema. Background Born in Chongqing, on 6 March 1943, Her family moved to Taiwan in 1 ...

as Polly's mother - Have high expectations for her daughter, forces her to succeed *

as Canteen Boss - Grumpy, greedy * Wellington Fung as Polly's father * Chui Wai-Yee as Athletic trainee * Lee Git-Liu as Athletic trainee * Miu Hung as Athletic trainee * Chung Pui-Pui as Athletic trainee * Leung Sam-Yee as Meryle Ma ''Monkey'' * Wong Chi-Ling as Cybel Mak ''Sleepy'' * Fofo Seung-Ngok Ma as Fatty * Ken Boyle as Athletic Official * Ka-Kui Wong as Athletic Official * Ann Bridgewater as Ann Bridgewater (cameo) * Charine Chan as Chan Siu Ling (cameo) * Billy Lau as Billy (cameo) * Stephen Chang Gwong-Chin as Tsang Kwong Chin (cameo) * Fofo Seung-Ngok Ma as Fatty (Cameo)

Critical response

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, it received an average rating of 6.8 out of 10 based on 17 reviews. On the Chinese movie review website,

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, it received an average rating of 7.1 out of 10 based on 378 user reviews.

References

External links

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United We Stand
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