Fist Power
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Fist Power is a 2000 Hong Kong action film
directed by Aman Chang, starring Vincent Zhao
, Anthony Wong, Gigi Lai
and Sam Lee. The film was first released in Hong Kong on January 21, 2000.
Hong Kong action cinema
Hong Kong action cinema is the principal source of the Hong Kong film industry's global fame. It combines elements from the action film, as codified by Hollywood, with Chinese storytelling and aesthetic traditions, to create a culturally distinctive form that nevertheless has a wide transcultural...
directed by Aman Chang, starring Vincent Zhao
Vincent Zhao
Vincent Zhao Wenzhuo , sometimes credited as Chiu Man-cheuk, is a Chinese actor and martial artist. Zhao is best known playing the role of Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung in the Once Upon a Time in China film and television series.-Early life:Zhao was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, as the...
, Anthony Wong, Gigi Lai
Gigi Lai
Gigi Lai is a Hong Kong actress and Cantopop singer. Lai was under a contract with the television station TVB and she retired in October 2008. She is popularly nicknamed by the Hong Kong media as the "Goddess of Beauty" ....
and Sam Lee. The film was first released in Hong Kong on January 21, 2000.
Plot
Cheuk, a Mainland Chinese security specialist and martial arts teacher, visits his family in Hong Kong. Shortly after he sends his nephew to school, a former British marine takes the students hostage and plants bombs around the school. The marine, named Charles, is unhappy because his son was taken away by his ex-wife and her new husband, and they are on their way to America. He demands that his son be brought to him in exchange for the hostages. Cheuk agrees to help Charles and he rushes to the airport together with Simna (Charles' brother-in-law) and a reporter called Hung. After finding the boy, they need to make a dangerous journey back as both the thugs and police are out to get them.Cast
- Vincent ZhaoVincent ZhaoVincent Zhao Wenzhuo , sometimes credited as Chiu Man-cheuk, is a Chinese actor and martial artist. Zhao is best known playing the role of Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung in the Once Upon a Time in China film and television series.-Early life:Zhao was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, as the...
as Brian Cheuk - Anthony Wong as Charles
- Gigi LaiGigi LaiGigi Lai is a Hong Kong actress and Cantopop singer. Lai was under a contract with the television station TVB and she retired in October 2008. She is popularly nicknamed by the Hong Kong media as the "Goddess of Beauty" ....
as Hung - Sam Lee as Simna
- Cheng Pei-peiCheng Pei-peiCheng Pei-pei is an actress best known for her performance in the seminal 1966 King Hu wuxia film Come Drink with Me. She continued to play expert swordswomen in a number of films throughout the 1960s...
as Cheuk's mother - Lau Kar-wing as Cheuk's father
- Kara HuiKara HuiKara Hui Ying-Hung is a Hong Kong actress of Manchu ancestry.-Biography and career:Hui's family moved to Hong Kong in 1966 and she started working at night clubs at fourteen. In her interview on Be My Guest, Hui revealed her family lost their savings from her father's business acquaintances...
as Cheuk's sister - Lung Fong as Chiu Chung-tin
- Jewel Lee
- Mak King-ting
- Austin Wai
- Mak Tak-law
- Lam Suet (cameo)
- Jude Poyer
- Wu Chi-lung as
- Cheung Hung-on
- Roderick Lam
- Ankee Leung
- Vincent Chik
- Wong Gwan-hong
- So Wai-nam
- Tam Tin-bo
- Keung Hak-shing
- Lam Kwok-kit
- Lee Kim-wing
- Cheung Chan-sang
- Chan Chung-tai
- Cheung Bing-chuen
- Tsim Siu-ling
- Hon Ping
- Fan Chin-hung