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Raging Havoc
''Raging Havoc'', formerly known as ''The Unleashed Blaze'', is an upcoming Hong Kong action film written and directed by Derek Kwok, produced by and starring Andy Lau. The film is a spiritual successor to the 2021 film ''Raging Fire'', and stars Nicholas Tse returning in a different role while also serving as the film's action director. The film was first announced on 14 March 2023. Production for ''Raging Havoc'' officially began in October 2023. Plot As the reputation of the Hong Kong Police Force has reached its peak, Chief Commander Fong Wing-chau (Andy Lau) of the Operations Department is about to face a double crisis both in the workforce and in life. It turns out the mastermind behind this crisis is his younger brother, Chow (Nicholas Tse). After encountering Chow again, Fong discovers that his brother has become a ruthless criminal who is determined to bring Hong Kong down into a major crisis. Fong is persistent in his duties and refuses to bow down to crime, and fate ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Kwok
Derek Kwok Chi-kin (, born 10 October 1976) is a Hong Kong film director and screenwriter. He won the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards for Best New Director with his film ''The Moss''. Filmography Director *2007 ''The Pye-Dog'' *2008 ''The Moss'' *2010 '' Gallants'' *2010 ''Frozen'' *2013 '' Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons'' *2014 ''As the Light Goes Out'' *2015 '' Full Strike'' *2017 '' The Tales of Wukong'' *TBD '' The Unleashed Blaze'' Screenplay *2000 ''Skyline Cruisers'' *2001 ''2002'' *2002 ''The Mummy'' *2002 ''Dry Wood Fierce Fire'' *2004 ''Leaving Me, Loving You'' *2007 ''The Pye-Dog'' *2008 ''The Moss'' *2010 '' Gallants'' *2010 ''Frozen'' *2013 '' Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons'' *2014 ''As the Light Goes Out ''As the Light Goes Out'' () is a 2014 Hong Kong-Chinese disaster film directed by Derek Kwok and starring Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Simon Yam and Hu Jun. Cast * Nicholas Tse as Fire Senior Station Officer, Sam Ho Wing-sam (何永 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mo Tse
Mo Tse ( also known as Miu Tse, Tse Miu, Tze Miu, Xia Miao, Xie Miao) is a Chinese actor and martial artist who began his career as a child actor. Born in Beijing, Tse won championship titles in several wushu tournaments. He rose to fame when he starred as a father-son duo with Jet Li in the films ''The New Legend of Shaolin'' (1994) and ''My Father Is a Hero'' (1995). He appeared in productions such as ''God of Gamblers Returns'' (1994) starring Chow Yun-fat. He resumed his acting career after graduation from the Capital Institute of Physical Education, joining the cast of the Chinese television series ''Legend of Shaolin Temple'' in 2006 and appearing in the film ''The Kung Fu Master'' in 2010. He had prominent roles in productions such as Yuen Woo Ping's wuxia fantasy ''The Thousand Faces of Dunjia'' (2017) and also ''Ip Man: The Awakening'' (2021). He was also in ''The Champions'', which was the opening film at the 2008 Chinese American Film Festival Chinese American Film F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Police Detective Films
The police are Law enforcement organization, a constituted body of Law enforcement officer, people empowered by a State (polity), state with the aim of Law enforcement, enforcing the law and protecting the Public order policing, public order as well as the public itself. This commonly includes ensuring the safety, health, and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers encompass arrest and the use of force legitimized by the state via the monopoly on violence. The term is most commonly associated with the police forces of a sovereign state that are authorized to exercise the Law enforcement agency powers, police power of that state within a defined legal or territorial area of responsibility. Police forces are often defined as being separate from the military and other organizations involved in the defense of the state against foreign aggressors; however, gendarmerie are military units charged with civil policing. Police forces are usua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Police Films
Hong may refer to: Places *Høng, a town in Denmark *Hong Kong, a city and a special administrative region in China *Hong, Nigeria *Hong River in China and Vietnam *Lake Hong in China Surnames *Hong (Chinese surname) *Hong (Korean surname) Organizations *Hong (business), general term for a 19th–20th century trading company based in Hong Kong, Macau or Canton *Hongmen (洪門), a Chinese fraternal organization Creatures *Hamsa (bird), a mythical bird also known was hong *Hong (rainbow-dragon) ''Hong'' or ''jiang'' () is a Chinese dragon with two heads on each end in Chinese mythology, comparable with Rainbow Serpent legends in various cultures and mythologies. Chinese "rainbow" names Chinese has three " rainbow" words, regular , lit ..., a two-headed dragon in Chinese mythology * ''Hong'' (genus), a genus of ladybird {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Martial Arts Films
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 and aesthetic traditions, which Hong Kong filmmakers combined with elements from Cinema of the United States, Hollywood and Japanese cinema along with new action choreography and filmmaking techniques, to create a culturally distinctive form that went on to have wide transcultural appeal. In turn, Hollywood action films have been heavily influenced by Hong Kong Film genre, genre conventions, from the 1970s onwards. The first Hong Kong action films favoured the ''wuxia'' style, emphasizing mysticism and swordplay, but this trend was politically suppressed in the 1930s and replaced by kung fu films that depicted more down-to-earth unarmed martial arts, often featuring folk heroes such as Wong Fei Hung. Post-war cultural upheavals led to a sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upcoming Films
This page indexes the individual ''year in film'' pages. Each year is annotated with its significant events. __NOTOC__ * 19th century in film * 20th century in film: ** 1900s – 1910s – 1920s – 1930s – 1940s – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s * 21st century in film: ** 2000s – 2010s – 2020s 19th century in film Before Muybridge's 1878 work, photo sequences were not recorded in real-time because light-sensitive emulsions needed a long exposure time. The sequences were basically made as time-lapse recordings. It is possible that people at the time actually viewed such photographs come to life with a phénakisticope or zoetrope (this certainly happened with Muybridge's work). * 1826 – '' View from the Window at Le Gras'', Nicéphore Niépce takes the oldest known extant photograph. * 1833 – Since 1833 onwards, 'animated films' or rather animated effects began to be made with the use of phénakisticopes, zoetropes, and praxinoscopes. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Lau Filmography
This is the filmography of Hong Kong people, Hong Kong singer, actor and film producer Andy Lau. Career summary Lau made his film acting debut in a supporting role the 1981 film, ''Once Upon a Rainbow'' and his television acting debut in an episode of the 1981 RTHK series, ''Til We Meet Again'', in the leading role of "Dragon". The following year, Lau played a major role in director Ann Hui's ''Boat People (1982 film), Boat People'', which earned him a Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer nomination, as well as starring in the TVB series, ''The Emissary (TV series), The Emissary'', which shot him to stardom. In 1983, Lau starred as "Yang Guo, Yeung Kuo" in ''The Return of the Condor Heroes (1983 TV series), The Return of the Condor Heroes'', which was the top rated TV series of the year in Hong Kong, further boosting his popularity throughout Asia, and landed him the opportunity to star in his first leading film role in the action drama film, ''On the Wrong Track'' in the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minigun
The M134 Minigun is an American 7.62×51mm NATO six-barrel rotary machine gun with a high rate of fire (2,000 to 6,000 rounds per minute). It features a Gatling-style rotating barrel assembly with an external power source, normally an electric motor. The "Mini" in the name is in comparison to larger-caliber designs that use a rotary barrel design, such as General Electric's earlier 20 mm M61 Vulcan, and "gun" for the use of rifle ammunition as opposed to autocannon shells. "Minigun" refers to a specific model of weapon that General Electric originally produced, but the term "minigun" has popularly come to refer to any externally powered rotary gun of rifle caliber. The term is sometimes used loosely to refer to guns of similar rates of fire and configuration, regardless of power source and caliber. The Minigun is used by several branches of the U.S. military. Versions are designated ''M134'' and ''XM196'' by the United States Army, and ''GAU-2/A'' and ''GAU-17/A'' by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statue Square
Statue Square ( zh, t=皇后像廣場; lit. "Empress' Statue Square") is a public pedestrian square in Central, Hong Kong. Built entirely on reclaimed land at the end of the 19th century, Statue Square consists of two parts separated by Chater Road into a northern and a southern section. It is bordered by Connaught Road Central in the north and by Des Voeux Road Central in the south. The name is a reference to the statues, mainly of British royalty, which stood on the square until the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II. Today, the only statue on the square is the one of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet, an early HSBC banker. History The square was built at the end of the nineteenth century on land reclaimed by the Praya Reclamation Scheme. The idea of a square of statues dedicated to royalty was conceived by Sir Catchick Paul Chater. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Moment Of Romance
''A Moment of Romance'' () is a 1990 Hong Kong action romance film directed by Benny Chan, produced by Johnnie To, and starring Andy Lau, Jacklyn Wu and Ng Man-tat. For his performance in the film, Ng was awarded Best Supporting Actor at the 10th Hong Kong Film Awards. ''A Moment of Romance'' tells an action-packed love story between an underworld rag and a rich heiress and is considered a major classic of Hong Kong cinema. Because of the film, Andy Lau was nicknamed "Wah Dee" (華Dee), the character he portrays in the film, while the film is also one of Lau's signature works. Plot Wah Dee, a young triad gangster in Hong Kong, is the getaway driver in a jewelry store robbery. When the raid goes wrong, he takes a young woman named Jo-Jo hostage. A senior member of Wah Dee's gang, Trumpet, demands that she be killed, but Wah Dee resists and saves her. After Wah Dee is arrested, Jo-Jo refuses to identify him to the police. While Wah Dee tries to act coldly towards Jo-Jo, she e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Yeung
Albert Yeung Sau-shing (; born 3 March 1943) is a Hong Kong businessman. He is the founder and chairman of Emperor Group. He is also as the founder and Chairman of Spring Roll Food Factory. Early years Albert Yeung was born in Hong Kong in 1943 and traces his root to Teochew (Chaozhou), Guangdong, China. His father, Mr Yeung Shing, opened a watch shop named "Shing On Kee Watch Shop" in 1942, setting the business foundation. In the 1960s his father lent him 200,000 yuan to start his watch business.Southcn.com.Southcn.com" ''英皇集團主席 受成'' Retrieved on 17 February 2008. In 1964, he opened his own watch shop, "Observatory Watch & Jewellery" on Nathan Road, Kowloon. Two years after he opened his first shop, he obtained the distribution rights of Rolex and Omega watches and expanded his business to jewellery in 1966 and later on to other ventures. He was soon successful and became known as the "King of clocks and watches" (). Business career Yeung is the founder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
