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古天樂
Louis Koo Tin-lok ( zh, t=古天樂; born 21 October 1970) is a Hong Kong actor, singer, and film producer. He began his professional career as an actor in local television series, receiving recognition for his roles in ''The Condor Heroes 95'' (1995), '' Detective Investigation Files IV'' (1999), and ''A Step into the Past'' (2001). After 2001, Koo shifted his focus to films and became one of the stalwarts of the Hong Kong film industry. Koo has collaborated frequently with director Johnnie To, starring in films such as '' Throw Down'' (2004), ''Election 2'' (2006), '' Romancing in Thin Air'' (2012), and '' Drug War'' (2012). His other high-profile films include ''Protégé'' (2007), '' Run Papa Run'' (2008), ''Connected'' (2008), '' Overheard'' (2009), ''The White Storm'' (2013), ''Paradox'' (2017), ''A Witness Out of the Blue'' (2019), and '' Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In'' (2024). For his performance in ''Paradox'', Koo was awarded the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradox (2017 Film)
''Paradox'' () is a 2017 neo-noir Hong Kong action film directed by Wilson Yip, co-produced by Soi Cheang, with action direction by Sammo Hung. Written by Jill Leung and Nick Cheuk, the film stars Louis Koo as a police inspector who travels to Pattaya to search for his teenage daughter and is aided by local detectives played by Tony Jaa and Wu Yue. Along the way, he encounters the mastermind of an organ trafficking gang (Chris Collins) who colludes with a local political aide (Gordon Lam), leading to a series of hot pursuit. ''Paradox'' is the third installment of the ''SPL'' film series, following the 2005 film, '' SPL: Sha Po Lang'' and 2015's '' SPL II: A Time for Consequences''. The film was released in China on 17 August 2017 and in Hong Kong on 25 August 2017 and has grossed US$80.84 million worldwide against a budget of US$14.5 million. The film was well received by critics, praised for action director Hung's choreography, which won him the Hong Kong Film Award for Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connected (2008 Film)
''Connected'' () is a 2008 Hong Kong action cinema, Hong Kong action film, and a remake of the 2004 American film ''Cellular (film), Cellular'' co-written, produced and directed by Benny Chan (filmmaker), Benny Chan. The film stars Louis Koo, Barbie Hsu, Nick Cheung, and Liu Ye (actor), Liu Ye. ''Connected'' tells the story of Bob (Koo), a single father who receives a distressing phone call on his cellular phone from Grace Wong (Hsu), a woman who has been kidnapped by a gang of corrupt Interpol agents who have a hidden agenda. The film began development at Warner China Film HG, the Chinese production arm of Warner Bros., who felt that a remake of ''Cellular'' would reach out to Hong Kong's cell phone user population, and decided to hire Benny Chan to develop a screenplay for the film. Chan and his screenwriters spent two years working on the script. For ''Connected'', Chan wanted to improve on the previous film by making the characters and the situations in his remake seem more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drug War (film)
''Drug War'' () is a 2012 action thriller film directed and produced by Johnnie To. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film stars Sun Honglei as Police Captain Zhang, who partners with a drug lord named Timmy Choi (Louis Koo) after Choi is arrested. To avoid the death penalty, Choi agrees to reveal information about his partners' methamphetamine ring. Zhang starts to harbor doubts about Choi's honesty as the police begin to take on the drug ring. The film premiered at the Rome Film Festival on November 15, 2012. It has received positive reviews. Plot Fleeing from an explosion at his drug manufacturing facility, Timmy Choi crashes his car into a restaurant and as he revives he is captured by Captain Zhang Lei. Realizing that he will receive the death penalty for his crimes, he bargains information on his colleagues to survive and introduces Captain Zhang Lei as "Uncle Bill", to become a supplier to Haha, who owns a port and can distribute drugs to other countries. Captain Zha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troublesome Night (film Series)
''Troublesome Night'' () is a comedy horror anthology film series from Hong Kong. Directed primarily from Herman Yau, the series includes 20 films, making it one of the longest-running in Hong Kong cinema. Each film features standalone stories or connected plots about supernatural events and ghost encounters, often set in everyday Hong Kong life. History The original run of films lasted between 1997 and 2003 and had 19 films, which means that the original '' Troublesome Night'' spawned more sequels than any other horror film at the time. The first six films were directed by Herman Yau but after that he lost interest and producer Nam Yin kept the series alive. From the eighth to the nineteenth films, the Bud family serves as the primary protagonists. A twentieth installment was released in 2017 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first film. Films * '' Troublesome Night'' (1997) * '' Troublesome Night 2'' (1997) * '' Troublesome Night 3'' (1998) * '' Troublesome Night 4'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the China, People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. It has an area of , with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its Urbanization by country, highly urbanized population is concentrated. The combined Free area of the Republic of China, territories under ROC control consist of list of islands of Taiwan, 168 islands in total covering . The Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, largest metropolitan area is formed by Taipei (the capital), New Taipei City, and Keelung. With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated countries. Tai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Step Into The Past
''A Step into the Past'' is a 2001 Hong Kong television series produced by TVB and based on Huang Yi's novel of the same Chinese title. The series tells the story of a 21st-century Hong Kong VIPPU Inspector who travels back in time to the Warring States period of ancient China. He is involved in a number of important historical events that leads to the first unification of China under the Qin dynasty. The series' first original broadcast ran from 15 October to 7 December 2001 on the TVB Jade network in Hong Kong. A film sequel to the series, titled '' Back to the Past'', is currently in post-production. Plot 21st century Hong Kong Hong Siu-lung is a 21st-century VIPPU Inspector in Hong Kong. In the first episode, Hong and his colleagues stand guard at an exhibition of the First Emperor's Terracotta Army. One of Hong's colleagues notices that one of the terracotta warriors bears a striking resemblance to Hong. Moments later, wealthy businessman Lee Siu-chiu is attacked and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
At The Threshold Of An Era
''At the Threshold of an Era'' () was a Hong Kong epic drama series broadcast by TVB Jade Channel from 11 October to 18 December 1999 and 13 March to 26 May 2000 and was extensively promoted by TVB as its cross-millennium, one-hundred-episode-long epic. The series composed of two parts, with a gap in between airing. The entire series took place in a continuing flashback, with the protagonist, Tim Yip (Gallen Lo), pondering the trials and tribulations he went through while riding on a train in the " green city" he developed. In 2022, the drama was selected as one of ten classic TVB dramas being honoured for Youku and TVB's new programme. Premise The drama documents the rise and fall of three entrepreneurs, who founded Lik Tin Century Corporation (力天世紀) together to achieve the ultimate goal of developing a pollution-free town in Hong Kong. Vendetta and love serves as strong subplots throughout the series, with the vendetta between two families being the most prominent. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wuxia
( , literally "martial arts and chivalry") is a genre of Chinese literature, Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although is traditionally a form of historical fantasy literature, its popularity has caused it to be adapted for such diverse art forms as Chinese opera, manhua, television dramas, films, and video games. It forms part of popular culture in many Chinese-speaking communities around the world. According to Hong Kong film director, producer, and movie writer Ronny Yu, wuxia movies are not to be confused with Martial arts film, martial arts movies. The word "" is a compound composed of the elements (, literally "martial", "military", or "armed") and (, literally "chivalrous", "vigilante" or "hero"). A martial artist who follows the code of is often referred to as a (, literally "follower of ") or (, literally "wandering "). In some translations, the martial artist is referred to as a () or (), either of which can be i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild
The Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild (HKFDG; ) is an entertainment guild founded in 1989 to represent the interests of directors in the Hong Kong film industry. At the Hong Kong Film Awards committee member votes contribute a weight of 25% towards the overall score of in the categories Best Director, Best New Director and Best Visual Effects. Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild Awards The Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild Awards is an annual Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ... film awards ceremony organized by the Guild. It was established in 2006. Executive Committee Members References External links HKFDG Website {{Authority control Film organisations in Hong Kong Entertainment industry unions 1989 establishments in Hong Kong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walled In
''Walled In'' is a 2007 Canadian horror- thriller film directed and co-written by Gilles Paquet-Brenner and starring Mischa Barton, Cameron Bright, and Deborah Kara Unger. The film is based on the best-selling French novel ''Les Emmurés'' by Serge Brussolo. It is Paquet-Brenner's English-language film debut. Plot Film opens with a little girl, Julie (Sophi Knight), wakes up to find herself in a small concealed room, confused at what is happening. When the room starts filling with cement from all corners, the girl cries for her father, but the cement only continues to rise, and eventually she is buried alive through the film opens with a grim discovery: sixteen bodies are found entombed within the walls of the building where Julie met her tragic fate. 15 years later Samantha "Sam" Walczak (Mischa Barton) is a recent engineering graduate. At her graduation party, her father, the owner of a demolition company, gives her a gift: a job supervising the demolition of a building in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Witness Out Of The Blue
''A Witness Out of the Blue'' is a 2019 Hong Kong crime thriller film produced by Derek Yee and written and directed by Andrew Fung. The film stars Louis Koo as a robber who becomes a prime suspect of a new murder case in which the only witness is a talking parrot present during the scene. ''A Witness Out of the Blue'' premiered at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival on 18 October 2019 before it was theatrically released on 24 October 2019 in Hong Kong. The film was also shown at the International Film Festival Rotterdam from 28 January to 1 February 2020. Plot Sean Wong (Louis Koo) leads an armed robbery at a jewelry shop. Three months later, Wong's partner in crime, Homer Tsui (Deep Ng), is found dead inside an apartment and Chief Inspector Yip Sau-ching (Philip Keung) suspects Wong to be the culprit in the murder of Tsui. The only apparent witness to the murder case is a talking parrot that was present inside the apartment room during the crime scene. Wong sets out to find ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |