''Heat Team'' is a 2004

Hong Kong action film 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 a ...

directed by

Dante Lam Dante Lam Chiu-yin (, born 1 July 1964) is a Hong Kong filmmaker, actor and action choreographer. Background He was trained in the tradition of John Woo as an assistant director and worked as an actor and producer. He often writes and supervises ...

and starring

Aaron Kwok Aaron Kwok Fu-shing (born 26 October 1965) is a Hong Kong singer, dancer, and actor, known as one of Hong Kong's "Four Heavenly Kings". Active since the 1980s, he has released over 30 studio albums in Cantonese and Mandarin, mostly in the danc ...

Eason Chan Eason Chan Yick-shun ( zh, s=陈奕迅, t=陳奕迅, first=t, p=Chén Yìxùn; born 27 July 1974) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. He is one of the most popular and influential singers in both Cantopop and Mandopop. Besides holding the record ...

and

Yumiko Cheng Yumiko Cheng (born 6 September 1981) is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress. Cheng was given the Japanese nickname "Yumiko" by her friends in secondary school, and upon signing with EEG, adopted it as her official stagename.Tran, JennyYumiko ...

Plot

Lee Yiu-ting (

) and Wong Kai-chung (

) are police officers of the Regional Crime Unit of

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and

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respectively. Both of them are ace marksmen, as well as being very agile. They are elite members of the police force who have never met. Regional Crime Unit Superintendent Cheung Tit-chu ( Danny Lee) had received information that international thief Ken Ma (Wong Ban-yuen) has secretly entered

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for a heist. Superintendent Cheung decides to organize a special operation group with elite members of the police force to take down international criminals, and Chung and Ting were recruited to the group. Ken plans to lead his gang in a heist to steal a priceless diamond necklace. Ken and his girlfriend To Yu-fung (Victoria Wu), a jewelry appraiser, plan to retire after the heist and leave to distant parts. Ting, Chung, alongside their new female superior Fung Po-po (

) work together to investigate the whereabouts of the stolen necklace. However, the three of them do not trust each other and cause many disputes while competing for the best performance. While on the thread-less occasion, Yu-fung appears and makes a deal with the police that she will hand out the necklace if they would find and rescue Ken. At this time, Yu-fung is also being hunted by gangsters. To ensure her safety, Ting and Chung were assigned to protect Yu-fung. Since then, the relationship between them have turned from hostile to delicate and sensitive. The movie ends with Ting leaving the hospital ward after visiting Chung to recuperate from his gun shot injury.

Cast

as Lee Yu-ting *

as Wong Kai-chung *

as Fung Po-Po *

Dave Wong Dave Wang (; born 20 October 1962) is a Hong Kong-Taiwanese singer, songwriter and actor. Life and career Wang was born in British Hong Kong,Dave Wang interview on '' Be My Guest'' from TVB-1 on Channel 34 as the son of a former Shaw Br ...

as Yuen Pak-chun * Wong Ban-yuen as Ken Ma Lam * Danny Lee as Cheung Tit-chu * Victoria Wu as To Yu-fung *

Benz Hui Benz Hui Shiu-hung (born 4 November 1948) is a Hong Kong film and TV actor. Hui is credited with over 165 films. Hui is a currently a TV actor with TVB. Early life and family Hui comes from an influential family in Canton. His great-grandfathe ...

as Mr. Fok *

Carl Ng Carl Ng (吳嘉龍; born 27 March 1976) is a Hong Kong actor and model. Early life The third of four children, Ng was born in Hong Kong and is of mixed ethnicity of half English and half Chinese. His mother is Susan Ng, a British woman, wor ...

as Santos * Cheuk Wan-chi as Amy * Jude Poyer as Jude *

Jim Chim Jim Chim Sui-man (; born 6 May 1965) is a Hong Kong–based stage actor and comedian. Biography Jim Chim, Associate Artistic Director of Theatre Ensemble, co-founded the company with Olivia Yan in 1993. Since then, he has been performing and d ...

as Dr. Vincent Chu Yan *

Bernice Liu Bernice Jan Liu Bik-yee (born January 6, 1979) is a Canadian actress, singer, and commercial model based in Hong Kong. She has previously held the title Miss Chinese Vancouver 2000 as well as Miss Chinese International 2001, the latter position ...

as Macy * Jeff Kam as Luk On-tung *

Benjamin Yuen Yuen Wai-ho (Simplified Chinese: 袁伟豪; Traditional Chinese: 袁偉豪, born May 11, 1981), better known as Benjamin Yuen is a Hong Kong actor and singer contracted to TVB and Shaw Brothers Pictures. Yuen’s career started when he became ...

as Shun Chai * Alex To Kong as Ka-kit * Tommy Wong as Chef in opening sequence * Leung Wai-yan as Susan * Lam Chi-pao as Siu Ko * Andy Lau Tin-lung as Eddie * Tam Shiu-ka as Michael * Hung Chiu as Michael Ng Chi-wah

Reception

Critical

Beyond Hollywood
gave the film a mixed review and wrote, "When all is said and done, I suppose 'Heat Team' is a breezy enough way to lose 95 minutes of free time. It’s not the worst of the bunch, but you can’t help but think that it could have been much better if the comedy was jettisoned completely and the whole thing was played with a straight face.
Love HK Film
also gave the film a mixed review and wrote "''Heat Team'' is occasionally amusing and even fun, but don't expect it to make any sense."

Box office

The film grossed HK$1,603,003 at the box office during its theatrical run from 24 June to 21 July 2004 in

References

External links

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Heat Team
' at

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