''Ming Ming'' () is a 2006 Hong Kong film directed by

Susie Au Susie Au Suet-yee (), is a film-maker and versatile based in Hong Kong. Her works include T.V. commercials, music videos, feature films, documentaries and multi-installations. She is noted for her stunning visual styles. She innovates electrif ...

and starring

Zhou Xun Zhou Xun ( zh, s=周迅, born 18 October 1974) is a Chinese actress and singer. Zhou rose to prominence with the film '' Suzhou River'' (2000), followed by films such as '' Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress'' (2002), '' Perhaps Love'' (2005 ...

Daniel Wu Daniel Wu Neh-Tsu (; born September 30, 1974) is an American actor. He is known as a "flexible and distinctive" leading actor in the Chinese language film industry. Since his film debut in 1998, he has been featured in over 60 films. A three- ...

Tony Yang Tony Yang (; born 30 August 1982) is a Taiwanese actor who rose to prominence for his debut film role in ''Formula 17'' (2004), for which he won the Golden Horse Award for Best New Performer The Golden Horse Award for Best New Performer () ...

and Jeff Chang. A debut feature-length film by Au, an experienced

music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...

director, Ming Ming premiered on 14 October 2006 during the

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and was released in cinemas in

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 ...

and

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on 26 April 2007.

Plot

Fiery Ming Ming (

) has always been the kind to take responsibility for her actions. When she meets D (

) at a boxing ring, the two soon become lovers. D tells Ming Ming he would go to

Harbin Harbin, ; zh, , s=哈尔滨, t=哈爾濱, p=Hā'ěrbīn; IPA: . is the capital of Heilongjiang, China. It is the largest city of Heilongjiang, as well as being the city with the second-largest urban area, urban population (after Shenyang, Lia ...

if he had $5 million. Taking him at his word, Ming Ming goes to Brother Cat and asks him for the money. When he demurs, she steals it, along with a secret box; she manages to fight off the other gang members by incredible prowess with black flying beads, which projected at enough speed, can be deadly. Brother Cat is furious she has taken the box; and send his associates to find her. As she is running away, Ming Ming bumps into an acquaintance, Tu, and passes him the money and tells him to run. Tu's special skill is to run very fast. She also bumps into Nana (

in a double role) who coincidentally is also in love with D, while escaping. Mistaking Nana for Ming Ming, Tu grabs her hand and the two of them escape to Shanghai in search for D. Nana knows Tu has got the wrong person, but the lure of the $50 million is too strong. Meanwhile, Ming Ming keeps herself hidden with the box, using her superb fighting skills to protect the two from a distance. Failing to find D, all Ming Ming and Nana have is a secretive voicemail message left by him. Finally, they realise that the secret that D is looking for is also connected to the box they hold. Just what is this secret...

Cast

as Ming Ming / Nana (double role) *

as D *

as Tu * Jeff Chang as Brother Cat *

Kristy Yang Kristy Yang (born 7 January 1974), also known as Yang Gongru, is a Chinese-Canadian actress based in Hong Kong. Early life Yang was born in Shanghai, China, to a Chinese father and Jenny Liu, Chinese-American. Ms.Liu was invited to play the role ...

Release

Ming Ming premiered during the

and was released in cinemas in

and

on 26 April 2007.Unknown
"Zhou Xun, Anthony Wong shoot "Ming Ming" music video"
, ''

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'', 28 March 2007. Retrieved on 11 April 2007. According to distributor

Polybona Films Bona Film Group Company Limited (, formerly known as Beijing Polybona Film Distribution Co. Ltd. (保利博纳电影发行有限公司) ), also known as Polybona Films or the Bona Film Group, is a Chinese production company and distributor of fi ...

, the film grossed over ¥10 million (approximately

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1.3 million) in total box office from Hong Kong and mainland China within five days of release.

Critical reception

Ming Ming opened to mixed to negative reviews. Perry Lam of ''Muse'' magazine writes, 'There is little doubt that Susie Au has an enormous gift for creating visual images, but somebody should have told her that a movie director is someone who tells a story with images and dialogue.'

Notes

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0885505, Ming Ming * Lovehkfilm.com Revie

2006 films 2006 action films Hong Kong action films 2000s romance films 2000s Hong Kong films 2000s Cantonese-language films 2000s Mandarin-language films Shanghainese-language films