''Moving Targets'' () is a 2004

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starring

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, and

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as the main leads. With

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, Roy Chow,

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, and

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in the main supporting roles. Directed, written, and produced by

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, the film is based on the popular 1980

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drama series ''

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''. "Moving Targets" was released in Mainland China under the title "Young Detective 青年干探" with an estimated box office gross of ¥3,000,000 RMB. Movie rights in Mainland China was distributed by " Beijing Poly-bona Film Distribution Co., Ltd.".

Plot

Cheung Wai-kit (Nicholas Tse) and Ngai Fung "Fit Lo" (Edison Chen) are best friends and two of Hong Kong's top young cops. After foiling a robbery attempt they are promoted to the Narcotic units led by hot-headed police chief Cheung Tit-Man (Simon Yam). Tit-Man is actually Kit's dad, who left him and his mother (Michelle Mai) after shooting her years ago. Kit sees Tit-Man as an enemy and is not so thrilled with having to work under him. Kit requests a transfer to the internal affairs department, but decides to participate in one last operation where the team tries to take down a major drug lord known as Big Bryan (Ken Tong). During the arrest attempt, Fit Lo is seen letting Bryan go, which costs him his job. Now seemingly on opposite sides of the law, Kit and Fit Lo must try to keep their friendship together. To make things even more complicated Fit Lo is also married to Kit's former love interest and cousin Wing Chi (Gillian Chung).

Cast

as Cheung Wai-kit *

as Ngai Fung "Fit Lo" *

as Cheung Tit-Man *

as Wing Chi *

as Fat Seven *

as Kit's Mother *Roy Chow as Ko Lo Chun *

as Big Bryan *Wu An as Ho Jia *Shu Qao as Officer Nichole Sun *David Lee Wai-Seung as Officer Wai Kwok-Ying *

Wan Chi Keung Wan Chi Keung (; May 1, 1956 – February 16, 2010) was a Hong Kong professional footballer, actor and businessman. Known as "Asia's top striker" Wan was a key player for the Hong Kong national football team in the 1970s and 1980s. He played for ...

as Lai Sir *Samuel Leung Cheuk-Moon as Ronaldo *Roderick Lam Chung-Kei as Little Bryan

Reception

"Moving Targets" was a box office flop in Hong Kong. Even with an noticeable cast involve the movie garnered a lot of negative reviews due to the weak storyline and re-writing of popular characters from the 80's TVB drama series ''

'' which the movie is based on. Audiences did not like the darker storyline and merging of characters together when compared to the TVB series.

character Wing Chi was a hybrid of Tse Wing Chi and Cheung Ka Man (played by

Maggie Cheung Maggie Cheung Man-yuk (; born 20 September 1964) is a Hong Kong actress. She is one of the most successful and internationally acclaimed actresses in Asia, renowned for her diverse and versatile performances as well as her natural acting skills ...

and

Carina Lau Carina Lau Kar-ling ( zh, t=劉嘉玲; born 8 December 1965) is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She started her acting career at TVB, before achieving success with her Girl next door, girl-next-door roles in the 1980s' Hong Kong films. She also pl ...

) in the TVB series. Same for

character which was a hybrid of characters that were Kit's older half brother and father in the TVB series (played by Andy Dai and Lau Siu Ming).

References

External links

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