''SDU: Sex Duties Unit'' is a
2013
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Hong Kong
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action
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* Action (narrative), a literary mode
* Action fiction, a type of genre fiction
* Action game, a genre of video game
Film
* Action film, a genre of film
* ''Action'' (1921 film), a film by John Ford
* ''Action'' (1980 fil ...
comedy film
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directed by Gary Mak and starring
Chapman To
Chapman To (, born 8 June 1972), born Edward Ng Cheuk-cheung (), is a Hong Kong actor. He is best known for his roles in films such as ''Infernal Affairs'' and '' Initial D''. He is also the founder of his own multimedia platform known as "Chapman ...
,
Shawn Yue
Shawn Yue Man-lok (born 13 November 1981) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. A former model, he has starred in many films, such as ''Jiang Hu'', ''Infernal Affairs II'', the ''Love in the Buff'' film series, ''Mad World'' and '' The Brink'', and ha ...
,
Matt Chow
Matthew "Matt" Chow Hoi-Kwong (, born 4 August 1968) is a Hong Kong screenwriter, director, actor and producer. He is best known for his romantic comedy films, and has served as a screenwriter for filmmakers Peter Chan, Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai, ...
and
Derek Tsang
Derek Tsang Kwok-cheung (; born 8 November 1979) is a Hong Kong film director and actor. The son of actor Eric Tsang, Tsang got his start in the Hong Kong film industry working for director Peter Chan Ho-Sun after graduating from University of T ...
. ''SDU: Sex Duties Unit'' was one of the films to be presented at the 2013 Hong Kong FILMART. This film was released on 25 July 2013 in Hong Kong.
Plot
The
Special Duties Unit
The Special Duties Unit (SDU; ), nicknamed the "Flying Tigers" (), is the elite tactical unit of the Hong Kong Police Force tasked with countering terrorist attacks, hostage rescue, underwater search and recovery, and tackling serious crime i ...
(SDU) is an elite paramilitary tactical unit of the Hong Kong Police Force and is considered one of the world's finest in its role. But being the best carries its own burdens. Like everyone else, they go through troubles with love, with family and with their jobs. And sometimes they get horny.
This touching story is about Special Duties Unit Team B and their trip to Macau for a weekend of unadulterated debauchery.
Cast
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Chapman To
Chapman To (, born 8 June 1972), born Edward Ng Cheuk-cheung (), is a Hong Kong actor. He is best known for his roles in films such as ''Infernal Affairs'' and '' Initial D''. He is also the founder of his own multimedia platform known as "Chapman ...
as Siu Keung
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Shawn Yue
Shawn Yue Man-lok (born 13 November 1981) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. A former model, he has starred in many films, such as ''Jiang Hu'', ''Infernal Affairs II'', the ''Love in the Buff'' film series, ''Mad World'' and '' The Brink'', and ha ...
as Fu
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Matt Chow
Matthew "Matt" Chow Hoi-Kwong (, born 4 August 1968) is a Hong Kong screenwriter, director, actor and producer. He is best known for his romantic comedy films, and has served as a screenwriter for filmmakers Peter Chan, Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai, ...
as Ka Ho
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Derek Tsang
Derek Tsang Kwok-cheung (; born 8 November 1979) is a Hong Kong film director and actor. The son of actor Eric Tsang, Tsang got his start in the Hong Kong film industry working for director Peter Chan Ho-Sun after graduating from University of T ...
as Hai Mai
*Liu Anqi as Sai Sai
*
Dada Chan
Dada Chan (born 22 March 1989) is a Hong Kong actress and model under Jacso Entertainment based in Hong Kong.
Entertainment career
In 2007, as a model, she was with Hong Kong singer Jason Chan shooting Tao-Ti green tea (道地百果园饮品) adv ...
as Siu Keung's ex-wife
*
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 dire ...
as procurer
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Siu Yam-yam
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Filmography
*''The Calling of a Bus Driver'' (2019)
*''A Journey of Happiness'' (2019)
* ...
as procurer
*
Simon Lui
Simon Lui Yue Yeung (; born 8 July 1964), also known as Simon Loui and Simon Yu, is a highly prolific Hong Kong-based actor famous for starring in many low-budget and/or horror films since the early 1990s. He began drawing attention when he was fe ...
as boatman
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Lam Suet
Lam Suet (; born 1964), or Lin Xue, is a Hong Kong film actor.
Life and career
Lam was born in Tianjin, and came to Hong Kong as a youth in 1979 to receive inheritance money left by his grandfather. Soon after, all the money had been squander ...
as robber
*June Lam as prostitute
*
Benz Hui
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Hui comes from an influential family in Canton. His great-grandfather ...
as pharmacy owner
*
JJ Jia as pharmacy owner's daughter
*
Lau Kong
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Biography
Little is known of Lau's private life, but he has been acting since 1976, when he first joined the now defunct network Commercial Television, he later joined RTV (now AT ...
as Ka Ho's father
*
Pong Nan
Nan Yik-Pong, better known by his stage name Pong Nan (; born 15 May 1978), is a Cantopop musician, singer-songwriter and actor in Hong Kong of Hakka ancestry.
Life and career
1978–2004: Early life and career beginnings
In 1989, amid mass ...
as procurer's assistant
*
Michael Wong as
SDU superior
*
Ken Lo
Ken Lo (Kenneth Houi Kang Low) (born 19 March 1957) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, and stuntman. He is known for his martial arts and stunt work as a former member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team, most notably for his antagonistic role as Jo ...
as Thief King To
*Joe Tay as jewelry store employee
*Lawrence Chou as Macau police sergeant
*Ken Wong as Macau police sergeant
*Tony Ho as Macau police constable
Reception
''SDU: Sex Duties Unit'' earned HK$16,711,696 at the Hong Kong box office.
Andrew Chan of the
Film Critics Circle of Australia
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writes, " “SDU: Sex Duties Unit” is certainly not as good as ''
Vulgaria
''Vulgaria'' () is a 2012 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Pang Ho-cheung.
The film won Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress at the 32nd Hong Kong Film Award.
Plot
Struggling movie producer To Wai-cheung is hardly able to make al ...
'' in terms of quality filmmaking, but it is most certainly outrageously funny and sometimes, that is precisely what the local audience demands."
It was released to Blu-ray, DVD, VCD on 5 December 2013.
References
External links
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*{{hkmdb title, 16198
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SDU: Sex Duties Unit film review' at HK Neo Reviews
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SDU: Sex Duties Unit' at
Hong Kong Cinemagic
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SDU: Sex Duties Unit' at Chinesmov.com
2013 films
2013 action comedy films
Hong Kong action comedy films
Media Asia films
2010s Cantonese-language films
Films set in Macau
Films shot in Macau
2013 comedy films
2010s Hong Kong films