Once Upon a Time in Hong Kong

Apr 29, 2021

1h 46m

★ 5.2

Overview

The story tells the story of a collusion between Hong Kong police and criminals in 1973, under the instigation of the British, they embezzled huge profits and poisoned the citizens. The Governor of Hong Kong established the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).

Genres

Action

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Mega-Vision Project Workshop Limited

Er Dong Pictures Co., Ltd.

Tianjin Maoyan Weying Media

Mokexing Film

Emperor Motion Pictures

Once Upon a Time in Hong Kong Trailers

Cast

Hank Chan

Louis Koo

Crippled Ho

Tony Leung Ka-fai

Chui Lok

Francis Ng Chun-Yu

Nash Pak

Gordon Lam Ka-Tung

Elon

Philip Keung Ho-Man

Yanni

Michelle Hu

Pudgy

Kent Cheng Jak-Si

Sharon

Jacky Cai

Timmy

Jazz Lam Tsz-Sin

Pudgy's Wife

Mimi Kung Chi-Yan

Ron

Dominic Ho Hou-Man

Will

Wilfred Lau Ho-Lung

A career criminal, Ah Sang, engineers a bank robbery to be carried out by a gang of recruited hoodlums led by himself. It takes only three minutes to complete the robbery of seven million dollars. A special police unit is then formed to investigate the case, and the chief inspector suspects Sang, and begins keeping him under surveillance. In order to stay undetected, each member is specifically ordered to not spend their share of the one million HKD from the heist for six months.

8.5

Ironside 426

Oct 20, 1977

Crack police officer Damon (aka: #426) is ordered to infiltrate the triad as mounting crime waves hit Hong Kong. Damon his sidekick Doggie and sex proprietress Charmagne band together to smash Satan Hong's triad gang in this high-octane action adventure.

5.8

The Saviour

Jan 8, 1980

Inspectors Tong (Shaw Brothers regular Pai Ying) and Cheng (Kent Cheng) are investing a psychopathic serial killer who has been raping and murdering prostitutes. With the help of a young prostitute, they follow the bloody trail to...

7.4

Blow

Apr 4, 2001

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.

7.0

Murders Made to Order

Jun 20, 1993

Following the tragic events of Sting of the Scorpion, Maggie finds herself stripped of her rank and committed to an insane asylum. The crooked cop who put her there offers to procure her release and reinstatement - if she'll go undercover as a bar hostess to spy on the triads. The whole thing's a setup, of course, and soon Maggie is on the run from the law, as well as nursing a bad heroin addiction. She finds refuge in the criminal underworld, where she accepts a job as an undercover assassin. But when her identity is exposed, Maggie has both sides of the law gunning for her life.

7.6

Changeling

Oct 24, 2008

Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, her quest for truth exposes a world of corruption.

6.7

Ransom

Nov 8, 1996

When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.

7.3

Lust, Caution

Sep 24, 2007

During World War II, a secret agent must seduce, then assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai. Her mission becomes clouded when she finds herself falling in love with the man she is assigned to kill.

7.6

American Gangster

Nov 2, 2007

Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.

7.4

Enter the Dragon

Aug 17, 1973

A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.

7.4

The Way of the Dragon

Dec 30, 1972

After a Chinese restaurant in Rome is threatened by the mafia, who will stop at nothing to acquire the property, the owner recruits a family friend in Hong Kong, kung fu expert Tang Lung, to help them defend their business.

5.8

Starsky & Hutch

Mar 5, 2004

Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy Bear and persuasive criminal Reese Feldman.

7.5

Donnie Brasco

Feb 27, 1997

An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.

6.2

Double Impact

Jul 31, 1991

Jean Claude Van Damme plays a dual role as Alex and Chad, twins separated at the death of their parents. Chad is raised by a family retainer in Paris, Alex becomes a petty crook in Hong Kong. Seeing a picture of Alex, Chad rejoins him and convinces him that his rival in Hong Kong is also the man who killed their parents. Alex is suspicious of Chad, especially when it comes to his girlfriend.

7.1

Lords of Dogtown

Jun 3, 2005

The radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of sports forever. Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva and Jay Adams are the Z-Boys, a bunch of nobodies until they create a new style of skateboarding that becomes a worldwide phenomenon. But when their hobby becomes a business, the success shreds their friendship.

6.1

Where the Truth Lies

Oct 7, 2005

An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.

6.8

Bad Boys

Apr 7, 1995

Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowrey is a footloose and fancy free ladies' man. Both Miami policemen, they have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be each other.

6.8

Fletch

May 31, 1985

When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk's story.