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Man Wanted (1995 film)

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Man Wanted
Film poster
Directed byBenny Chan
Steve Cheng
Screenplay byChan Tak
Produced byBenny Chan
Rainy Chan
WongSiu-ming
StarringSimon Yam
Yu Rongguang
Christy Chung
Eileen Tung
CinematographyPatrick Jim
Fletcher Poon
Edited byNg Kam-wa
Music byJonathon Wong
Production
company
Sam Po Film
Distributed byGolden Harvest
Release date
  • 16 March 1995 (1995-03-16)
Running time
132 minutes[1]
CountryHong Kong
Language
Traditional Chinese旺角的天空
Simplified Chinese旺角的天空
Hanyu PinyinWàng Jiǎo De Tiān Kōng
JyutpingWong6 Gok3 Dik1 Tin1 Hung1
Box officeHK $7,598,170

Man Wanted is a 1995 Hong Kong action thriller film directed by Benny Chan and Steve Cheng and starring Simon Yam, Yu Rongguang, Christy Chung and Eileen Tung.[1]

Plot

Lok Man-wah (Simon Yam), an undercover cop, sets up a sting for a notorious drug lord and Man-wah's friend Luk Chan-fung (Yu Rongguang). Luk manages to escape but falls victim to a car bomb planted in his getaway vehicle. Following the funeral, Man-wah begins to put the moves on Luk's ex-girlfriend Yung (Christy Chung), even though he is already involved with June (Eileen Tung), another woman. Later it is revealed that Luk is not dead and insists on Man-wah help him in a kidnapping scheme, thus beginning an elaborate revenge scheme that costs June her life and Lok his career.

Cast

  • Simon Yam as Lok Man-wah[2]
  • Yu Rongguang as Luk Chan-fung
  • Christy Chung as Yung-yung
  • Eileen Tung as June Lok
  • Law Kar-ying as Blad Ying
  • Cherie Chan as Mindy
  • Kenneth Chan as Officer Tai
  • Parkman Wong as Inspector Wong
  • Bill Lung as Brother Wu
  • Kwan Chung
  • John Wakefield as Police Review Board officer
  • Wong Man-shing
  • Ng Kam-hung
  • Emana Leung
  • Chung Yuk-ting
  • Chang Kwok-hei
  • Lee Ka-hung
  • So Wai-nam
  • Simon Cheung as Policeman
  • Chang Kin-yung as Policeman
  • Wong Wai-shun as Robber
  • Lam Kwok-kit

References

  1. ^ a b Jonathan Crow (2015). "Man Wanted". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015.
  2. ^ Man Wanted (1995) directed by Benny Chan, Steve Cheng • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd, retrieved 7 November 2022