Legacy of Rage

Template:Infobox Chinese Film Legacy of Rage (Chinese: 龍在江湖) is a 1986 Hong Kong action film directed by Ronny Yu, and starring Brandon Lee, Michael Wong, Regina Kent, Mang Hoi, Chung Liu and cameo appearance by Bolo Yeung who appeared in Bruce Lee's last film Enter the Dragon. This was Brandon Lee's first Hong Kong film debut as Brandon Ma.

Unlike his father Bruce Lee's films that he made in Hong Kong, this film contains only minor martial arts and mostly has gun fu action sequences in the style of John Woo's heroic bloodshed films.

Plot

Brandon Ma (Brandon Lee) is a regular guy with a job and a girlfriend May (Regina Kent). He has two jobs, so he can support his girlfriend and his dream of owning a motorcycle. Brandon's best friend is Michael Wan (Michael Wong), an ambitious and murderous drug dealer. How Brandon and Michael ever became friends is the biggest mystery ever. In any case, Michael also loves May and so he comes up with a plan that will win her for him and get Brandon out of his way. Soon he comes up with a plan using a corrupt police officer named Sharky. (Chung Liu) It seems that the corrupt cop has been using his police connections to dominate the local cocaine trade, so Michael has him killed and uses Brandon as the fall guy. Brandon goes to jail and met Hoi (Mang Hoi), though he thinks that he will be released soon thanks to the efforts of his good buddy Michael. However after 8 long years Brandon finally gets out of jail and vows revenge on Michael for betraying their friendship and stealing the love of his life. Whilst out of prison he learns that May has had his son. With the help of an inmate he met in prison, Brandon tracks down Michael. Whilst engaging his guards he learns that May is dead. After killing Michael's guards, Brandon confronts and kills his former friend Michael. The movie ends with Brandon giving his farewells to his friend (whom he met while in prison and who aided him in fighting Michael's guards) and leaving with his son.

Cast

• Brandon Lee - Brandon Ma
• Michael Wong - Michael Wan
• Regina Kent - May
• Mang Hoi - Hoi
• Chan Wai-man - Yee
• Onno Boelee - Prisoner
• Ku Feng - Prison Guard
• Bolo Yeung - Thug
• Teddy Yip Wing-cho - Mr. Yip
• Ken Lo - Michael's thug
• Blackie Ko - Michael's thug
• Ha Kwok-wing - Michael's thug
• Ng Man-tat - Captain of the Guards
• Shing Fui-On - Foo
• Stuart Smith - Big Papa
• Kirk Wong - Inspector Lau

Home media

After Brandon Lee's untimely death in an accidentally shot during the shooting of the 1994 film The Crow, movies such as Legacy of Rage saw a surge in video sales.

External links

• Legacy of Rage at IMDb