A Taste of Killing and Romance
| A Taste of Killing and Romance | |
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| Directed by | Veronica Chan |
| Screenplay by | Cheuk Bing |
| Produced by | Veronica Chan |
| Starring | Andy Lau Anita Yuen Christine Ng Waise Lee Mark Cheng |
| Cinematography | Andy Fan |
| Edited by | Lee Kwong-tim |
| Music by | Mark Lui Raymond Wong |
Production company | 100th Century International Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Modern Films and Entertainment Production |
Release date | 5 August 1994 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | HK$5,541,985 |
A Taste of Killing and Romance is a 1994 Hong Kong action romantic thriller film produced and directed by Veronica Chan and starring Andy Lau and Anita Yuen as a pair of assassins who unknowingly work for the same organisation that meet and eventually fall in love.
Plot
Ice (Christine Ng), the leader of the killer organisation, sets a rule that whoever failed to achieve a task must die. Her underlings include her right-hand man Ko Sau (Andy Lau), nicknamed "Judge". During a mission, Ko Sau meets a fellow newcomer Yu-fung (Anita Yuen). During that time, he develops feelings for her. However, due to his lonely personality and the principles of an assassin career, it stalls the relationship. Despite this, they are still able to spend happy times together. During another mission, Ko Sau fails to complete the task when he saves a child. He apologizes to Ice and is willing to work unconditionally for her. However, Ice is determined to stick to the rules and sends Yu-fung to kill Ko, which Yu-feng is reluctant to do. On the other hand, hard boiled police inspector Tung Fai (Waise Lee) has gathered evidence of the organisation and holds a large scale hunt for Ko Sau and Ice's bodyguard Wong Cheung (Mark Cheng), who swears to kill Ko for revenge from a gunshot wound Ko had inflicted on him earlier. Under a lone and weak environment, with enemies all around him, Ko Sau and Yu-fung's relationship is also severely tested.
Cast
- Andy Lau as Ko Sau
- Anita Yuen as Yu-fung
- Christine Ng as Ice
- Waise Lee as Inspector Tung Fai
- Mark Cheng as Wong Cheung
- Henry Fong as Tsui Ka-sing
- William Tuen as Fung's victim in restaurant
- John Ching as Yu Nam
- Joe Junior as Catholic priest
- Yip Suk-ping as Mrs. Tsui
- William So as Dino
- Luisa Maria Leitão as Wai-ma
- Johnny Tang as Ma Chi-chuen
- Cho Chung-sing as Gunman in sunglasses (cameo)
- Chik King-man as Girl dancing with Shao in pub
- Danny Poon as Ice's gigolo
- Yu Kwok-lok as Kwok Chung
- Ng Kwok-kin as Lam Kwok-hung
- Chan Chi-hung as VIP at lion dance
- Jack Wong
- Wong Kwan-hong
- Kong Foo-keung
- Jacky Cheung
- Edward Corbett as Police chief
- Ho Chi-moon as VIP at lion dance
- Lai Cheung-lung as Murder victim
- Lee Chi-kit
- Benny Lai
- Christopher Chan
- Ng Cheung-pang
Box office
The film grossed HK$5,541,985 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 5 to 29 August 1994 in Hong Kong.