Motorway

"Buckle your seat belts for the most adrenaline pumping chase scenes you'll experience!"

2012 1h 29m CN

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★6.2TMDB · 96★5.9IMDB · 1,948

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Synopsis

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Two police pursuit drivers, a hothead rookie and his long-suffering, almost-retired mentor, face off against an escape car driver from the latter's past.

“Buckle your seat belts for the most adrenaline pumping chase scenes you'll experience!”

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Cast

Yue Man-lok
Cheung
Barbie Hsu
Yee
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
Lo
Michelle Ye Xuan
Lo's wife
Gordon Lam Ka-Tung
Chong
Josie Ho
Wei
Guo Xiaodong
Sun
Li Guangjie
Tam

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Soi Cheang
Writers: Szeto Kam-Yuen, Joey O'Bryan
Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin
Countries: Hong Kong

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RUNTIME

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89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Cantonese, Mandarin.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Soi Cheang, shot by Edmond Fung Yuen-Man. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Xavier Jamaux. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Allen Leung shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

AWARDS

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Yue Man-lok and Barbie Hsu and Anthony Wong Chau-Sang carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Buckle your seat belts for the most adrenaline pumping chase scenes you'll experience!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Soi Cheang directs. Edmond Fung Yuen-Man behind the camera. Xavier Jamaux scores. Allen Leung cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Hong Kong. Dialogue in Cantonese, Mandarin.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 14 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Cantonese, Mandarin.
4Directed by Soi Cheang, shot by Edmond Fung Yuen-Man. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Xavier Jamaux. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Allen Leung shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Yue Man-lok and Barbie Hsu and Anthony Wong Chau-Sang carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Buckle your seat belts for the most adrenaline pumping chase scenes you'll experience!".
9IMDB entry: tt1740002 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 96 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.