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32 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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In the Heat of Summer
1994 1h 38m CN
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8.5
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★8.5TMDB · 2
Synopsis
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Five cops work and get on each other's nerves during a hot summer. Tak is a gambler, too much so for his girlfriend to risk marriage. Daddy, a single father, is harsh with his son who reminds him of the woman who abandoned them. Monk is mercurial, talkative, a show-off. Kong, a steady family man, keeps the peace. Sam is new, hoping to fit in and make it as a cop. Three brutal and murderous robbers are on the loose, and so is a former soldier, embittered over the loss of his pension, using very real bombs to extort what's due him. It's a dangerous job, and the cops must watch each other's back, regardless of their personal problems.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Jordan Chan Siu-Chun
Leung Siu-Ming
Power Chan Kwok-Pong
Daddy
Jack Kao
Chan Wei-Cheng
Moses Chan Ho
Sam Hui
Joe Cheung Tung-Cho
Police Commissioner
Christine Ng Wing-mei
Maggie
Elaine Ng Yee-Lei
June
Dolphin Chan Hoi-Hang
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Teddy Chan
- Writers
- James Yuen Sai-Sang
- Languages
- Cantonese
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The take
Teddy Chan directs. Apple Kwan Pak-Suen behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in Cantonese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 132 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Directed by Teddy Chan, shot by Apple Kwan Pak-Suen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Jordan Chan Siu-Chun and Power Chan Kwok-Pong and Jack Kao carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0109620 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Apple Kwan Pak-Suen
- Runtime
- 98 min · 1h 38m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- CN
Also by
Teddy Chan
Key crew
- ProducerUncle Ba Suk
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1994-12-31
