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1983 1h 35m CN

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8.3

BANGER

★8.3TMDB · 3

ComedyCrime

Synopsis

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Billionaire Law and his accomplices are conspiring the murder of a judge. The conspiracy is overheard by a inspector from ICAC who records the meeting on a cassette tape. Billionaire Law is determined to pin him down. Before he dies, he hides the tape in a reporter Mel's car. A young man, Law Kim Long, smuggles into Hong Kong to look for his father. The Snake-head is mistaken him to be Billionaire Law's son, so he makes him groomed.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Alan Tam
Elflynn Lo
Olivia Cheng Man-Nga
Mildred
Eric Tsang
Yu Ming
David Chiang Da-Wei
Detective
Wong Ching
Billion Lo
Elaine Jin Yan-Ling
Billion's killer
Lee Hoi-Sang
Billion's thug
Hon Kwok-Choi
Billion's thug

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Lau Kar-Wing
Writers: Clifton Ko Chi-Sum, Raymond Wong
Languages: Cantonese
Countries: Hong Kong

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1 / 5

ERA

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43 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 5

DIRECTOR

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Editor Tony Chow Kwok-Chung shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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3 / 5

CAST

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Alan Tam and Olivia Cheng Man-Nga and Eric Tsang carry the top of the cast.

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4 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0086302 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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5 / 5

WILD

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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Lau Kar-Wing directs. Tony Chow Kwok-Chung cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Hong Kong. Dialogue in Cantonese.

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Things worth knowing

143 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Editor Tony Chow Kwok-Chung shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
3Alan Tam and Olivia Cheng Man-Nga and Eric Tsang carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt0086302 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.