City Kids 1989
City Kids 1989 is a 1989 Hong Kong action drama film directed by Poon Man-kit and starring Andy Lau and Max Mok. The film shares the same Chinese title and a similar plot to the 1969 film The Orphan which stars Bruce Lee.
| City Kids 1989 | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover | |
| Traditional | 人海孤鴻 |
| Simplified | 人海孤鸿 |
| Mandarin | Rén Hǎi Gū Hóng |
| Cantonese | Jan4 Hoi2 Gu1 Hung4 |
| Directed by | Poon Man-kit |
| Produced by | Clarence Yip |
| Screenplay by | Jubic Chui James Yuen Clarence Yip |
| Starring | Andy Lau Max Mok Wong Chung May Lo Paw Hee-ching |
| Music by | Richard Lo |
| Cinematography | Mark Lee Ping Bin |
| Edited by | Robert Choi |
Production company | Movie Impact |
| Distributed by | Movie Impact |
Release date | 5 August 1989 |
Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | HK$10,627,142 |
Plot
Sas and Chow Cho-sam are sworn brothers who grew up in a triad gang and lacked family warmth and proper education. Sam falls in love with May and they have shotgun marriage. In order to pay for their marriage, Sas gets involved in a robbery where Sam injures three policemen and the two are imprisoned for six years. After they were released, May is already someone's fiance but Sam is still in love with her but since punks and love have no fate, they can only be friends. Sas and Sam borrow money from a loan shark for their private business. However, their business fails and debt collector Fu forces them to kidnap to pay off their debts. They are ordered to kidnap tutoring student Ka-po, daughter of a wealthy man. Sas was dissatisfied with Fu's decision to murder the girl after collecting ransom and personally hands Ka-po back to May which angers Fu and he hires people to chop Sas. After Sas dies from his injuries, the sadden and angered Sam seeks vengeance on Fu. After some fighting when Sam was about to kill Fu, his long lost father, Inspector Chow Wing, persuades him to reform and not to repeat the same mistakes. Wing hands Fu to the law and helps Sam turn over a new leaf.
Cast
- Andy Lau as Sas / Puppy
- Max Mok as Chow Cho-sam
- Wong Chung as Inspector Chow Wing
- May Lo as May
- Paw Hee-ching as Chow Man-sau
- Newton Lai as Brother Fu
- Shing Fui-On as Big Skin Chuen
- Blackie Ko as Killer
- Stephen Chang as Yellow
- Chun Kwai Po as Fu's thug
- Ho Kit
- Tam Siu-ying
- Hon San as Big Brother
- Fong Ka-wai
- Mok Hon-kei
- Chan King-chuen as May's dad
- Ngai Ming-yiu
- Thomas Sin as Yiu
- Kan Sek-ming as Mr. Kan
- Shing Fuk-on as Mad Dog
- John Cheung as Police Officer
- Fei Pak as Poilceman
- Lui Siu-ming as prisoner
- Fung Kam-hung as prisoner
Box office
The film grossed HK$10,627,142 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run 5 to 24 August 1989 in Hong Kong.