The Big Heat (1988)
城巿特警
Four men, standing alone, up against a massive murderous conspiracy.
Inspector Waipong Wong has to put his life and resignation from the HKPD on hold to investigate his former partner's mysterious murder. What he and his crack team of three other cops uncover is a plot far more sinister than they originally anticipated.
- Date of release
- 1988-09-22
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (29)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Action, Thriller, Crime
- Director
- Johnnie To, Andrew Kam Yeung-Wah
Casting
- Waise Lee Chi-Hung — John Wong Wai-Pong
- Joey Wong — Ada
- Matthew Wong Hin-Mung — Lun Kwok-Keung
- Phillip Kwok Chui — Kam
- Lionel Lo King-Wah — Inspector Ong Chat-Fu
- Paul Chu Kong — Han Ching
- Betty Mak Chui-Han — Maggie
- Peter Lai Bei-dak — Peter Ng
- Kirk Wong Chi-Keung — Drug Dealer
- Michael Chow Man-kin — Scar-Faced Assassin
- Roy Cheung Yiu-yeung — Mr. Ho's Bodyguard
- Robin Shou — Assassin at Hospital
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Hong Kong
The Big Heat (城市特警) is a 1988 Hong Kong action film starring Waise Lee and Joey Wong.
Production
Johnnie To stated that "Tsui had lots of ideas [for The Big Heat], changing the script all the time, but three days later he would come up with something totally different." To went on to describe that the violence in the film originated from Hark's suggestions, and that it was "a very difficult project". To noted that he was brought in after another director was unable to satisfy Tsui Hark.
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