People's Hero

People's Hero (1987)

人民英雄

Who's the hero?

Ex-gangster Sonny Koo finds himself in the middle of a bank holdup by two inexperienced crooks. The robbery goes awry, but before order can be restored, Sonny assumes control. He proceeds to turn the hostage situation to his advantage, and uses the bank's customers and personnel as leverage to free his girlfriend from prison. On the outside, sympathetic cop Captain Chan debates with his captain over how to handle the situation.

Date of release
1987-12-03
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (17)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Director
Derek Yee Tung-Sing

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Hong Kong

People's Hero is a 1987 Hong Kong thriller film written and directed by Derek Yee and starring Ti Lung. The film was nominated for three Hong Kong Film Awards, where Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Elaine Jin won the Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress awards respectively, while Ronald Wong was nominated in the former category as well.

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