Wang Lung Wei Movies
Director turned hot Hollywood fight choreographer Yuen Woo-ping spins this propulsive action-thriller. When officer Hsiu (Leung Kar-yan) successfully cracks into a major drug ring, he is able to arrest everyone except the group's ruthless ringleader, Swatow (Johnny Wang Lung-wei). The following day, Hsiu ends up full of holes and the police department launching a desperate manhunt to find Swatow. When they eventually track him down, the criminal is set up to be murdered by crooked cop named Feng (Ng Man-tat), who is working for a rival smuggler. When protagonist Fang (Jacky Cheung Hok-yau) stumbles upon evidence that Feng is working for the crime world, he quickly learns that Feng is not the only dirty cop in the department. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jacky Cheung
- 1985
With a story as believable as a visit from the Tooth Fairy, this romantic comedy about a Cinderella-type woman (Maggie Cheung) and a slipper with a diamond is best suited to a young audience. After two thieves steal a valuable diamond from a dying tycoon, they run inside a store and hide it in a shoe, hoping to return later and retrieve the gem. In the meantime, a TV star (Cheung) comes in and buys the pair of shoes to wear with a borrowed evening dress she has to return before midnight. She is getting ready for a big society ball. Sure enough, she has to dash to the elevator to leave on time, and the diamond-studded shoe comes off in the process. The shoe is picked up by her Prince Charming, who does not have a clue as to its worth, and the chase is on.
~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Maggie Cheung
Che-Kirk Wong's science fiction/martial arts film Health Warning (also known as Flash Future Kung Fu) takes place in the 21st century. Machines with artificial intelligence have taken over the world. And the only weapon at the disposal of the remaining humans is martial arts. The film stars Johnny Wang, Eddy Ko Hung, and Ray Lui Leung-Wai. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Wang Lung Wei
Gordon Liu's Hong Kong action film Shaolin & Wu Tang stars Wang Lung Wei as a Manchu prince who is manipulating Shaolin and Wu Tang masters in order to learn their secrets. He sets two friends up against each other. The pair eventually learn the error of their ways and team up to take out the prince. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Wang Lung Wei, Gordon Liu, (more)
In this martial arts action-adventure saga, an aging master of the art of kung-fu is brutally attacked by a trio of black-hearted nomads. The injured master is rescued by a young man who has lost his parents, and the grateful master teaches his new friend all he knows about the elegant but deadly lessons of kung-fu. Now a master himself, the young man sets out to find the three thugs who attacked his mentor and deliver justice. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Lau Kar-leung follows up on his 1978 classic with this comic kung-fu flick which is more of a parody than a sequel to the original. Two-bit con artist Chi (Gordon Lau Kar-fai) convinces a group of desperate workers at a dye mill who have been denied their pay by their evil Manchu bosses that he is none other than the legendary martial arts master San Te. Chi tries to hide his utter lack of kung-fu ability until he gets humiliated by crack kung-fu fighter Boss Wang (Johnny Wang Lung-wei). Chi scurries to the Shaolin temple hoping to develop some real ability. Initially he is turned away by the monks until San Te himself takes pity on the guy. There Chi learns the skills he needs to take out Wang and thwart the baddies. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
- 1979
Chang Cheh directs this old school Shaw Brother produced kung fu yarn. The film opens with members of the Ten Tigers group getting attacked by a pair of mysterious assailants. The film then flashes back several years previous to focus on Ming partisan Chu (Ku Feng) who is on the run from Manchu forces. Local merchant and kung fu enthusiast Li Chen-chau (Ti Lung) gives the fugitive shelter in his pawnshop and quietly recruits some of his fellow martial master associates to help protect the lad. When Li's professional rival rats him out, Manchu official Liang (Johnny Wang Lung-wei) not only orchestras his army but fools a couple other kung fu masters including Beggar Su (Phillip Kwok Tsui) into helping his cause. After a heated battle, Li manages to convince Su to joining his cause, thus forming the Ten Tigers. The film then snaps back to the original storyline, where the identities of the mystery assailants are revealed. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
- 1976
When a Shaolin temple finds itself under siege, it relents and allows a number of young newcomers to participate in its exclusive martial arts training. The eager students then come to the defense of the temple in this action-packed martial arts drama. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ti Lung, David Chiang, (more)
