Alan Tam Movies

This installment in the Street Figher franchise finds Ryu on a global trek to seek his ultimate goal. Meanwhile, Cammy continues searching for clues about her mysterious past, and Chun-Li keeps up her obsessive quest to investigate Shadaloo reaches even further into the depths of Hong Kong's criminal world, not to mention the unforgiving jungles of Brazil. ~ Cammila Collar, Rovi

Alan is a singer, as well as an actor, but his career has stalled in a nightclub by the sea, where he earns chump change for his efforts. He has an old buddy, Eric, who, when he pulls into town, easily persuades him to leave that job and join him in setting up a chicken farm. Their friendship is soon complicated by the arrival of Olive, who is affectionate with each of them but finally chooses Alan. Despite their romantic rivalry, the two men remain friends in the manner of Jules et Jim. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

Prolific Hong Kong filmmaker Lau Kar-wing directed this gangster-themed crime-drama about the internecine struggles within a powerful triad family. Lung Ying (Ko Chun Hsiung) is the patriarch of the clan, and -- in a setup used in many such films since The Godfather -- is attempting to slowly move the family away from criminal enterprises and into legitimate business, although his sons and employees make it nearly impossible. Allan (Alan Tam) is a ruthless killer who later has to seek refuge in Taiwan. Kar-wai (Miu Kiu-wai) is the fiery tempered Sonny Corleone character, Hua (Andy Lau) is the calm, rational one, and Chung (Max Mok) is the dedicated student whose learning is unable to prepare him for what is to occur. Yip (Kenneth Tong) is the most dangerous to Lung Ying's plans, as he is a compulsive gambler whose addiction to the activity will lead the family to irreparable harm. Eventually, two thugs from another family, Ko (William Ho) and Keung (Norman Tsui), have Lung Ying killed and ambush the Lung family at his funeral. That's when Allan, Chung, and Hua get together to bring down Keung, who followed his deadly strike on the Lungs by murdering his own employer, Ho E (Ku Feng), and taking control of his organization. This leads to the inevitable bloody shootouts, reprisals, and dire consequences for many of those involved. The film is bolstered by a supporting cast familiar to any Hong Kong film buff, including Kent Cheng, Shing Fui-on, Phillip Ko, and Kara Hui. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

Jackie Chan takes a break from police thrillers featuring kung-fu and wild stunts to star and direct this action-adventure yarn featuring kung-fu and wild stunts. Chan plays Jackie, aka the Asian Hawk, an Indiana Jones-style adventurer looking to make a fortune finding exotic antiquities. After discovering a mysterious sword in Africa, a band of Satan-worshipping monks kidnap Jackie's ex-girlfriend Lorelei (Rosamund Kwan), demanding as ransom the sword and other pieces of the legendary Armour of God -- a reportedly magical outfit dating back to the Crusades. He manages to get the objects in question from wealthy collector Bannon (Bozidar Smiljanic), and together with Bannon's daughter May (Lola Forner) and, of course, Hong Kong rock star Alan (Alan Tam), the three head out to rescue Lorelei. When they do, they discover too late that she has been brainwashed. She drugs Alan, taking him and the armor back to the monastery. Jackie is forced to take on an army of satanic monks single-handedly. This film is perhaps best remembered as the shoot that almost killed Jackie Chan. While jumping from one tree to another, he slipped and plunged almost 40 feet landing on his head. True to hallowed Hong Kong tradition, that outtake along with dozens of others is included at the end of the film. This film was released in the States under the misleading title Operation Condor 2: The Armour of the Gods, even though the supposed original Operation Condor was made four years afterwards. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi

Before he became famous for directing gritty, two-fisted action flicks, Ringo Lam Ling-tung helmed this low-budget stalker drama. Alan Ng (Alan Tam Wing-lun), a lonely bar-hopper with absolutely zero luck with the ladies, thinks his luck has changed for the better when the stunningly beautiful Jo Jo (Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia) asks him out on a date. Unfortunately for Alan, Jo Jo was asked to court him by her college professor/lover who is running a morally dubious psychological experiment. Convinced that their love is meant to last, Alan doesn't take the news well and soon starts stalking Jo Jo, even to the point of making a scene at her wedding. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi

Lau Kar-wing spins this restrained horror-comedy flick about a beautiful lass cursed with terrible luck. Irene Leen (Olivia Cheng Man-ar) has the misfortune of having three husbands die on her wedding day. After consulting a slew of fortunetellers, she understandably vows never to marry again. The ghosts of her dead husbands, however, band together to end her loneliness and find her a mate. The prospective spouse they choose is Bruce (Alan Tam Wing-lun), and they spend much of the film trying to get the two together. Complications arise when another ghost tricks Bruce into venturing to the notorious Haunted Island to swipe a pearl from the Ghost King. To make matters worse, he decides to go on the day of the Ghost Festival, the day of the year when ghosts rise from the underworld and party on earth. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi

Ah Kwok (Allan Tam) is the white sheep in a family of black -- his mother runs a brothel, his father is a mobster, but somehow his brother works on the Hong Kong police force and lives in peace with his parents. Young Kwok is a day-dreaming parking-lot attendant who whiles away his time fantasizing about life and a certain lovely model who happens to be the daughter of another mobster -- maybe the only thing they have in common. One night the model's father goes to Kwok's mother's brothel and sets up an assignation with one of the women of the evening. But instead of ingesting the necessary aphrodisiac so he can get up to speed, he takes a sleeping pill by accident and his motor starts gearing down -- until others think his battery is dead. So his body is put in a wicker basket and sent -- where else? -- off to Ah Kwok at the parking lot for disposal. This unexpected turn of events shakes the young man out of his reveries -- how is he supposed to handle the dead body of what he had hoped would be his future father-in-law and then go after his dream woman pretending he knows nothing about her father's death? ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi