Lam Wai Movies

Zhang Yimou (Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern) is the executive producer of this film directed by his past associate/co-director Yang Fengliang (Ju Dou). This period revenge drama, set during the early days of Republican China, begins when the wedding of Lanjuan (Taiwanese actress Wu Chienlien) is interrupted by gunfire that wipes out her family. Almost a decade later, obsessed with revenge, she engages the services of hitman Li Qingyang (You Yong) to kill the assassins, headed by Dragon Town warlord Xiong Jinbao (Huang Zhongqiu). Assuming the identity of a merchant and his wife, Li and Lanjuan begin living in the town during the New Year Festival. Unknown to Lanjuan, Xiong's rival Hu Danlong (Lam Wai) has also contracted Li to kill Xiong. In an interesting story twist, Xiong deduces the couple's identity, and becomes friendly with them, with more unique plot threads unraveling as the tale develops. The original title translates literally as "New Year in Dragon Town." ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi

The ganglord Ho has many loyal followers, thanks to his skill in showering his troops with praise and tangible thanks, giving them much honor in the process. However, in this violent movie, three of his senior associates have been picked up by the police on serious charges, and it is beginning to look as though his trust was misplaced, for they are planning on selling what they know about him for lighter sentences. Regretfully, Ho orders another associate, his most trusted henchman and bodyguard, to see to it that the three men die. At their funerals, he is genuinely bereaved -- both for his now departed men, and for the code of trust which they took with them to their graves. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi