Long zai jiang hu (1986)

Brandon plays Brandon Ma, a regular working Joe who holds down two jobs, so he can support his girlfriend May and his dream of owning a motorcycle. Brandon's best friend is Michael (played ... See full summary »

Director:

Ronny Yu

Writers:

Raymond Fung, Clifton Ko

Stars:

Brandon Lee, Michael Wong, Regina Kent

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Brandon Lee	...	Brandon Ma
Michael Wong	...	Michael
Regina Kent	...	May
Wai-Man Chan	...	Yee
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Onno Boelee	...	Caucasian prisonner 'Big Papa'
Hak Chu
Tanya George
Feng Ku	...	Prison Guard (as Guk Fung)
Kin-chuen Lee
Chun-kit Leung
Chung Lin	...	Sharky Kau
Yuen-yan Lo
Kenneth Low
Hoi Mang	...	Hoi (as Randy Mang)
Man Tat Ng	...	Captain of the Guards

Storyline

Brandon plays Brandon Ma, a regular working Joe who holds down two jobs, so he can support his girlfriend May and his dream of owning a motorcycle. Brandon's best friend is Michael (played by Michael Wong), an ambitious and murderous dope peddler. How Brandon and Michael ever became friends is the biggest mystery in the film. In any case, Michael covets May and so he comes up with a plan that will win her for him, and solves a problem he's been having. It seems that an undercover cop named Sharky has been using his police connections to dominate the local cocaine trade, so Michael has him killed and uses Brandon as the fall guy. Brandon goes to jail, though he thinks that he will be released soon thanks to the efforts of his good buddy Michael. Eight years later Brandon finally gets out of jail.

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Plot Keywords:

cocaine | gore | gunfight | cigarette smoking | showdown | 

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Taglines:

Like father, like son...

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Genres:

Action

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, some language and brief drug use

Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Release Date:

20 December 1986 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Legacy of Rage

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in E! True Hollywood Story: Brandon Lee (1997)

User Reviews

"I only have these..."

Made by D & B Films (no need to thank me), "Long zai jiang hu" was the first movie I saw with Brandon Lee - unlike the other posters, I actually saw it when it came out - and it was ultimately nothing too special, but all of the action stars of the past and present have had to work their way up, and it was certainly better than "Rapid Fire" and "Showdown In Little Tokyo" (which was admittedly entertaining in a cheap way, Tia Carrere's obvious body double and the snuff video scene with that gorgeous blonde notwithstanding).

The action's okay, and the scene where our hero bursts a villain's eye with a garotte still makes me wince 16 years later, but the best bit is when our hero visits a wimpy friend to get some armed help; wimpy friend says "I only have these," and unveils an armoury that would give Charlton Heston wet dreams. Still, you do wonder what would have happened had Brandon lived.