Hei bao tian xia (1994)

Black Cougar is a mercenary who is being paid a huge sum of money by an unknown person to recover a top secret file. Realising the enormity and complexity of the task, he enlists the help ... See full summary »

Director:

Clarence Fok Yiu-leung

Writer:

Kan-Cheung Tsang

Stars:

Alan Tang, Brigitte Lin, Elsie Chan

Cast

Credited cast:
Alan Tang	...	Black Cougar
Brigitte Lin	...	Chin Chin (as Lin Ching Hsia)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Elsie Chan	...	Enna
Ming-Chen Chen	...	Chen
Dicky Cheung	...	Robert Parkinson
Tony Leung Ka Fai	...	Mo Po / Black Jack Lover (as Tony Leung)
Lily Li	...	Wet Nurse
Carrie Ng	...	Madam Rose / One Thousand Needles
Fong Pao	...	The Master
Melvin Wong	...	Chu
Simon Yam	...	Chen Ren
Wah Yuen	...	Bloody Wolf (as Yuen Wah)

Storyline

Black Cougar is a mercenary who is being paid a huge sum of money by an unknown person to recover a top secret file. Realising the enormity and complexity of the task, he enlists the help of a dummy-sucking computer hacker, a sex-maniacal weapons specialist, and a charismatic 'God of Gamblers' to help him out. When he gets double-crossed by the unknown person. He sets out to seek and destroy him, with the help of his friends. He is in for a shock when he finds out what is in the file, and who the unknown person is.

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Plot Keywords:

mercenary | assault rifle | sliced body | head ripped off | explosion | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese Mandarin English

Release Date:

3 September 1994 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Hak paau tin ha

Company Credits

Production Co:

In-Gear Film, Media Asia Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

Silly but tons o'fun

Spectacular if ultimately silly and fairly incoherent (in its USA version, at least) action fest from HK – a gang of specialty assassins (gunplay, martial arts, swordplay, computer hacking, etc) are hired by the Black Panther to steal a box from a police evidence locker, with a variety of nefarious and back-story motives being eventually revealed. A barrage of atrociously silly, mostly sexual, humor diminishes the narrative focus, but the film has some gorgeously staged sets and action sequences. Brigitte Lin, of course, shines as one of the gang who has romantic ties to the BP; she continually shows up in new costumes and hair styles which are quite provocative. Simon Yam, Tony Leung, Ming Chen-Chen, and Wah Yuen (predating his terrific role in KUNG FU HUSTLE and KUNG FU MAHJONG) are quite good despite much of the script's puerility. Unfortunately the Tai Seng DVD version is ruined by sloppy subtitles, which show up about 2 seconds late making it tough to figure out who's saying what in some of the dialog scenes, and bad editing jumps. But the film's coolness remains intensive, and even its impossible action scenes (incredibly fast swordplay, flying, dazzling gunplay, martial arts, etc) are potently mesmerizing and lots of fun.