Hong Kong 97 (1994)

Hong Kong 97 takes place, appropriately enough, in Hong Kong right before the transfer of power from Britain to China. Reginald Cameron, an assassin affiliated with a large corporation with... See full summary »

Director:

Albert Pyun

Writer:

Randall Fontana

Stars:

Robert Patrick, Brion James, Tim Thomerson

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Patrick	...	Reginald Cameron
Brion James	...	Simon Alexander
Tim Thomerson	...	Jack McGraw
Ming-Na Wen	...	Katie Chun
Ming-yang Li	...	Chun
Andrew Divoff	...	Malcolm Goodchild
Selena Khoo	...	Li (as Selena Mangh)
Steve Day	...	Frank Richardson
Wing-Chung Leung	...	Johnny Chow (as Joey Leung)
Nonong Talbo	...	General Woo
Terri Conn	...	Woos Bodyguard
Chad Stahelski	...	Leong
Judy McAndrew	...	Jacks Assistant
Joseph Pe	...	Katies Student
Tyrone Victa	...	Navy Lieutenant

Storyline

Hong Kong 97 takes place, appropriately enough, in Hong Kong right before the transfer of power from Britain to China. Reginald Cameron, an assassin affiliated with a large corporation with interests in the colony, guns down key members of the Chinese envoy which will take charge of Hong Kong the next day. Suddenly, he becomes a target for every two-bit mercenary in the city. With the help of his company mentor (Brion James), a clueless friend (Tim Thomerson), and his ex-girlfriend (Ming-Na Wen), Cameron must unravel the motives behind his sudden target status and escape Hong Kong alive.

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Plot Keywords:

hong kong | assassin | china | gun | mercenary | 

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Taglines:

99 years of British rule are about to come to an end...Hong Kong will never be the same.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 November 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hong Kong '97 - Vaaran valtakunta

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmwerks, Trimark Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

A caption at the end of the movie gives the wrong date. "7:34 A.M. JULY 30, 1997 Hong Kong is again the possession of the People's Republic of China. It was business as usual..." This should read "JULY 1". A caption at the beginning of the movie correctly gave a date of "JUNE 30".

User Reviews

not as bad as you may think.

This film is not an academy award winning film, but I am tired of people putting it down such as other films by Robert Patrick. I rented this when it first came out and I did not think much of it, along with Decoy and other Patrick films before his x-files years. Yet what I have come to realize is that these films capture a time and feeling which we just don't see anymore. B-films have become no-talent video filmed crap movies that are as bad as anything you might have seen on MST3K more then a decade ago. Looking back on these films such as Hong Kong 97 makes me wish that independent film companies still gave financial backing to these visions. Is this movie bad? No! Can it be better? Yes. Is it worth watching? Certainly!