The Adventurers (1995)
"Da mao xian jia" (original title)

Andy was a child when his parents murdered by a double agent in Vietnam, Ray Liu. Andy was raised by his dad's best friend. When he grown up, he became a pilot and Ray was a very powerful ... See full summary »

Director:

Ringo Lam

Writers:

Ringo Lam, Sandy Shaw,

Stars:

Andy Lau, Rosamund Kwan, Chien-lien Wu

Cast

Credited cast:
Andy Lau	...	Wai Lok-yan / Mandy Chan
Rosamund Kwan	...	Mona
Chien-lien Wu	...	Crystal Lui 'Chan'
Ron Yuan	...	Paul
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
George Cheung	...	Tung
David Chiang	...	Uncle Shang
John Ching	...	Lam Chung / Major Bodar
Siu-Kei Chu
Paul Chun	...	Ray Lui
Ka-Kui Ho	...	General Buboei
Phillip Ko	...	Wah
Ben Ng	...	Dog
Andy Tse
Kam-Kong Wong	...	Military Officer
Parkman Wong	...	Officer Cheng

Storyline

Andy was a child when his parents murdered by a double agent in Vietnam, Ray Liu. Andy was raised by his dad's best friend. When he grown up, he became a pilot and Ray was a very powerful and rich man in Vietnam. After his unsuccessful attempt of assassination on Ray, he gather criminal evidence of Ray Liu for CIA in America. Knowing the only link of Ray is his daughter. While pretending a criminal boss to impress Ray and getting closer to his daughter, he fell in love with his daughter. He also did have an affair with Ray's mistress, Mona. Andy was confused while knowing he had to kill the dad of his most loved person in the world.

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese English Mandarin

Release Date:

2 August 1995 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

The Adventurers

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company Credits

Production Co:

China Star Entertainment, Win's Entertainment Ltd., Win's Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

"The Adventurers" is loaded with action, but weak on the story side.

Ringo Lam's "The Adventurers" is a star vehicle for Andy Lau, who plays a Cambodian orphan out to get even with the renegade arms merchant who rubbed out his parents. There are lots of explosions, plenty of gunfights and fine production values. The screenplay that Ringo Lam directs is weak on character development, linear structure and conversation. The comic book reality of this movie would have been better if Andy Lau had more personality or screen presence. In his scenes with Rosamund Kwan, she lights up the screen while Andy Lau mostly scowls. There is plenty of action, staged in San Francisco, the Phillipines and maybe Thailand (the police officers in some scenes looked the same as those in "Full Contact," which Lam filmed in Bangkok). For fans of Andy Lau, a top Hong Kong film star and singer, this movie is right up their alley. Ringo Lam complained in an interview after the movie's release that Lau's price tag of over one million dollars (US, not HK dollars) ate up almost half the pictures budget and limited Lam's making this movie. The production values are fine, in spite of Andy Lau's star fee. I saw this movie on a Mei Ah VCD, and the movie is worth looking at as mindless entertainment.