Meltdown (1995) Shu dan long wei (original title)

Directors:

Jing Wong
Wai-Lun Lam

Writers:

Domonic Muir (dubbed version)
Jing Wong

Release Date:

1 July 1995 (South Korea)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

He Redefines Revenge

Plot:

After failing to save his wife from 'The Doctor', Kit Li is working as a bodyguard and secret stunt...

Plot Keywords:

Kung Fu | Bodyguard | Martial Arts | Brutality | Roundhouse Kick

Cast

Jet Li	...	Kit Li
Jacky Cheung	...	Frankie Lone
Chingmy Yau	...	Helen
Charlie Yeung	...	Joyce
Kelvin Wong	...	The Doctor / David Wang
Valerie Chow	...	Fai-Fai
Billy Chow	...	Kong
Ma Wu	...	Frankie's Father
Charlie Cho	...	Charlie
Ben Lam	...	Rabbit (English dubbed)
Chung-Hsien Yang	...	Detective Chow Kam (Joyce's Boyfriend)
Suki Kwan	...	Li's Wife
Bobby Yip	...	Ugly Extra
Tak Yuen	...	Salvage-Corps Man
Corey Yuen	...	Wai
Vincent Kok	...	Cameraman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lex Lang	...	Frankie Lone (voice: English version) (uncredited)

Directed by
Jing Wong		(as Wong Jing)
Wai-Lun Lam		(executive director) (as Ah Lun)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Domonic Muir		dubbed version
Jing Wong

Produced by
Pei Hsiang Chuan	....	executive producer
Catherine Kwan	....	producer
Siu-Kei Lee	....	associate producer (as Lee Siu Kay)
Jing Wong	....	executive producer
Teng-Kuei Yang	....	producer (as Yang Teng Kuei)

Original Music by
Jussi Tegelman
Richard Yuen

Cinematography by
Moon-Tong Lau		(as Lau Mun Tong)

Film Editing by
Angie Lam

Art Direction by
Raymond Kwok
Jason Mok

Makeup Department
Yun-Ling Man	....	makeup artist (as Man Yun Ling)

Production Management
Catherina Wong	....	production manager

Sound Department
Lisa Hannan	....	sound effects editor
Markus Innocenti	....	adr supervisor
Shawn Ian Kerkhoff	....	assistant sound editor (English version)
John Kohlbrenner	....	sound effects editor

Stunts
Bruce Law	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Wai Lin Chan	....	gaffer
Yuen Man Fung	....	assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Connie Au-Yeung	....	assistant costume designer
Yun Mei Man	....	wardrobe

Other crew
Wai-Lun Lam	....	executive director
Corey Yuen	....	action director
Tak Yuen	....	action choreographer

Production Companies

• Golden Sun Entertainment
• Upland Films Corporation Limited
• Wong Jing's Workshop Ltd.

Distributors

• A-Film Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (200?) (Spain) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• Krause & Schneider Multimedia (KSM) (200?) (Germany) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL7)
• Tai Seng Video Marketing (1997) (USA) (DVD)
• Tai Seng Video Marketing (1997) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Tai Seng Video Marketing (1999) (USA) (VHS)
• Universe Laser & Video Co. Ltd. (1995) (Hong Kong) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Fine Art Film Production Company  subtitles
• Kodak (Hong Kong) Ltd.  film supplied by
• Media Business Service Limited  Dolby consultant
• Media Business Service Limited  sound recording studio
• Salon Films  equipment provided by

Also Known As:

"Shu dan long wei" - Hong Kong (original title)
"High Risk" - Hong Kong (English title), Malaysia (English title) (imdb display title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and some language

Runtime:

USA:101 min | Hong Kong:101 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | Mandarin | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Golden Sun Entertainment

Trivia:

Jacky Cheung's character Frankie Lone was originally intended for 'Jackie Chan'. Before production began on High Risk, Chan was starring in Jing Wong's movie, City Hunter (1993) (a.k.a. City Hunter). They didn't get along during the filming, and the experience of working with Jackie was so bad that Wong Jing chose to make the character of Frankie Lone a mockery of Chan. Jackie Chan was understandably offended and Jet Li personally apologized to Jackie for his involvement with the movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: Frankie tricks the henchman searching for him and his dad by placing his sneaker just barely visible behind the wall and jumps the guy from behind after he shoots at the shoe - falling flat on his face. We then see Frankie doing pushups with both his shoes on again.

Quotes:

Frankie Lone:[Bond brandished Frankie's trademark nunchaku weapon] Where did you get that?
Bond:I bought it from your shop, make it 10% discount.

Movie Connections:

References Godzilla (1954)

Not one of the best Jet Li's movies, but still very entertaining

This film is a Honk Kong version of Die Hard. There is a lot of explosions, shootouts, incredible stunts and some martial art scenes. All the action looked very impressive, though there was too little martial art scenes. The first real fighting scene (which lasted more than few seconds) was in a second half of the movie. The fighting scenes were well choreographed, but there wasn't much of them. Most of the film was a shootouts and explosions which looked great, but when I'm watching Jet Li's film, I'm expecting to see a lot of well choreographed fighting scenes. Anyways the movie was still very entertaining. It's worth watching for action fans, but if you wanna see some really good Jet Li's fighting scenes, I suggest you to watch Fist of Legend instead of this one.