Dong jing gong lüe (2000)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Jingle Ma

Writers:

Susan Chan (writer)
Felix Chong (writer)

Release Date:

28 January 2000 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Is anyone who he says he is in this caper that moves from Hong Kong and Las Vegas to Tokyo? Ken doesn't...

Plot Keywords:

Tokyo | Hong Kong | Truck Explosion | Japanese Man | Violence

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu Wai	...	Lin
Ekin Cheng	...	Yung
Kelly Chen	...	Macy
Cecilia Cheung	...	Saori
Tôru Nakamura	...	Takahashi
Hiroshi Abe	...	Takeshi Ito
Kumiko Endô	...	Naomi
Maju Ozawa	...	Yukiko
Yûko Moriyama	...	Miyuki
Minami Shirakawa	...	Sayuri
Takeshi Yamato	...	Akakawa
Pauline Yam
Kou Shibasaki	...	Yumi
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Reila Aphrodite
Meiken Itô
Kazuya Shimizu	...	Hitman (uncredited)

Directed by
Jingle Ma

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Susan Chan		writer
Felix Chong		writer

Produced by
David Chan	....	executive producer
Shek-Hong Chan	....	producer
Patricia Cheng	....	executive producer
Lai Chun Chong	....	producer
Raymond Chow	....	producer

Original Music by
Peter Kam

Cinematography by
Chi Ying Chan
Jingle Ma

Film Editing by
Chi-Leung Kwong

Production Design by
Chung Man Yee

Art Direction by
Kenneth Mak

Set Decoration by
Yoshihito Akatsuka

Costume Design by
Dora Ng

Production Management
Tze Hung Lam	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Rosanna Ng	....	assistant director
Bao-lan Zhuo	....	assistant director

Special Effects by
Akio Saitô	....	special effects
Kayo Yamada	....	special effects

Stunts
Toru Hirata	....	stunts
Hiromi Kanou	....	bike stunts
Hideki Kato	....	jet ski stunts
Mitoo Kobayashi	....	boat stunts
Eisuke Koyashi	....	boat stunts
Dallas Miko	....	stunts (as Yoko Seki)
Kanji Ochi	....	motor boat stunts
Toshihiro Ohhama	....	bike stunts
Mutsuko Oya	....	stunts
Masao Takahashi	....	stunt coordinator
Hiroshi Takeuchi	....	boat stunts
Masaki Takeuchi	....	boat stunts
Shikegi Takeuchi	....	boat stunts
Hideki Tanabe	....	stunts
Syotaro Teshigawara	....	bike stunts
Fumio Yamaguchi	....	stunts
Tsunemasa Yamanaka	....	stunts
Sinjhou Yasuaki	....	bike stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Kurt Hall	....	director of photography: second unit

Other crew
Marc Handler	....	voice director
Shigeru Odamaki	....	mountain board
Ailen Sit	....	action choreographer (as Ailan Chiu-wai Sit)
Hiroyuki Yomemari	....	mountain board

Production Companies

• Golden Harvest Company
• Golden Harvest Pictures (China)
• Red on Red Productions

Distributors

• Golden Harvest Company (2000) (worldwide) (all media)
• GAGA Humax (2001) (Japan) (theatrical)
• GH Pictures
• Geneon Entertainment (2006) (Japan) (DVD)
• Golden Harvest Company (China)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (video)
• Pioneer LDC (2001) (Japan) (DVD)
• Pioneer LDC (2001) (Japan) (VHS)
• Universe Laser & Video Co. Ltd. (2000) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Warner-Golden Village

Other Companies

• Cine Art Laboratory  film processing
• Cineo Camera  camera and lighting equipment provided by
• Cinerent  camera and lighting equipment provided by
• Fennec Co.  production services: Japan
• Mandarin Laboratory (International) Ltd.  subtitles
• Media Business Service Limited  post-production sound services
• Nikkatsu Studio  studio
• Tokyo Laboratory Co. Ltd.  film processing: Japan

Also Known As:

Tokyo Raiders (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for martial arts action/violence.

Runtime:

Argentina:118 min | Australia:97 min | China:118 min | Finland:97 min | Netherlands:96 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIA | Singapore:PG | UK:12 | USA:PG-13

Company:

Golden Harvest Company

Trivia:

At one point, Yung ( Ekin Cheng) asks Saori ( Cecilia Cheung) if she's really Japanese. This is a little in-joke with the filmmakers, since Saori is played by a Chinese actress.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Han cheng gong lüe (2005)

Soundtrack:

Magic

highly entertaining action/comedy

I must say I came into this movie with fairly low expectations. Being that this is part of the new wave of Hong Kong action movies, I expected bad choreography (well, at least not up to the standards of the 1980s through mid-90s films) and a lot of pretty boys who couldn't fight. Well, Ekin Cheng is in it although he does better than I thought he would. The plot is some complicated mish-mash involving a bride left at the altar, a kung fu interior decorator, and a Japanese p.i. They get involved in a search for the man who left the girl at the altar. A lot of twists and fight scenes ensue.

This movie is actually quite a bit of fun. There's a whole lot of schwing women around. Kelly Chen and Tony Leung's women are real eye candy. There's some comedy here and there. The action is served up in spades. While Tony Leung and Ekin Cheng aren't actual martial artists, Alan Sit choreographs the scenes well (with a little bit of wires and fancy camera-work) and they're all entertaining. Imagine a Jackie Chan fight without Jackie Chan fighting in them. The pace is incredibly fast, which is always a good thing. Overall, just a lot of fun.