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Director:
Dante Lam
Writers:
Hing-Ka Chan (written by) &
Amy Chin (written by)
Release Date:
21 September 2000 (Hong Kong) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime
Awards:
2 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
A Good Mix of Comedy, Action, Stylism, and Genre more (1 total)

Cast

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Tony Leung Ka Fai ... Jimmy Yam (as Leung Kai Fai)
Sandra Ng Kwan Yue ... Sophie Yam (as Sandra Ng)
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang ... Master Kwan Wan Cheung (as Anthony Wong)
Eason Chan ... Chan Chin-Wah
Jo Kuk (as Jo Koo)
Roy Cheung ... Ho Kwun Yue
Siu-Kei Lee ... Kei
Fai-hung Chan (as Chan Fai Hung)
Lan Law ... Kei's wife (as Law Lan)
San-san Lee ... Jo Jo Cheung (as Lee San San)
Samuel Pang ... Tiger
Eric Tsang
Lik-Chi Lee
Richard Ng
Ann Hui
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Jiang hu gao ji (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Jiang hu: The Triad Zone (Hong Kong: English title)
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Runtime:
111 min
Country:
Hong Kong
Language:
Cantonese | English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Singapore:M18 | Hong Kong:IIB
Filming Locations:
Hong Kong, China more
Company:
China Star Entertainment more

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Soundtrack:
THEME SONG more

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A Good Mix of Comedy, Action, Stylism, and Genre, 5 March 2001
7/10
Author: arenn (arenn@urbanophile.com) from Evanston, Illinois USA

Jiang Hu: The Triad Zone follows the obligatory Hong Kong action genre formula - to a point. Yes, there's the warring triad gangs, vignettes on loyalty and betrayal, violence, and stylistic flourish. But this film also goes above and beyond on the comedy front. It manages to be one of the most humorous Hong Kong action flicks I've seen, without descending into farce. Perhaps that's because it does contain more serious moments as well.

Gang leader Jim Yam has ascended nearly to the pinnacle of power in the underworld, but it brings him few satisfactions. As he watches his peers drop dead around him - many of them amazingly from natural causes - he finds himself more and more soldiering on because that's just what bosses do. Reflecting back on his younger days in London, it is sad to contrast his current lavish - but empty - life as a crime lord in Hong Kong with the joys he experienced as a petty thief in England. These flashbacks and voice overs give us insights not only into Yam himself, but also his closest associates, whom we discover he in truth barely knows.

A good blend of the serious and the comic, Jiang Hu: The Triad Zone is not the peak of its genre, but certainly well worth seeing.

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