Fei ying (2004)

This 2004 movie follows a Chinese socialite (Michelle Yeoh) who, in her spare time, fights the forces of evil. She teams up with her childhood buddy, Mr. Rich Man, who is a police officer, ... See full synopsis »

Director:

Jingle Ma

Writers:

Susan Chan, Jingle Ma

Stars:

Michelle Yeoh, Luke Goss, Brandon Chang

Cast

Credited cast:
Michelle Yeoh	...	Lulu Wong
Richie Ren	...	Rich Man
Luke Goss	...	Alexander Wolfe
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Laurent Buson	...	Drug Dealer's Hitman
Brandon Chang	...	Kit
Daming Chen	...	Professor Ho Chung
Paul Philip Clark	...	Drug dealer's bodyguard
Kôichi Iwaki	...	Akira Shiraishi
Wu Sai Kit	...	Lulu (young age)
Bingbing Li	...	Jane
Brandon Rhea	...	Poacher
Max Ruddock	...	Poacher
Lisa S.	...	Lisa Hayashi (as Lisa Selesner)
Misato Tachibana	...	Tina Shiraishi
Lui Wei	...	Rich Man (young age)

Storyline

This 2004 movie follows a Chinese socialite (Michelle Yeoh) who, in her spare time, fights the forces of evil. She teams up with her childhood buddy, Mr. Rich Man, who is a police officer, to foil a kidnapping ring with more sinister undertones... See full synopsis »

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Plot Keywords:

double identity | hacker | martial arts | telephone | bungee jump | 

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Taglines:

The law has limits. She Doesn't.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for stylized martial arts violence

Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

English Cantonese

Release Date:

19 January 2004 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Silver Hawk

Filming Locations:

China

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$227,125 (Hong Kong) (23 January 2004)

Gross:

$415,692 (Hong Kong) (30 January 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tianjin Film Studio, Media Asia Films, Han Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Silver Hawk's trademark silver BMW bike seems to gain and lose the magnetic grapple/rocket launcher tubes at random - most notably when she escapes from her first encounter at Wolfe's lair - when she summons the bike, the tubes are there, but when Superintendent Man catches up with her, they're gone (although you can see the mounting points on the fairing).

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Quotes

Alexander Wolfe: So...is it the Silver Hawk or Ms. Lulu Wong?

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Connections

References First Blood (1982)

User Reviews

Masked Michelle

In this movie, Michelle Yeoh plays Lulu Wong, a much-idolised rock star and philanthropist by day, and a super heroine, Silver Hawk, who fights injustice in skin-tight black leather outfit as her alter-ego. Richie Ren plays police detective Richman, who has an uncanny instinct and incredible wit, but he hates Silver Hawk for being always two steps ahead of the police. Both of them, however join hands to fight a baddie, Wolfe (Luke Goss) who wants to dominate the world through a special microchip in mobile phones which will broadcast subliminal message to users.

Directed by cinematographer-turned-director Jingle Ma (Hot War, Tokyo Raiders, Summer Holiday, Goodbye,Mr.Cool and Para Para Sakura), the action scenes are beautifully choreographed, especially the one where a group of bungee jumpers armed with hockey sticks attacking our heroine in an outdoor arena. The opening sequence is also awesome with Yeoh riding a motorcycle and jumping over the Great Wall of China. There's also ample use of CGI to enhance the action sequences throughout the movie. Although the script is pretty straight forward, Ma succeeds in presenting the story in an entertaining way with constant flashbacks to the past when Lulu and Richman were studying at a Shaolin Temple. The two kids who play them are excellent, especially the boy.

Yeoh is a delight to watch. She looks great in her well-designed outfits and executes her fighting scenes with style and finesse. Her experience in martial arts helped tremendously. Providing comic relief is Brandon Chang, who plays a computer whiz kid who constantly pops up to annoy Richie Ren. Wolfe's role was downplayed. Instead his two assassins played by Bingbing Li and Michael Jai White (Universal Soldier: The Return and Spawn) got most of the action. Surprisingly, both of them had no dialogue in the movie.

Nonetheless, Silver Hawk is an entertaining movie which promises good laughs and visual delights for this Lunar New Year.