House of Fury (2005)
"Jing mo gaa ting" (original title)

Teddy Yu is a former secret agent turned chiropractor who thought he left his past behind. He teaches martial arts to his two kids. However, his past catches up to him as a rogue agent ... See full summary »

Director:

Stephen Fung

Writers:

Stephen Fung, Yiu Fai Lo

Stars:

Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Stephen Fung, Charlene Choi

2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang	...	Yue Siu Bo
Stephen Fung	...	Nicky Yue
Charlene Choi	...	Ella
Gillian Chung	...	Natalie Yue
Michael Wong	...	Rocco
Josie Ho	...	Assassin
Winnie Leung	...	Tank
Ma Wu	...	Uncle Chiu
Jon Foo	...	Sam Shan / John
Kar-Ying Law	...	Cab Driver
Philip Ng	...	King
Jason Tobin	...	Rocco's fighter
Daniel Wu	...	Jason
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tiger Hu Chen	...	Tiger
Asuka Higuchi	...	Rocco's fighter

Storyline

Teddy Yu is a former secret agent turned chiropractor who thought he left his past behind. He teaches martial arts to his two kids. However, his past catches up to him as a rogue agent demands to know the whereabouts of an agent known as Dragon. Now, father and children must team up to stop the rogue agent and his goons.

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Plot Keywords:

martial arts

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [hk]

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese English

Release Date:

31 March 2005 (Singapore)

Also Known As:

House of Fury

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Box Office

Budget:

HKD 35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$295,505 (Hong Kong) (1 April 2005)

Gross:

$1,385,014 (Hong Kong) (15 April 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG), Homfaith, JCE Entertainment Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

DTS (DVD version) Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Spoofs The Chinese Connection (1972)

User Reviews

Actually better than I had expected it to be...

Actually I was surprised after having watched "House of Fury", because I didn't really expect much from it because of the people on the cast list. Usually Charlene Choi, Stephen Fung and Gillian Chung make rather silly movies in the romantic comedy or boring action genre.

But "House of Fury" was pulled up by a rather unusually interesting storyline, which took me by surprise. Plus it was also brought up a notch by Anthony Wong Chau-Sang and Michael Wong. And the action and martial arts scenes in the movie were also quite good. Funny that when I was younger (around the time "Heroic Trio" was released) I wasn't much fan of Anthony Wong, but I have come to enjoy his movies, and he does actually have a good talent for acting.

The story in "House of Fury" is about chiropractor Yue Sie Bo who tells a lot of action-packed stories with agents, ninjas and martial arts, but his two children Nicky and Natalie are embarrassed of him and his stories, and they don't believe them at all. But when their father is kidnapped and the two children have to find a retired agent, as they are threatened by Rocco who will kill their father if they don't do so within a day, they come to question whether or not their father has been telling the truth all along.

The action in "House of Fury" is nicely choreographed, and there is no surprise here that there is a lot of usage of wires in this movie, it is a Hong Kong action movie after all. So be prepared to see a lot of rather unrealistic stuff, but it is still entertaining.

Now, "House of Fury" isn't anywhere near action movies like "Hard Boiled", "Protégé" or "Infernal Affairs", but still it proved to be rather enjoyable and entertaining. And throughout the 101 minutes, the movie really didn't have any dull moments.