Mang lung (2005)

Director:

Daniel Lee

Writers:

Daniel Lee (written by) &
Ho Leung Lau (written by)

Release Date:

10 November 2005 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Crime

Plot:

Interpol agents and gangsters battle in Hong Kong.

Plot Keywords:

Interpol | Korean | Revenge | Sniper | Gangster

Cast

Vanness Wu	...	Officer Wang Sun-Ho
Shawn Yue	...	Officer Hung Kei-Lok
Yu Xia	...	PRC Luo Zai-Jun (as Xia Yu)
Shengyi Huang	...	Officer Pak Yut-Suet (as Eva Huang)
Lawrence Chou	...	Officer James Lam, INTERPOL
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo	...	Kong Long (as Sammo Hung)
Michael Biehn	...	Petros Angelo
Bingbing Li	...	Yu Ching (as Li Bing Bing)
Jun-ho Heo	...	Captain Ko Tung-Yuen (as Huh Joon-Ho)
Maggie Q	...	Yuet
Simon Yam	...	Commander Hon Sun
Isabella Leong	...	Kong's Daughter
Mark Henderson	...	Joe Pearson
Philip Ng	...	Lee Chun Pei
Andy On	...	Suet's Undercover Target

Also Known As:

Dragon Heat (USA) (DVD title)
Dragon Squad (International: English title)
Dragon Squad (Finland) [fi]
Dragon Squad (France) [fr]
Dragon Squad (Italy) [it]
Dragon Squad (Japan: English title) [en]
I symmoria tou kokkinou drakou (Greece) (DVD title) [el]

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 (edited version) | Singapore:M18 | Malaysia:18SG | Hong Kong:IIB | Japan:PG-12 | Italy:VM14 | Finland:K-15

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Mei Ah Films Production Co. Ltd.

Trivia:

Andy On was supposed to take on one of the leading roles of the film, but due to his tight schedule couldn't make it. He does make a cameo appearance in the film.

Visually stunning and action-oriented HK movie.

Indeed, this is visually the most glorious movie I've seen. The Dircetor Daniel Lee gives us a lot of eye candy and he helms the action scenes well. This movie gives me an eerie feeling as I'm not used to see Asian movies and I like the flashback kind of scenes were we are given some background about the characters. All the actors give us good performances although I found the baddies more interesting. Especially Michael Biehn gives us a first rate performance, it's a shame he doesn't have any martial arts scenes. Maggie Q plays her role with ease, just by looking tough. Overall, this movie is well worth watching, maybe a little minus comes from the too shallow characters this movie creates. Maybe this is because of the fact that there are simply too many characters to plunge into. But the characters are still better improved than in many action movies. A big plus for the great soundtrack.