San lung moon haak chan (1992)

Director:

Raymond Lee

Writers:

Cheung Tan (writer)
Hark Tsui (writer)

Genre:

Action

Tagline:

Fans of Jet Li's 'Swordsman 2' will love it!

Plot:

This big hit at the Sundance Film Festival had audiences cheering. Set during the Ming Dynasty, this...

Plot Keywords:

Remake

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Tony Leung Ka Fai	...	Chow Wai-on
Brigitte Lin	...	Yau Mo-yan
Maggie Cheung	...	Jade King
Cheung-Yan Yuen	...	Iron
Donnie Yen	...	Tsao Siu Yan
Xin Xin Xiong	...	Ngai
Shi-Kwan Yen	...	Ho Fu (as Yee Kwan Yan)
Lawrence Ng	...	Siu-Chuen
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chi Fai Chan
Shun Lau	...	Cha
Elvis Tsui	...	The General

Also Known As:

Dragon Inn (Hong Kong: English title)
New Dragon Gate Inn (UK) (DVD title)
New Dragon Inn
Xin long men ke zhan (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)

Runtime:

88 min | USA:103 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:PG (cut) | Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) | Canada:R (Ontario) | UK:18 | South Korea:15 (cut) | Australia:MA

Movie Connections:

Remake of Long men ke zhen (1966)

A re-make of the King Hu classic

Superb reworking on the 1966 King Hu classic that pays greater homage to the old-fashioned swashbuckling epics of Hong Kong's yesteryear rather than a cash-in on the new wave crop: this is meatier than its contemporaries and offers expert choreography and top-notch performances throughout. Tsui Hark produces this historical affair, a costume drama detailing the plight of resistance fighter Zhou Huaian (Leung) and partner Qiu Moyan (Lin), relentlessly headhunted by evil eunuch Cao Shao-qiu (Yen), a powerful so-and-so and hottest contender for supreme control of the Imperial court. Zhou is his latest obstacle that deserves elimination and so he lures his orphan children into a trap, which summarily backfires and the resistance take up refuge at the isolated Dragon Gate Inn, situated in the middle of the desert. Cheung plays the delightful innkeeper in a light hearted and flirtatious manner, and truly shines in the role, however there are few comedic touches: the movie is dark and sinister due to its restrictions to the Inn, yet the action is lavish and radical, culminating in that legendary Gobi desert finale that'll just blow your socks clean off.