Leui ting jin ging (2000)

Director:

Stanley Tong

Writers:

Stanley Tong (writer)
Steven Whitney (writer)

Release Date:

21 December 2000 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action

Tagline:

Extortion. Murder. Revenge.

Plot:

A young Chinese Security Officer, Darren, is called for Team 808, which fights against the smuggling of drugs and corruption...

Plot Keywords:

Extortion | Revenge | Murder

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Aaron Kwok	...	Darren Tong
Norika Fujiwara	...	Norika
Lee-Hom Wang	...	Alex Cheung
Ruby Lin	...	Ruby
Coolio	...	Coolio
Mark Dacascos	...	Tony Lau
Ken Lo	...	Ken Low
Paul Chun	...	Sheriff Lin
Siu-Ming Lau	...	Uncle Ma
Jennifer Lin	...	Jennifer
Jung Yuen	...	Lee (Coolio's bodyguard)
Benny Lai	...	Chong
Jackson Liu	...	Training Chief
Li Hsueh Tung	...	Uncle Wang
Paul Cheng	...	Hotel Receptionist

Also Known As:

China Strike Force (Hong Kong: English title) (USA)
Lei ting zhan jing (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Thunder Cop (Hong Kong: English title) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

Netherlands:92 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

English | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Malaysia:18SG (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | South Korea:15 | USA:R (certificate number not listed) | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:16 | USA:R | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Beijing, China

Company:

Astoria Films

Goofs:

Continuity: After the car falls through the glass plate, it cannot be seen in any of the subsequent shots of the places in the air and/or ground where it should be.

Quotes:

Alex Cheung: [during Norika's interrogation] Jesus Christ, D! You... button up your blouse!
Norika: [seductively] Will it help you?
Alex Cheung: [distracted] Yes... no!
[nods to Darren]
Alex Cheung: It helps him!

Movie Connections:

References The Terminator (1984)

Soundtrack:

Swank Ride

Hail, hail the cell phone queen...

When Stanley Tong shot Rumble in the Bronx, I suppose the North American setting and actors made it a lot easier to secure a North American release (and presumably a bigger overall box office total) for the movie; it doesn't take much of a cynic to suggest that Japanese TV star Norika Fujiwara's presence in the cast was meant to give this one a shot at a third market.

The Japanese release of the movie makes a big deal of Fujiwara's presence as a second- string character and underwear model, perhaps deservedly so. With the camera's help, she fights better than Jade Leung did in the first Black Cat movie, and she's certainly got the goods as far as the stripping and stretching scenes go. Still, you sort of have to wonder if some distributor wasn't going a bit far in releasing it here under the name "SPY_N"... it is, after all, primarily a movie about other characters.

When it isn't making you wince over the English pronunciation or chuckle at the really obvious subbing of stunt doubles, though, this is a halfway decent attempt at creating a B-grade action flick with international appeal. The plot is disjointed, but piles on enough stunt pieces that you aren't endlessly looking at your watch during the eventual plot exposition scenes, and the rest of the movie is silly enough (see the motorcycle that rides up the back of a bus, or the hopefully intentional comedy resulting from Coolio's character being named "Coolio"... "Coolio killed my partner!", etc.) that you don't feel completely bad for renting it and turning your brain off for an hour and a half. Besides, just like in the commercials, Norika Fujiwara is always nice to look at, so there are definitely worse things to spend your rental dollars on.