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A Fu (2000)

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User Rating: 6.3/10 (170 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Daniel Lee
Writers:
Chi-Sing Cheung (writer)
Daniel Lee (writer)
Release Date:
21 November 2000 (Hong Kong) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
After a 13-year imprisonment in Hong Kong, a kickboxer challenges the current champion in order to restore his honor. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
A story with heart more

Cast

 (Credited cast)
Andy Lau ... Mong Fu
Takako Tokiwa ... Sister Mioko
Intira Jaroenpura ... Pim Nathasiri
Apichaya Thanatthanapong ... Ploy
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Fighter's Blues (Hong Kong: English title)
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Runtime:
105 min
Country:
Hong Kong
Language:
Cantonese
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Bangkok, Thailand more
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Movie Connections:
Followed by Siu nin a Fu (2003) more
Soundtrack:
When I Met You more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
A story with heart, 23 September 2002
7/10
Author: Lester Mak (leekandham) from London, UK

A kick-boxer called Tiger (Andy Lau) has it all going for him. At the peak of his form, he meets the woman of his dreams, a freelance photographer called Pim (Intira Jaroenpura) who wants to make a documentary of him. But in one moment in the ring, Pim walks out on him for not trusting her, and a crazy moment later leads to him being jailed. More than 10 years later, he is released, to find that Pim has died and he has a daughter, Ploy. He tracks her down to an orphanage run by Sister Mioko (Takako Tokiwa) where he settles to rebuild his life. However, things won't keep him out of the ring for too long.

Despite having the VCD sitting in my collection for well over a year, it's taken me that long to finally decide to watch it. Well, I have to say that I regret that now, because simply this is a very good film.

There may not be that much to the plot. It's a fairly simple setting and the story is quite straightforward. But the composition of this movie is excellent. The beautiful and true locations in Thailand, the excellent editing and direction, and a script that is conservative on the words, especially in Andy Lau's case (he has so few words to say), but is delivered powerfully and adds to the atmosphere of the film.

The performances of most of the cast is good, with some almost very good, but one does stand out beyond any doubt. Andy Lau's portrayal of Tiger was for me one of the most outstanding performances I have seen in a long time as he simply makes the character real and evokes the emotions of the viewer.

Where the film does fall down are the Rocky-esque fight scenes. With such an original script, it is a shame that it is almost knocked out by such unoriginality. The scenes are too long, and stagnates the flow of the film. Nonetheless, they do play an integral part of the film.

Ultimately, I have to recognise that this may not be a film for everyone as it is a film that is supposed to tweak at your emotions. It isn't an action film as such. But for me, I'm glad it's not, and if you remove that expectation, you will see that this is a truly well made film.

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