Danny Lee
Country: China
Total Credits at Criticker: 95 (Actor), 11 (Director), 6 (Writer)
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A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded, only to be double-crossed by his boss.
Cops investigate a criminal running an unsuspecting restaurant, while trying to trace the steps back to how he ended up running it suddenly. (imdb)
An undercover cop, played by Chow Yun-Fat, infiltrates a gang of thieves who plan to rob a jewelry store. The film shows how he infiltrates the gang. (imdb)
Word of a monster ape ten stories tall living in the Himalayas reaches fortune hunters in Hong Kong. They travel to India to capture it, but wild animals and quicksand dissuade all but Johnny, an adventurer with a broken heart. (imdb)
The ten million year-old Princess Dragon Mom (Terry Liu) attempts to conquer the earth with her legion of mutant monsters. In response, Professor Chang (Wang Hsieh) creates Inframan, turning a young volunteer into a bionic superhero to save the world. However, the Princess kidnaps Chang's daughter. Can Inframan save her and the planet before it's too late? (imdb)
A cripple takes revenge on criminals by using a magic spell that transforms him into an oily monster/superhero. (imdb)
One day Cheung finds out that his wife's cheating on him. He goes to a bar to drown his sorrows and there he meets a members of a Vietnamese underground gang. He tells his sad story and somehow he enlists that group to kill his wife. Later on his wife actually gets killed and now the gang wants money from Cheung for the hit or he's the next one to go. So Cheung seeks out his old friend Wong to come to his aid. But unfortunately Wong ends up dead and his psychotic brother Fung wants revenge. (KFC Cinema)
A series of unexpected misfortunes challenge the very existence of gang leader Sammo Hung and his mob, eventually leading to a bloody gangster war. Battle after battle Sammo and his gang are moving closer to destruction. A drug deal turns bad...A kidnap turns into murder......A secret mission turns into a savage massacre of the police - Who is the mastermind behind these evil plots? (AsianMediaWiki)
Kuo Tsing and Huang Yung , the happy-but-beleaguered couple, continue their travels on behalf of the Beggars Clan whose chieftainship their teacher had bestowed on Huang Yung in the previous film.
However, a blow by Iron Palm has seriously wounded Huang Yung, so Kuo Tsing seeks help from a reclusive white-haired beauty, "Auntie Ying", who sends them to Emperor Yuan for a cure.
But first they must get past the Emperor's followers a fisherman, a woodcutter, a farmer, and a scholar. (hkflix)
A respected and well liked gang-boss is betrayed and killed. One of his three adopted sons are to take his place. One of them is the traitor. (imdb)
The film is based on Chin Yung's novel THE DEMI-GODS AND SEMI-DEVILS and depicts a violent confrontation of super-powered martial artists in the boxer world that begins with an illicit affair. Tuan Yu (Danny Lee) is a wealthy young scholar with no interest in martial arts, who sets out into the martial world to discover if he can survive on his own...
A love story between a middle-aged Chinese man and a Vietnamese girl who became mentally retarded after witnessing her father's killing. The backdrop is the Red River in Yunnan, next to the China-Vietnam border, where frequent cultural and social exchanges have profoundly impacted people from both sides for generations. (AsianMediaWiki)
Patriots during the Sung Dynasty attempt to rescue a kidnapped prince from Ching troops who have invaded the north of China. The patriots are led by Ti Lung who recruits a mysterious but seemingly superhuman fighter to find a way to cross a perilous bridge to enter an impregnable fortress to locate and rescue the imprisoned prince. (imdb)
Ho-Chen Tung is an aging mob boss, with plans to retire from the syndicate and join his family in Australia. But just as he decides to go, the heads of crime factions beneath him rat him out. That is when Han, a Vietnamese refugee that has become a surrogate son for Tung, decides to take matters into his own hands, with disastrous consequences.
Two friends who own an investment firm turn to a policeman friend for help when they are framed for robbery by a gang of antiquities smugglers. (imdb)
A woman looks to a cop for help against her abusive husband, who constantly rapes, beats, and belittles her and her son, but the husband catches wind of the cop's plan. (imdb)
The head of the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau, Inspector San Lee, will do anything to put triad boss Tung in jail, but he'll have to fight both sides of the law to do it. (imdb)
An abnormal taxi driver lusts for blood every rainy night, and several young women are killed as a result. The muderer, Laiu, likes to take photos of the victims dismembered bodies as momentos. Inspector Lee is called onto the case in this bizarre thriller. (imdb)
Who Do You Think You're Fooling? (1994) - Short Film
A comparison of the films Reservoir Dogs and City on Fire, claiming Quentin Tarantino borrowed many elements of City on Fire without giving proper credit. (imdb)
Guo Jing and Yang Kang, the sons of two rebels, are sworn brothers from birth. As the rebels are killed by imperial guards, the "Seven Freaks of Jiangnan" and a taoist priest separate the two boys, tutor them separately in martial arts for them to meet again 18 years later in a contest of abilities...
Legendary martial arts director Chang Cheh takes the helm for this sequel that finds Kuo Tsing's (Alexander Fu Sheng) happy union with the beautiful Huang Yung (Niu Niu) challenged after he is wounded in battle, and his feared nemesis assumes leadership of the Beggar Clan. (allrovi.com)
The fury of the Venoms series combines with the ferocity of classic martial arts films in this installment of the Brave Archer series featuring a cameo by Japanese screen legend Alexander Fu Sheng. When a mass murderer begins dispatching with martial arts masters, it's up to one of the slain masters' best students (Kuo Chue) to defeat the maniacal killer once and for all. (allrojo.com)
Two of Chang's proteges, David Chiang and Chen Kuan-tai go head-to-head in The Imposter which sees cinematographer Pao Hsueh-li back in the director's chair. Chiang plays Ko Liang, as master of disguise who puts his seven faces to good use when he goes to the aid of two young guardsmen Tseng Yung (Danny Lee) and Tseng Kan (Wang Chung) who have been framed by Captain Lo (Chen Kuan-tai) for murder. (imdb)
A pacifist village is beset by bandits in this martial arts thriller. "Savage Five" hands-down rivals the ornateness of "Kid With The Golden Arm" and the twist-heavy "Five Deadly Venoms". The always great David Chiang plays a lesser version of his Rover character from "Duel Of The Iron Fist", and Ti Lung, looking incredible here, is at his physical best. Accolades to Chen Kuan Tai and Wang Chung in great sympathetic roles, too. (hkcinemagic.com)
After the death of Marshal Yuen, a princess is arrested by a constable whilst training with her kung-fu teacher. They are soon drawn into a conflict which centres around the mysterious man with the golden snake sword - an incredibly powerful magical weapon. Golden Snake Man is seeking revenge on the castle of the Wan family, but Wan has married his former lover. (imdb)
Lam, a cop approaching 40 but without much accomplishment, always wants to achieve something memorable before his retirement. He is obliged by his sister to find a decent Chinese girl for his nephew, Baffalo, who is an "American Born Chinese". But Baffalo has an eye for a sweetie, Ellen, who has accidentally witnessed a murder. The incident gets Lam, Baffalo and Ellen being involved in a ruthless underground arms smuggling ring, wich sends the killer to eliminate them. (hkcinemagic.com)
A Hong Kong Special Branch cop and a CIA agent reluctantly team up to bring down a major international terrorist. (imdb)
Two off-the-wall detectives go in search for a killer, while vying for the affections of a young woman. (imdb)
Director Chu Yuan was already famous for his many collaborations with respected novelist Ku Lung and for his introduction of detective thriller ingredients into the martial arts movie genre. But this production was made even more special by the rare presence of superstar David Chiang. Here he gives another great performance as kung-fu knight Shen Lang, who stumbles across grave robbers while on the trail of a martial arts mass murderer. (hkcinemagic.com)
Historic swordplay of epic proportions tells the story about a hired assassin paid to assassinate the king. (imdb)
Wu Tang Clan offers an intriguing variation on the Shaolin theme, starting with the familiar account of the burning of Shaolin Temple and the repression of Shaolin kung fu by the Manchurian-backed Qing rulers. Here the focus is on a former Shaolin man, Marshal Kao (Ti Lung), who takes his former classmates prisoner and, instead of executing them, proposes to his Qing commander that he torture them and break their spirits until they're willing to fight on behalf of the Qings. (youtube.com)
Chen Kuan-tai heads an impressive ensemble cast in The Big Holdup, a story about five bank robbers being hunted down and killed by the police who are getting tipped by the man that masterminded the robbery. Filled with some amazing Sam Peckinpah-ish gun battles and brutally violent fight sequences, the film also features a very young Li Hsiu-hsien (a.k.a. Danny Lee) as a criminal rather than the dashing police inspector that won him critical acclaim in John Woo's The Killer. (hkcinemagic.com)
Jody was a fashion model who also served as a "on-call" girl for nobles of the community. She lived with another girl, Ellen. Once they attended an on-call dinner where Ellen was forced to deviant sexual activities. Thence, she left Jody who also parted with her boyfriend Lam, formerly a policeman but now a container diver. One day, Jody's corpse was found floating in the Victoria Harbor waters. (hkcinemagic.com)
Liu and Keung are competent constables and good partners. But Keung is fired just because of a minor mistake. Gradually falling into a financial crisis, Keung is forced to commit crimes. Liu wants to help but he himself is trapped and has to face internal investigations. As his young brother Raymond is assigned to arrest Keung's gang, Liu is put in a dilemma. Finally, Keung promises Liu he'll give himself up. But the gang won't let them stay alive for long. (imdb)
Ko Da-fu (Chin) is the leader of a five member hit squad that only accepts contracts taken out on visitors, not native Hongkies. After years in the business, Ko's reaction time and reflexes are starting to slow down and he barely escapes when attacked by a gang of assassins on rollerskates. His four partners are not so lucky, ending up as victims of the Wa-hing triad gang, who sought to avenge a Japanese associate that one of Ko's men terminated. (hkcinemagic.com)
Baau Hok Lai's Hong Kong action film The Eight Escorts concerns a vicious criminal who is terrorizing the merchants of Wuiyng County. The group needs a delivery of jewels to make its way safely to them. They hire Wu Chin Ping to ensure that the product is safely delivered. He in turn hires seven men to help his keep the goods safe and stop the bad guy. (allrovi.com)
A cop relies on a young car thief to take down four gangsters, who plan to rob a rich merchant for a large amount of money. (imdb)
Chow Yun-Fat and Danny Lee star in this police action film. Two cops are trying to capture a triad boss, but are interrupted by hitman played by Chow Yun-Fat. This is one of those unique combination Hong Kong movies with action, comedy, and violence. (amazon.com)
Wong Jie was the right hand man of itinerant Li. Vagabond leader Liang betrayed Li and Li was put into jail. Liang's brother Lung Fong wished to make advances on Li's sister, Chang Min. Wong Kit saved Chang and both of them fled to France. Wong met Ko Shou Liang. After military service, Wong and Ko came back to Hong Kong for revenge. Liang appointed mercenary officer to help battle against Wong. A battle for life and death started. (hkcinemagic.com)
The collaboration of director Chang Cheh and action star Chen Kuan Tai proved to be one of the most enduring of kung fu's golden age, and nowhere were the two more inventive than when journeying back to the era when the Ching Dynasty fell and the Chinese Republic was born. Following their landmark successes "Boxer From Shantung" and "Man Of Iron" came this powerful, exciting tale of a patriot committed to ending the corruption of the Ching rulers. (hkcinemagic.com)
Tackling serious crime is Danny Lee's routine job. His wife, Do Do Cheng always worries about his safety, Cheng's tolerance bursts and forces Lee to choose between abandonment of job and divorce. On the other hand Lee racks his brains for pursuing the robbery couple, Lam Wai and Pauline Wong. Their illegal deals are always destroyed by Lee. The couple fights desperately and breaks out of Lee's dragnet. Wong gives birth to a baby during their escape and finally dies of excessive loss of blood. (hkcinemagic.com)
A pair of detectives are after a smuggling ring, and when they come to the leader, they need back-up by a navy seals team - as the traffickers possess not only drugs, but heavy military equipment. (imdb)
Ruthless gangster Shing Fui-On pulls off a daring and violent heist of diamonds. He then enlists the aid of longtime triad member Chan Wai-Man to arrange a buyer for them. But when Shing double crosses the buyer, Chan ends up with the diamonds, wanted by both the cops and Shing. (hkcinemagic.com)
Fai is a kind-hearted youngster and also the leader of his friends. Once they go to Thailand for car racing and Fai meets a girl named Suet. When Fai comes back to Hong Kong, he meets Suet again, and the two fall in love with each other. Suet is a new singer and is harassed by a gangster named Twelve when she sings in a lounge. Fai helps Suet escape from Twelve, and this makes Twelve take revenge on Fai. (hkcinemagic.com)
The Organized Crime Bureau investigates a ring of drug dealers from Taiwan. After losing the life of an undercover cop, and $5,000,000 in borrowed drug money, Chow and Lee pursue the drug dealer to Taiwan. Chow is caught and pretends to be a Hong Kong drug dealer. With Chow on the inside and Lee on the outside, they are lead to the big finale. (imdb)
Prolific Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Jing (God of Gamblers) directed this typically dotty crime-comedy, which meshes graphic violence with a truly peculiar sense of humor. The story centers on a dedicated police inspector named Kung Ching (Danny Lee) and his efforts to bring down the criminal kingpin Panther Wong (Lung Fong). (allrovi.com)
Liu Yung, one of Bruce Lee's favorite co-stars, is the brother whose destiny is to become a top mobster. Danny Lee, (future co-star of John Woo's The Killer) is the brother fated to become a cop. More than five years before John Woo was to play out the same conflict in his international film festival favorite A Better Tomorrow, the Shawscope screen was filled with similarly powerful blood, sweat, and tears. (hkcinemagic.com)
A movie on the life of the renowned Bruce Lee, especially his relationship with his mistress (played by Betty Ting Pei, who was Lee's mistress in real life and in whose apartment he died). (imdb)
Two Cops, one young and hotheaded, the other aging and by-the-book, are teamed up to break a case involving a series of Jewel heists by a ruthless young gangster and his illegal immigrant gang. (imdb)
The Informer is pretty much your standard seventies cops-and-robbers flick. Even though it was made in 1980, there is still plenty of '70's cheese all around, from the butterfly collars to a funky-ass soundtrack. In the film, Wang Chung plays the standard level-headed cop in charge of a rag-tag bunch of misfits and stereotypes (the coward, the playboy, etc.) who are after a drug runner. (hkmdb.com)
Society Big Boss Chuen (Chan Cheuk-fai) smuggled into Hong Kong with an excellently made electronic printing plate of US notes from the State, planning to continue his illegal business. However, he found that the printing plate was stolen by his assistant Paleface (Hwang Jang-Lee). As soon as they had Paleface under captured, the printing plate which was already concealed in a Latin and Spanish dictionary and placed in the Chung Shan Library. (hkcinemagic.com)
Kung fu champ John is given the chance to train CIA agents in martial arts by using self-hypnosis. But when he discovers the reason he escapes and the CIA go after him. John must fight for his life all over Europe as he flees the CIA. (imdb)
Two shopkeepers are set up on a blind date by well-meaning relatives, despite the fact that they both have somebody else on their minds.
After there is a mishap at a mine that causing many to die or become injured, Master Chien (Danny Lee) decides to add insult to injury by not paying out any funds to the survivors of the victims to keep costs down. Many of the townspeople try to get Master Chien to change his mind, but Master Chien does not relent on his decision. (hkmdb.com)
A police officer is suspended for assaulting gang members who threatened a young woman and her boyfriend. Meanwhile, his fellow officers need help in catching a group of murderous thugs about to make a big time bust. (imdb)
Writer/director Danny Lee's police drama focuses on B (Lee), a cop who is partnered with a fellow rookie, while in search of a bank robber suspected of murder. (imdb)
A mysterious masked lord holds a sword fighting tournament in the Enchanted City, hoping that it will draw his enemy out of hiding. The plan is of no avail, but the lord is able to blackmail some of the participants into hunting the man down. They are shocked, however, when they find that the masked lord's nemesis is nothing more than a blind, deaf, crippled old man. Things are not always what they seem, however, and swords will fly before this ordeal is over. (allmovie.com)
In hopes of launching exceptional careers, A Zhong (Chan) and Andy (Koo) publish an erotic magazine. Their dreams of wealth and happiness come true but there are a few unexpected side effects that accompany their newfound profession...
On the peaceful Lantau Island of Hong Kong, a murder takes place. A Eurasian is suspected until he turns out to be a cop from the city S.W.A.T team. The laid-back chief inspector Chow of the island is forced to collaborated. The ways of a city cop and the ways of a country cop collides into series of laughs. (imdb)
Buddy cops Porky (Kent Cheng) and Big Mouth (Wong Ching) are promoted to the anti-prostitution division after solving a robbery case. In their bid to crack down on a prostitution ring, the bumbling duo arrange for Margaret (Pat Ha) to go undercover as a hooker as part of their supposedly foolproof plan, which unfortunately and inevitably has to go wrong... (themoviedb)
Powerful Four boasts an all-star cast and chronicles the rise of four semi-corrupt Hong Kong police detectives during the late 1960s. (themoviedb.org)
Lee Ying, who is the chief inspector of Regional Crime Unit, is newly promoted to Royal Hong Kong Police Cadet School as Deputy Commandant. He confronts a group of youngsters of different social backgrounds. Knowing that the cadets have the potential to be good police after graduate, Lee puts his times, effort and enthusiasm to turn them into self-disciplinary and self-contained young men. (hkcinemagic.com)
An armored truck carrying $170 million is held up by a sophisticated ring of bank robbers. The police are at wit's end. Their only chance to crack the case is to bluff their way througha 48-hour interrogation. (hkmdb.com)
Acclaimed actor Danny Lee, known for his role in John Woo's The Killer, has his directing debut in One Way Only, a Hong Kong Easy Rider, where the road and motorbikes are symbols of freedom against government oppression, which Jack Kerouac's sees as a way of discovering oneself. Li plays a motorbike workshop owner that although injured during an illegal motorcycle race, continues to race regardless of the physical consequences and the law, because the road rules all. (hkcinemagic.com)
Tiger, a fierce champion pro-boxer, is a gentle giant outside the ring. So when he accidentally injures a reporter during an interview, Tiger forswears his boxing career to care for the wheelchair bound journalist. Unbeknownst to Tiger, the reporter is exaggerating the severity of his injuries in the hopes of winning a financial settlement. The boxer's selfless behavior soon triggers a change of heart in the faking journalist, who must find a way to convince Tiger to return to the ring... (themoviedb.org)
Wang Chung was a valued actor long before he became a director (or the source for a new wave musical group's name), but, as a filmmaker, he helped create some of the most interesting thrillers Shaw Brothers ever released - including this fascinating crime saga of a Sino-Vietnamese crime gang. Danny Lee stars as a misunderstood refugee while Ray Lui plays a cop struggling against his own preconceptions to make sure that justice is done. (hkcinemagic.com)
Piggy tires of working for his uncle on a pig farm, and moves to Kowloon to work as a car parking attendant, taking the new name of Stanley. He befriends a fellow attendant, appropriately named Parkman, who steals cars at night. This is basically a buddy film about the misadventures of two young men trying to make an impression in a big and greedy city. (hkmdb.com)
Traffic cops set out to take down a spoiled, rich, reckless driver responsible for a school bus accident, in writer/director Danny Lee's examination of Hong Kong's traffic police, their joys and hardships. (imdb)
Two guys and their women constantly get harassed by a group of young motorcycle outlaws on a small island. The situation becomes deadly when one of them gets killed. (imdb)
Yang Chuan plays the mafia boss in war with the other mafia bosses of Macau. Finally he decides to kill all his rivals in a "peace treaty" reunion. Yang is the godfather of Wong Kwan-Hsiung, his best gunman, who will "execute" the plan. Wong fulfils his mission, but he is identified and must hide in Hong Kong. Police detective played by Ko Chun-Hsiung is after Wong, and goes to Hong Kong in order to catch him. Ko's daughter, played by Izumi Oyama will reunite with her boyfriend Li Hsiu-Hsien... (youtube)
Xunhuan comes back to his home after three years of wandering. He has decided to have a normal life, but a group of skilled fighters and leaders are bent on killing him, so they can be ranked top by Bai Xiaosheng in his renowned list of the best warriors in the martial arts world. Li Xunhuan battles them as he searches for his estranged friend A'fei, who is now married and living in seclusion. (Wu Tang Collection)
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Tycoon, Tang Shih Hai, rules most of the businesses in Hong Kong. Many of his officials have been assassinated. Since Tang's only son, Champ, is lazy, Tang appoints Cheng as his general manager, not knowing that he's a member of the feared ICG (International Criminal Group). Cheng wants to take control of Tang's organization, so decides to murder Tang. Meanwhile, Champ is imprisoned by mistake and Cheng takes over all of Tang's wealth, properties, and power... (Wu Tang Collection)
Father Lee is young and unconventional. He fell into temptation and was sued by Donna, who accuses him of rape. Lee faces a lawsuit and abandonment by his church and his followers. Gangster Mr. Gum is willing to help and has hired Ku as his defending lawyer. Mr. Gum believes in silence by violence, while Ku would rather try false witnesses. But Lee refuses to attack Donna in court for fear of hurting her again... (themoviedb)
An aspiring singer, assisted by his fat buddy, tries to climb the ladder of fame. Trouble is, the fat buddy finds the audience likes him better. (imdb)
A body is found inside a water tank a top of an apartment building. It's not a hard case to solve for Danny Lee and company. (imdb)
Hit by a media storm over his own mounting debts, a police officer leads an investigation against the loan sharks behind a sinister credit scheme.
Rookie PTU officers Fan and Fat manages to find themselves in a shootout with fugitives but ends up in a favorable light afterwards, earning promotions to CID officers. (letterboxd)
Two tough gangsters try to outdo each other to become Shanghai's top gangster and take control of the Wharf area. Some brilliant fights from top kung fu stars Wilson Tong and Philip Ko.
Ye Zhuang-Zi is a country boy who wants to see the bigger world. He sets off and meets up with a boat captain who is transporting an opera troupe. He falls in love with one of the stars, Ge Yi-Qing, but her mother demands a huge dowry payment. Ye Zhuang-Zi, a poor country lad, gets into smuggling drugs and guns to raise some cash. Things get further complicated for Ye Zhuang-Zi who is soon dumped by Ge Yi-Qing after she meets a rich man. (everipedia)
A policeman puts his soul into another mans body after a accident. He in return vows to solve the problems of the mans body he has taken up. (imdb)
A detective, Lee is going to retire soon, while he is investigating a jewelry store arm robbery case. He has a gunfight with the armed thieves from Mainland China and kills one of the thieves. The thieves are trying to escape. Ling hide the jewelry inside the lift system, and threat Lee with a grenade. (themoviedb.org)
Inspector Lee and his team of investigating officers look into the strange disappearance of a respectable loan shark. (imdb)
Two brothers Ah B and Dee live in two different worlds. Ah B decides to quit his smuggling business for a new life, but accidentally involves the innocent Dee into the smuggling case. (imdb)
3 Idealistic officers, He Zhong Heng (Piao), Luo Zhnag (Chien) and Ying Hao (Sau-Yin), find corruption and deceit rule the department, magistrate and jailers. Will they succumb to corruption? What cost must be paid to stay true to ideals? (imdb)
The boss of a powerful Hong Kong triad struggles to maintain his position while wishing that he could express his love to the widow of another triad member.
Brought up in a small walled village in Hong Kong, three friends are street fighters thirsty for great fame in the triad society.
A provincial detective seeks to take down a local gambling syndicate with the help of two convicts.
The place to be is flat number 8 on the second floor of the Gossip Street apartment building, where all the neighbors gather to gossip. The sitcom turns serious when a local mobster wants to change the place into a gambling den.
Three doctors pursue three hard-to-get beauties in the "go-go-go" era of the 70's.
A man's frustration at being stuck at his dead-end job with no promotion or raise in sight, along with the antics of his domineering wife, cause him to write a very harshly-worded letter to his boss, telling him he's quitting.
The seamy side of the Hong Kong film industry is laid bare in "The Call-Girls". Based on the infamous starlets-for-sex vice scandal that rocked the 1970s movie world.