Jeffrey Lau
Country: Hong Kong
Total Credits at Criticker: 8 (Actor), 29 (Director), 44 (Writer)
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The fast and furious action tale of two stunningly beautiful sisters who happen to be assassins -- and the brilliant female cop on a mission to catch them. (Strand Releasing)
The Cantonese hero Fong Sai Yuk becomes involved in the secret brotherhood "The Red Flower", who are... (imdb)
This Hong Kong martial-arts extravaganza tells of evil emperors and true love. The secret Red Lotus Flower Society is committed to the overthrow of the evil Manchu Emperor and his minions (imdb)
Fantasy adventure about the arrival of Buddhism in China. When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her. (imdb)
A parody of Louis Cha's novel The Eagle Shooting Heroes (thats the literal translation). (imdb)
A man discovers that his dumb, lovable nephew can see through objects and decides to unleash him into the world of gambling. (imdb)
Its the second half of a story based on Journey to the West. The plot is about the Monkey King learning to reject his "human" emotions so that he can protect a monk on their journey from China to India to fetch Buddhist scriptures. (imdb)
Stephen Chow plays an "insane" person who is not afraid of anything. He also appears to be parodying Leon (the professional). Carrying his trusty plant and bag of cling wrap and chocolates he helps a young girl to rid her building of a couple mean ghosts. (imdb)
A C.I.A. agent is assigned to go to Beijing to look for a hidden "treasure," which turns out to be a woman who has supernatural powers, and is the National Treasure of China. (imdb)
A police sting takes place in a haunted apartment building. The sting goes bad when a female ghost crashes the party. Lots of chase scenes involving floating heads and headless bodies.. and, oh yes.... toy helicopters. And then it gets weird...A band of Chinese elves save the day (one of them plays a mandolin). (imdb)
It's the first in a string of "spooky police" films -- this case pits a precinct against a horde of vampiric foes on the day of "The Feast of the Hungry Ghosts," complete with dire warning from an ex-cop monk. Surprisingly creepy, often hilarious and sometimes wildly tasteless, this 1987 oddity feels like a better version of the Joe Piscopo vehicle Dead Heat with a healthy dose of Eastern action mayhem. (cinefamily.org)
A poet named Butterfly and her friend Kuen visit a stranger's mansion to return some possessions that were unintentionally taken. At the house, they stumbled upon an illegal weapons trade that ultimately went bad. To evade the police from interrogations, the two innocent witnesses wiped away their fingerprints and left a note that stated that the crimes were committed by "The Black Rose," who is known to be a fictional hero in a 1965 movie. (imdb)
A graying black-clad swordsman slays palace guards, as he flies through the air to an uncertain purpose. Centuries (or is it days?) later, gun-toting, Armani-clad super policemen -- Hong Kong's Saviours -- are devastated by a cloaked assassin. Kinetic medieval fantasy; overstructured, outgunned urban nightmare. And that's only the first ten minutes! A highly entertaining, eye-popping genre bender in every way. (imdb)
Wong Jing's sequel to All for the Winner and spin-off to God of Gamblers finds Chow Sing Cho looking up to Michael "Dagger" Chan in order to become Ko Chun's next disciple, but the two must put aside their differences when they discover that a gang boss is bent on ruining the God of Gamblers' name. (imdb)
Tai Kun, the Devil of Gamblers seeks revenge on Chow Sing Cho, the Saint of Gamblers, but a mishap sends them both and Sing's uncle back to Japanese-occupied Shanghai in 1937, where Sing meets his yet-to-meet grandparents and finds himself caught in a battle between two warring gamblers. (imdb)
It is the year 2046 where robots are created to serve man. De Ming (Alex Fong) is the first generation of AI android invented to protect the police workforce. Under the supervision of Xu Da Chun (Hu Jun), De Ming is put on a job training in a remote village where his real identity is not revealed. While working De Ming's female colleague Su Mei (Betty Sun) falls in love with him, not knowing he's a robot.
A gamine royal princess evades the palace guard and hooks up with the rowdy owner of an inn and his eccentric sister in this exceptionally broad lampoon of wuxia epics and wistful romantic melodramas.
A young man goes to Las Vegas with his best friend to prove he can win big bucks. When he loses all of the money, he and his friend get help from a young woman who tells the man the story of some special stones that are part of a legend involving time travel and parallel universes. (imdb)
Shing plays tyrant father to Ti (Sandra Ng) and orphan Shui (Stephen Chow). When he finds out that they are actually a couple, he banishes Shui from his habitat but true love has Ti following him. They try to make it on their own, and through both of their hard work, Shui becomes a marketing executive and his attitude begins to change. A charming film. (hkflix.com)
Professional thief Martin is assigned to steal the largest diamond in the Czech Repbulic, the Czar's Prism for $3M. Needing extra help, Martin brings in his former partner Mandy, an excellent sharpshooter with lethal martial arts skills. Together with two young pickpockets, the group sets out in an adventure of espionage, double-crossing, and explosive action. (imdb)
Ma Wing Jing and his older brother Ma Tai Chueng arrive in Shanghai to make their fortune at the end of the Qin Dynasty. Be-friending a powerful mobster (Tam Sei) Wing Jing is given his nightclub in return for saving Tam Sei's life. Unfortunately, another Gangster wants the territory a well. Corruption and violence rule the streets as Wing Jing and Tam Sei must battle not only the rival gangs but the corrupt police officials as well. (imdb)
Yut Lo becomes a court Advisor, pursued by a goofy general (Bobby Yip). The lovely So Kwan becomes a (male) general, whom Lo tries to woo, initially without success. The gun-happy young couple, a kind-of Bonnie and Clyde, GiGi and Fred, together with a wacky former star actress and a temple caretaker, help Lo to set events to lead to the death of the dangerously mad Master Kwan, whose soul will then guide them all back to 1998. (hkcinemagic.com)
This sequel sees Cheung and Hui alongside their superior (Woo Fung) trying to put together a crack team of vampire busters at a haunted military camp. No one told them about the haunted aspect though and it's struggles from day one. (hkcinemagic.com)
A wacky caper comedy romance that finds two hunky Hong Kong buddy cops hot on the trail of a gem thief. Also on his trail are dueling musical kung fu villainesses hoping to snag the loot and the cops. (ebay.com)
Anita Mui plays the sister of the Saint of Gamblers, and also possesses supernatural gambling abilities. However, she chooses not to use her powers. She decides to come to Hong Kong to retrieve her brother and bring him back to China. There she meets his assistant, Ng, who is without the Saint of Gamblers, as he has headed off on a cruise. Ng asks Mui to compete in the next tournament, but she turns him down. Mui stays at Ng's house, and helps him find another player to compete. (hkcinemagic.com)
Wah is transferred to Kowloon as a CID, but his enthusiasm is dampened by the muddling colleagues. On the other hand, the team led by Yeung is high-spirited. Later, Wah realizes the selfishness of Yeung. While Yeung invites Wah to join his team, Wah refuses strongly. They become at odds with each other from then on. During a joint operation of chasing armed robbers, Yeung is put in danger... (hkcinemagic.com)
A young woman searches for information about her father who starred in the classic movie 'Days of Tomorrow', which she is helping to remake. She finds out about his restless youth, career in the 1970s Hong Kong film industry, and tragic love affair. (imdb)
Vincent Zhao is a professional gambler who wants to acquire a greencard so that he can go to Hong Kong. He has to find someone to marry him so that he can get the card. Enter Josephine Siao, who plays a cop with a gambling addiction. (imdb)
The rays of the moon bring a coven of female zombies back to life. A special police squad is assigned to stop them. (imdb)
Mr. and Mrs. Luo are addicted to gambling, but their luck is not good and always lose money. They see their gambling friend 'Snake boy' suddenly becomes rich, and they find out that the luck of "Snake boy" is depended on the ghost, however, his life time will be reduced. (imdb)
Traveller Tsing meets a girl with a sword, which is "forever" kept in the sheath. Quite by chance he succeeds to pull the sword, and she said him that it is a sign - now he has to marry her. In order to avoid marriage he escapes from the bride into the past times of the Three Kingdoms period, using the legendary Pandora's box. (imdb)
Tens of millennia ago, eight gods who ceaselessly fought each other were exiled to earth. For generations, they have been reincarnated as mere mortals, and they won't be allowed back to heaven until they've learned to coexist in harmony... (TMDb)
The unruly young policewomen known as the 'Pink Squad' are transferred to a new unit. The sexist policemen sees the quartet as a bunch of mouthy troublemakers due to the fact that they are constantly squabbling with each other and conspire to do what they can to create trouble for the squad in order to get rid of them from the force. The women are assigned to a case involving a blind musician whose former girlfriend who has escaped from prison was involved in a diamond robbery. (asianflixs)
The third chapter of the cult-classic fantasy saga: A Chinese Odyssey. At the end of 'A Chinese Odyssey 2', Zixia managed to see in advance the outcome of the battle. Now, in order to prevent the unfortunate tragedy, she travels back to the past and make sure that Monkey does not fall in love with her. Monkey is then reincarnated and continues to wait for Bak Jing-jing. (The Movie Database)
In the Song Dynasty, a group of patriots play soccer against the traitor with a team of foreign enemies, royal pro-nobles, bandits, martial arts masters and embrace the country hatred to compete for the first time in the history of China International soccer match. (imdb)
Siu, who spends goofing off, finds out that he has Parkinson's Disease, and only one month to live. He decides to do something special before his death. He tries to help other, and accept challenges. (themoviedb)
Third Master Sha (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai) is a descendant of a powerful gambling family who must battle Yam Tin Sau (Ekin Cheng), the descendant of the rival gambling family to save his family's name. In order to win, Hui hires the China King of Gamblers Hui Man Long (Tony Leung Ka-fai) for help. (themoviedb)
Wacky comedy filmmaker Jeff Lau (All For the Winner) directs Carry On Hotel, a madcap comedy filled top to bottom with Hong Kong stars! The setting is a five-star Singapore hotel, and the players and situationsÂ… (themoviedb)
Wah has an uninhibited romantic nature and is very optimistic. He also loves motorcycles, but he gets into a traffic accident which damages the business of the company he works for and Wah is fired as a result. Lam-lam is old-fashioned and conservative. She wants to get married to her boyfriend Michael, but she overreacts and gets violent when she gets intimate with a man. Because of this, Michael broke up with her...
Heroine Black Rose disappeared from the world 30 years ago. Actually, she was rejected by the man she loves, Lui Kei, and thus trapped him in a house. 30 years later, Black Rose meets a young man Ah Mo. The girl he loves Tic Tac is kidnapped by the evil Suen Mui Tong (Sour Plum Soup), so he asks Black Rose to help. Lui Kei while trying to talk Black Rose into saving Tic Tac finally falls in love with her. Suen Mui Tong discovers Black Rose is still alive, which brings up the history of hate...
