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Director patrick yau takes us for a nite through gangster insane and calculating brains, who mess up the macao streets. Triad conflicts as a plot point in hong kong films have been seen countless times but yau and the script layed before him involves via sly hints at whats coming. Everything you need to know about the longest nite movie. The longest night, also known as dark flowers, is a 1998 hong kong crime thriller starring tony leung, who in a surprising twist, plays a corrupt cop who delights in abusing his power, who had to face a triad mobster lau chingwan in a battle of wits.
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The longest nite is a very, very dark hong kong thriller starring tony leung as an extremely bad cop having an extremely bad night you know, the usual round of smashing hoodlums gun hands, torturing suspects and witnesses alike, finding a headless body in his apartment with a locker number written on its hand, being set up to kill the. I went into the longest nite with high expectations, wasnt particularly disappointed but you tend to think that theres not much greatness on display at the beginning. See how these urban pastimes are pursued with a passion in hong kong. The longest nite 1998 by patrick yau, johnnie to the longest nite was quite a difficult film to produce, for a number of reasons. The 10 best hong kong gangster movies china whisper. The longest nite streaming full movie online 1998 english. Though it won no hong kong film awards movies of such nihilism rarely win awards, it was honored with nominations for director, screenplay, and editing.
This is a real hong kong thrilling thriller, short but condensed, without any john woo touch, but finally cool, effective and entertaining. The plot is a rich tapestry of betrayal, mystery, and deceit, all handled to perfection by two of hong kongs most accomplished veterans, tony leung chiuwai and lau chingwan who sports a shaved head. Tony leung as the corrupt cop sam outshadows his colleague lau ching wan at any time, and thats not an easy thing to do. Opening to the longest nite hong kong film 1999 vcd thai copy. Released 1998, the longest nite stars ching wan lau, tony leung chiu wai, maggie siu, mark cheng the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 23 min, and received a.
Customs agents track a ring of arms smugglers into hong kong. An incredibly engrossing crime film that thrills with its utter nihilism. But the strongest element in the longest nite is the photography and lightning, which are often very gorgeous in the hands of a talented hong kong director. Disturbingly violent, perfectly paced, and involving as hell, this picture is one of the purest genre films youll ever see and proof that hong kong can still make good movies. Here are my picks of the 10 best hong kong gangster movies of all time, please let me your favorite one by leaving comments below. Regardless of whether its killer style, tantalising bites, the great outdoors or family fun you are after, hong kong has it all. The longest night caught in the middle of a fierce gang war in macau, a corrupt cop named sam. Ngan poses as yee and passes the customs and successfully arrives in hong kong.
Firstly, it was shot during the chaos that followed the financial. The longest nite or exiled and yam is similarly changed. When the rumor makes its rounds, that legendary boss mr. Caught in the middle of a fierce gang war in macao, a corrupt cop. Andy lau plays a sophisticated thief who only has 4. A twist of fate brings the two gangster bosses together in collaboration, but rumors have it otherwise. The longest nite is a dark, moody movie with a minimum of gunplay at first, but no lack of violence, that builds to a tense but sadly unrealistic climax. Lau ching wan, a milkyway regular, plays the deadly calm tony, a mysterious figure in disco denim who crosses paths in macau with selfprofessed bad cop sam, played by tony leung chiu wai. The longest nite 1998 stream and watch online moviefone. K and lung, decide to lay their difficulties aside and work together. A hong kong cop tony leung chiu wai pins a murder on an innocent man lau chingwan. Check out what these wellknown local residents have to say about what they love most about hong kong. The longest nite 1998 movies and films database movie. Three is a 2016 hong kongchinese action film produced and directed by johnnie to and starring zhao wei, louis koo and wallace chung.
The longest nite hong kong movie, english subtitle released at. The film was produced by to and wai kafai along with their production company, milkyway image. On a rainy night in shenzhen, a female prostitute named szekam oiyee was strangled to death by female wanted criminal yip siungan in order to assume her identity. Ching wan lau, tony chiuwai leung, maggie siu, hoipang lo, fong lung, siulung ching, tianlin wang, mark cheng, kong fong, bun yuen, sau kei lee, suet lam, johnnie to, tatchi yau, catherine chan, gary chan, kafai wai, kamyuen szeto, naihoi yau. The longest nite 1998 directed by johnnie to, patrick yau. The longest nite is a hard knocking, fast paced hong kong crime thriller, set in beautiful macao, where everybody is crooked somehow. However, he meets a suspicious bald man named tony, who keeps following him around and disrupting his personal business. With louis koo, suet lam, tony ka fai leung, eddie cheung. The film was released in the hong kong on 9 april 1998. Set over roughly 24 hours in the asian gambling mecca that is macau, it tells the story of corrupt cop sam trying to settle a turf war between two local triad fractions. Closing to the longest nite hong kong film 1999 vcd thai copy. After reporting the loss of her id card, she successfully obtains yees identity. Intruder is a 1997 hong kong horror thriller film written and directed by tsang kancheung and starring jacklyn wu, wayne lai and moses chan. The longest nite was quite a difficult film to produce, for a number of reasons.
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