City War

City War
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Directed by	Suen Chung
Produced by	Dean Shek
Screenplay by	Leung Wai-ting Rico Chung Tung Liu
Starring	Chow Yun-fat Ti Lung
Music by	Michael Lai
Cinematography	Lee San-yip Lam Chiu
Edited by	Wong Ming-lam
Distributed by	Cinema City
Release dates	21 December 1988 (1988-12-21)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$13,230,754

City War is a 1988 Hong Kong crime action film directed by Suen Chung and starring Chow Yun-fat and Ti Lung in their third collaboration after A Better Tomorrow 1 and 2.

Plot

Dick Lee and Ken Chow are two police officers who are friends, the former is a negotiator who is a humorous and easy going while the latter is a hot tempered cop who hates evil as his enemy and advocates violence for violence. Drug lord Ted Yiu, who was imprisoned by Ken two years ago, was released from prison and Ken's former partner Ho Ka Ting is mysteriously killed. Later, Ted also laid traps to trick Ken, which cause his disciplinary punishment by the police and later sends killers to threaten Ken's life and kill his family. On the other hand, Dick incidentally meets Penny, who is Ted's lover. A tangled conflict later brakes off in the city.

Cast

• Chow Yun-fat as Dick Lee
• Ti Lung as Ken Chow
• Tien Niu as Penny
• Norman Chu as Ted Yiu
• Mary Hon as Fan
• Teresa Carpio as Teresa
• Lo Lieh as Boss Kuen
• Lee Ka-ting as Assistant Chief Officer Ho Ka-ting
• Michael Chow as Bobby
• Ricky Wong as Sergeant Wu
• Law Ching-ho as bartender
• Chan Chi-fai as Ted's thug
• Robin Shou as Ted's hired killer
• John Ladalski as arms smuggler
• Eddie Maher as arms smuggler's assistant
• Ng Hong-sang as man who gives guns to Dick Lee
• Wong Chi-ming as cop
• Leung Kam-san as cop
• Yee Tin-hung as cop in shower room
• Chiu Chun-chiu as cop
• Wong Lik as cop
• Lee Fat-yuen as cop in flashback
• Tse Wai-kit as teenage shoplifter
• Lam Kai-wing as killer with female partner
• Chow Wing
• Leung Wai-hung
• Robert Mak
• Alan Chan
• Tang Mei-mei
• Lin Li-na
• Chau Hou-yin
• Kwok Siu-kei
• John Ching
• Wong Chi-wai
• Jackson Ng
• Wan Seung-lam
• Lam Foo-wai
• Jim James as gweilo at the bar

Box office

The film grossed HK$13,230,754 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 21 December 1988 to 27 January 1989 in Hong Kong.

Theme song

• Melting You and Me (熱溶你與我)
  • Composer: Michael Lai
  • Lyricist: Wong Jim
  • Singer: Anita Mui

See also

• Chow Yun-fat filmography

External links

• City War at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• City War at Hong Kong Cinemagic
• City War at IMDb
• City War at Rotten Tomatoes
• City War film review at LoveHKFilm.com