The Family Strikes Back

The Family Strikes Back is a 1986 Hong Kong action comedy film produced, directed by and starring Dean Shek.[1]

The Family Strikes Back
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Traditional Chinese烏龍大家庭
Simplified Chinese乌龙大家庭
Hanyu PinyinWū Lóng Dà Jiā Tíng
JyutpingWu1 Lung2 Daai6 Gaa Ting4
Directed byDean Shek
Screenplay byEdward Lee
Produced byDean Shek
StarringDean Shek
Anglie Leung
Kwan Tak-hing
Gigi Lai
Gary Young Lim
Lau Tat-sang
Roy Chiao
Lee Heung-kam
Cho Tat-wah
CinematographyHenry Chan
Edited byWong Ming-lam
Music byTony Lo
Production
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Distributed byCinema City
Release date
  • 27 March 1986 (1986-03-27)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$7,229,517

The film focuses on a mad scientist who orders his assistants to kidnap victims for use in his experiments. When a martial artist and his assistant intervene in a kidnapping incident, a police inspector has the idea to employ the martial artist as an undercover agent for the police. The martial artist has to impersonate a Japanese ally of the villain.

Plot

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Professor Kiu (Roy Chiao) is a mad scientist who developed mental disorders from grieving the death of his son. Kiu orders his assistants to kidnap men to his lab, located in a private container on a vessel, for experiments. Police inspector Uncle Wah (Cho Tat-wah) had sent his subordinates to gather evidence in the vessel, but failed to find any.

Shek La-mai (Dean Shek), an acrobatic performer working in a nightclub, has practiced martial arts since childhood and was a former commander of the Special Duties Unit before he was dismissed by the police force due to accusations of sadism. Shek is currently a single father of three children living a happy life.

One night during his performance, Shek and his protege, Lam Hong (Gary Lam), witnessed and intervened in a kidnapping incident by Kiu's henchmen, and the two became targets of Kiu. On the other hand, Uncle Wah discovers Shek's resemblance to a Japanese scientist named Toyota, who colluded with Kiu. Wah formulates a plan for Shek to act undercover as Toyota in order to gather evidence from Kiu's lab.

Cast

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  • Dean Shek as Shek La-mai
  • Angile Leung as Vennila
  • Kwan Tak-hing as Shek Fei-hung
  • Gigi Lai as Shek Lai-chi
  • Gary Young Lim as Lam Jan Hong
  • Lau Tat-sang as Sonny
  • Roy Chiao as Professor Kiu
  • Lee Heung-kam as Kiu's wife
  • Cho Tat-wah as Uncle Wah
  • Pomson Shi as Luk
  • Helen Chan as Helen
  • Kam Shan as thug
  • Hoi Sang Lee as Kiu's Henchman
  • Sai Gwa-Pau as So
  • Liu Chun-hung
  • Kingson Shek as Cop
  • Hui Ying-ying
  • Yiu Yau-hung
  • Wellington Fung as Manager
  • Teddy Chan as Police Inspector
  • Lau Shung-fung
  • Lo Wing
  • Lo Hung
  • Wong Lai-ching
  • Fong Chow
  • Wonh Kin-chow
  • Pai Lan
  • Wong On-tung
  • Lim Chan
  • Lee Yan-fai
  • Robert Goodson as Police commissioner
  • Barry Bullock as Inspector Kei
  • Don Ferguson
  • Jonathan Pine
  • Roy Stanton
  • Cliff Clark
  • Chang Sing-kwong

Box office

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The film grossed HK$7,229,517 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 27 March to 9 April 1986.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild - Directors - Dean SHEK".
  2. ^ The Family Strikes Back at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
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