Big Bullet
1996 Hong Kong film
- 26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)
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Big Bullet (Chinese: 衝鋒隊怒火街頭; pinyin: Chong feng dui nu huo jie tou) is a 1996 Hong Kong action film directed, produced and co-written by Benny Chan. The film won awards for film editing at the 1996 Golden Horse Film Festival and the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards.
Plot
After assaulting his tactical commander during a raid gone sour, a dedicated but temperamental cop Sergeant Bill Chu is transferred to the Emergency Unit, long considered to be the police force's dumping ground for problem cops. Together with his fellow EU patrol officers, Bill continues to fight crime and stops the Professor's attempt to smuggle confiscated money which he managed to retrieve from Interpol HQ out of Hong Kong via the British air base.
Release
Big Bullet was released in Hong Kong on 26 July 1996. It grossed a total of HK$9,771,575.[1] At the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards, Big Bullet was nominated for seven awards: Best Film, Best Director (Benny Chan), Best Actor (Lau Ching-wan), Best Supporting Actor (Jordan Chan), Best Supporting Actress (Theresa Lee), Best Cinematography (Arthur Wong), Best Action Choreography (Ma Yuk-sing) and Best Original Music (Peter Kam). Peter Cheung and Cheung Ka-fai won the Best Editing award for their work on Big Bullet.[2]
At the 1996 Golden Horse Film Festival, Big Bullet was nominated for Best Action Choreography (Ma Yuk-sing) and won the award for Best Film Editing (Peter Cheung and Cheung Ka-fai).[3]
Cast
- Lau Ching-wan as Sergeant Bill Chu
- Jordan Chan as PC Jeff Chiu
- Theresa Lee as PC Apple
- Cheung Tat-ming as Matthew
- Francis Ng as Inspector Yeung (Bill's former boss)
- Anthony Wong as Bird
- Yu Rongguang as Professor
- Lam Sheung Yee as Senior Constable Dan (driver of EU van)
- Vincent Kok as Tung Fai
- Dayo Wong as Bill's informant
- Ruco Chan as Chiu Sai Wing (Jordan Chan's younger brother)
See also
Hong Kong portal
Film portal
References
- ^ "Big Bullet". Hong Kong Film Archive. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- ^ 第十六屆香港電影金像獎得獎名單. Hong Kong Film Awards (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- ^ "2011 台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". Golden Horse Film Festival. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- ^ A Big Bullet at HKMDB
- ^ Big Bullet at chinesemov.com
External links
- Big Bullet at IMDb
- Big Bullet at Rotten Tomatoes
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Films by Benny Chan Muk-sing
- Let's Rage the Gangland (1988)
- A Moment of Romance (1990)
- Son on the Run (1991)
- What a Hero! (1992)
- A Moment of Romance II (1993)
- The Magic Crane (1993)
- Wounded Tracks (1994)
- Happy Hour (1995)
- Man Wanted (1995)
- Big Bullet (1996)
- Who Am I? (1998)
- Gen-X Cops (1999)
- Gen-Y Cops (2000)
- Heroic Duo (2003)
- New Police Story (2004)
- Divergence (2005)
- Rob-B-Hood (2006)
- Invisible Target (2007)
- Connected (2008)
- City Under Siege (2010)
- Shaolin (2011)
- The White Storm (2013)
- Call of Heroes (2016)
- Meow (2017)
- Raging Fire (2021)
- Big Bullet (1996)
- Gen-X Cops (1999)
- Rob-B-Hood (2006)
- Invisible Target (2007)
- Connected (2008)
- City Under Siege (2010)
- The White Storm (2013)
- Call of Heroes (2016)
- Raging Fire (2021)
- Man Wanted (1995)
- Big Bullet (1996)
- They Don't Care About Us (1996)
- Gen-X Cops (1999)
- Gen-Y Cops (2000)
- Final Romance (2001)
- If U Care... (2002)
- Heroic Duo (2003)
- New Police Story (2004)
- Divergence (2005)
- Rob-B-Hood (2006)
- Invisible Target (2007)
- Connected (2008)
- City Under Siege (2010)
- Shaolin (2011)
- The White Storm (2013)
- Little Big Master (2015)
- Call of Heroes (2016)
- Meow (2017)
- Raging Fire (2021)
- The Trier of Fact (TBD)
- The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain (1985) (series and assistant director)
- New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre (1986) (series and assistant director)
- Goodbye Darling (1987) (executive producer)
- Fatal Love (1989) (executive producer)
- Happy Hour (1995) (cameo)
- Fist of Fury (1995) (series director)
- City Under Siege (2010) (editor)
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