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THE GOLDFINGER Review: Tony Leung And Andy Lau Push Law And Order To Its Limits In Felix Chong’s Latest Epic Crime Drama

The Goldfinger opens on Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital in the UK from Trinity CineAsia on May 20. Fictionalized or otherwise inspired retellings of the travails of Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) continue to reap creative fruit for filmmakers. Several years ago saw Felix Chong take the leap for his own focused tale dating as far back as the beginnings of the ICAC in the 1970s, and therein, the tale of an engineer-turned-billionaire fraudster in the new crime drama, The Goldfinger. Reteaming with one of the key shepherds of the Infernal Affairs trilogy, actors Tony Leung and Andy Lau take center stage from a script by Chong which sees Leung take on the role of Henry Ching (Tony Leung), struggling to find decent work until he links up with real estate developer K.K. Tsang. As the film tells it, their friendship marks the early embers that ignite the spark […]

THE GOLDFINGER: Don’t Miss The Latest Trailer Ahead Of The Global Release On December 30!

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Several new posters and a new trailer are out for The Goldfinger, the newest crime thriller from Overheard trilogy director Felix Chong and featuring Tony Leung and Andy Lau. AMTD is partnering with distributors to shepherd the film’s release globally on December 30, rejoining Leung and Lau since garnering acclaim years ago on Andrew Lau and Alan Mak’s hit film, Infernal Affairs – also co-penned by Chong. Set in the 1980s, the film depicts cut-throat machinations between Hong Kong’s jostling business elites amidst the backdrop of the tail end of British colonial rule. It tells the story of the rise and bust of a fictional Hong Kong company called Jiali Group, following the travails of its chairman Cheng Yiyan through 15 years of investigations by the Independent Commission Against Corruption as murders are committed, billions in market value evaporate and millions are spent on litigation fees. The Goldfinger also marks […]

Felix Chong’s THE GOLDFINGER Trailer Teases New Crime Drama Starring Tony Leung Chiu Wai And Andy Lau

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Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Andy Lau and Charlene Choi lead the way for writer and director Felix Chong’s new crime drama, The Goldfinger. Emperor Motion Pictures is out with an official trailer and poster as of Thursday along with a release date in China and Singapore on December 30. In the 1980’s, a stock market crash causes the sudden collapse of a multi-billion-dollar company. Elite anti-corruption investigator Lau uncovers a criminal conspiracy involving the company founder Ching, who built the company from the ground up. Little does Lau know that he’s about to meet his match in a HK$200 million investigation that will entangle him for years to come.

Action Thriller PROJECT GUTENBERG Launches With Aaron Kwok And Chow Yun-Fat Starring

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Overheard trilogy co-helmer Felix Chong is currently in production with new big budget action thriller, Project Gutenberg. International sales agent Distribution Workshop are shopping the film at Cannes whilst having nabbed a raft of release deals throughout Asia. Chong wrote the script which sees Aaron Kwok as a member of a notorious money counterfeiting gang extradited from Thailand by Hong Kong police who are looking to bring down the gang whose leader will be played by Kwok’s fellow Cold War 2 cohort, actor Chow Yun-Fat. Rounding out the cast are Dick Liu Kai Chi, Zhang Jingchu and Catherine Chau who plays the lead detective with locations slated for Hong Kong, China, Canada and Thailand. Project Gutenberg, previously titled Unparalleled, is a Hong Kong/China co-prod. between Pop Movies and Bona Film Group. Kwok’s next outing will be in Soi Cheang’s The Monkey King 3 in time for the Chinese New Year. […]