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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!
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 […]
Andy Lau and Tony Leung Return for a New Showdown in THE GOLDFINGER Teaser
20 years have passed since the last time that Tony Leung and Andy Lau shared the screen together making history on Andrew Lau and Alan Mak´s Gangster´s trilogy “Infernal Affairs”. With an international title that reprises the title of one of the most iconic James Bond films, Emperor Motion Pictures has launched this teaser for rejoice of Hong Kong movie fans around the world, that announces the reunion of this two giants of cinema in a new crime film set in the 80´s, that follows the story of an ICAC investigator (Andy Lau) on his mission of uncovering a criminal conspiracy involving the founder of Hong Kong company called Jiali Group , Ching Yat-yin (Tony Leung). Fomerly known as “Once upon a time in Hong Kong”, the film was written and directed by one of the most acclaimed script writers in Hong Kong film industry, Felix Chong (Infernal Affairs […]
Trailer: Cheng Er’s HIDDEN BLADE Gets US Theatrical Release
Well Go USA is primed to release Cheng Er’s new espionage thriller, Hidden Blade on February 17 in theaters. The Wasted Times helmer Cheng Er directs a cast led by Tony Leung, Wang Yi Bo, Dong Chengpeng and Huang Lei. During World War II, at the height of China’s war of resistance against Japan, a group of courageous citizens develops a top-secret underground espionage network and masterfully extracts classified information from deep behind enemy lines.