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Hak kuen

  • 2006
  • 1h 50m
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Ronald Cheng, Jing Wu, Theresa Fu, and Miki Yeung in Hak kuen (2006)
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A young man learns the fighting techniques of Sanda from a coach. The two become best friends as the young man prepares to enter an underground tournament, competing against some of the top ... Read allA young man learns the fighting techniques of Sanda from a coach. The two become best friends as the young man prepares to enter an underground tournament, competing against some of the top fighters of the world.A young man learns the fighting techniques of Sanda from a coach. The two become best friends as the young man prepares to enter an underground tournament, competing against some of the top fighters of the world.

  • Director
    • Dennis Law
  • Writer
    • Dennis Law
  • Stars
    • Jing Wu
    • Ronald Cheng
    • Miki Yeung
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    • Director
      • Dennis Law
    • Writer
      • Dennis Law
    • Stars
      • Jing Wu
      • Ronald Cheng
      • Miki Yeung
    • 15User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
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    Jing Wu
    Jing Wu
    • Kong Ko
    Ronald Cheng
    Ronald Cheng
    • Captain
    Miki Yeung
    Miki Yeung
    • Siu Tin
    Theresa Fu
    Theresa Fu
    • Chui Chi
    Eddie Cheung
    Eddie Cheung
    • Ma Ho-Keung
    • (as Cheung Siu Fai)
    Wai-Kwong Lo
    Wai-Kwong Lo
    • Chan Sun
    • (as Kenneth Low)
    Andy On
    Andy On
    • Silver Dragon
    Timmy Hung
    Timmy Hung
    • Portland Street Fighter
    Suet Lam
    Suet Lam
    • Soo
    • (as Lam Suet)
    Xing Yu
    Xing Yu
    • King
    Yu Gu
    • Fai
    • (as Kris Gu)
    Tats Lau
    Tats Lau
    • Beggar
    • (as Lau Yee Tat)
    Johnny Chen
    Johnny Chen
    • Wai
    • (as a different name)
    Marco Lok
    • Ricky
    Shiu-Hung Hui
    Shiu-Hung Hui
    • Worker Ming
    • (as Hui Siu Hung)
    Wong Chun
    Wong Chun
    • Worker Chi
    • (as Chun Wong)
    Pounh Chong Soong
    • Referee
    • (as Soong Pounh Chong)
    Tung So
    • Chiu Fung
    • (as So Tung)
    • Director
      • Dennis Law
    • Writer
      • Dennis Law
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    3ericthered01

    Makes "The Matrix" look realistic

    After seeing Jacky Wu Jing in "Kill Zone", I was excited to see "Fatal Contact". That excitement died quickly when I realized it was a wire-fu movie. There's not one single fight scene that doesn't use wire work extensively. I'm not talking about a jump here or a kick there either, it's the whole fight scenes. Jacky is good. His fight with Donnie Yen in Kill Zone is classic. That's why I don't understand the overkill with wires here. Why not use the guy's real talent. I like realistic fight scenes and this doesn't have a single one. It's not impressive when a guy does a flip off of a stack of wooden pallets if he is using a wire. The same can be said for spin kicks. The rest of this movie is equally bad. Terrible dialogue, acting, story, and one of the worst endings in movie history.
    8ace52387

    Beautiful action. The rest requires a bit of an open mind.

    The real reason anyone will see fatal contact is for the action. With that in mind, you may have to forgive a little bit of the jumpy and clichéd story telling.

    The action sequences are frequent, and well choreographed. It's an interesting combination of brutal and flashy. Wu Jing will throw several jumping multi-kicks, but because the general rhythm of the fights are captured well, it doesn't look too far fetched. The choreographers throw in some pretty believable elements in the competition fights. You may see the fighters just hop around a it to psych each other out, and you'll notice, the more brutal the fights get, the less visible these sportsman like elements become. It's pretty interesting. There's no wirework and very little, if any, video speed up that is flamboyant in some HK movies.

    Wu Jing really struts his stuff in this movie. I would say in general, he's very similar to jet li. He has this strange brutalness that jet li embodies in his roles with a modern setting. He looks wild, but clean at the same time. Wu Jing is younger, more vibrant, and he even has more flare than Jet Li. An actor like Donnie Yen has a different kind of appeal, but because Jet Li is getting old, and probably no longer doing action movies anymore, Wu Jing would make a superb replacement.

    The story has almost no introduction, no time to familiarize a little with the characters, and the actual revelations about the characters are sporratic and placed in seemingly random places. It has a terrible and nonsensical love story, which luckily, isn't the focus. The whole setup is pretty nonsensical as well. Some guys walk into an opera performance, and somehow recognize skill in a performer. They ask him to fight underground for them, and they offer a lot of money. Of course, a lowly wushu performer is poor, and he eventually decides he neeeds the money. The setup is all a little fantastical to me, especially with the realistic setting. I feel it would be more at home in an aime than a live action movie with a modern day setting. It helped a lot to almost imagine Fatal Contact taking place in some alternate universe where the underground fighting scene is big money, and the scouters are like pimps. A world where performers are poor, but incredibly talented fighters. It's almost romantic if you think of it that way. So the setting is bearable and kinda interesting if you give it some of your imagination, but the story is still hampered by tons of cheesy dialogue and that oh so corny romance.

    It's all about the action though, and that totally does not fail to disappoint. My favorite action movie in recent times is Sha Po Lang. The stories in both are at least a little cliché, but SPL had the cleaner, less sporratic story telling. It also had cinematography of a higher quality than Fatal Contact. Still though, Wu Jing and his action co-stars drive a really tough bargain. His moves are cleaner, flashier, and he's more vibrant than Donnie Yen. I almost can't decide of Fatal Contact trumps SPL or not.
    7diggler_inc

    Great action scenes but....

    This movie is beautifully shot with some of the greatest fight scenes of any film in recent years. Anytime there is a fight, even the brief ones, the film shines. However, the rest of the film is awful despite the excellent photography. This movie is plagued by bad acting and bad story. This movie is extremely stupid. Every non-action scene is terrible.

    That being said it is still worth watching for the fight scenes. The fights go at a fast pace and are pretty believable. They are somewhat similar to Flashpoint and SPL.

    This is an absurdly silly movie that expects the audience to be morons but the fights are well-done.
    9bobbyem

    Great action with soul

    Sure there where some rough spots but its a Kung fu movie after all. I would gladly choose this over any American Van Damme movie.

    Great Kung Fu that almost never got boring and did not have the same lame win win win loose build up again and win curve that all the other movies have. Plus The "captain" was a great character that added to the movie a lot.

    I don't see how martial arts lovers can look down on this movie, maybe I have missed something? I saw Flash Point yesterday (dubbed witch did not help) and that movie was a real kids movie compared to this one.

    A very sympathetic protagonist. Great action and some funny moments.
    10nicotin_for_you

    One of the best movies

    I give it a 10.It's a movie full of soul.It starts pretty funny, gets into serious talking.But the ending and the characters make everything possible.It's about life, it's about priorities, it's about the human soul.If the soul is too damaged it will never survive happier times, it will crumble under it's own weight.Gives perspective on life....most people won't understand or appreciate it. The actors are playing a serious and simple act, they don't have fancy words or eccentric habits. The scenes are pretty simple and focus on the characters. I would not miss this movie if i like to see the unseen. The main characters are like children, they are in a pure form of existence, they are mortals, they are human.

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    • Trivia
      Jacky Wu trained in Sanda for the film in Beijing and was nearly knocked out by one of the Sanda team members.
    • Connections
      References King Kong (1933)
    • Soundtracks
      THEME SONG
      Performed by Ronald Cheng

      Composed by Ian Kasela

      Lyrics by Xia Zhi

      OP: PT EMI Publishing Indonesia

      SP: Gold Label Music Ltd.

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    • Release date
      • October 5, 2006 (Hong Kong)
    • Country of origin
      • Hong Kong
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • Cantonese
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Fatal Contact
    • Production companies
      • China Star Entertainment
      • One Hundred Years of Film Company
      • Gold Label Entertainment
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      • $633,350
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 50m(110 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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