Satin steel
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Satin steel |
| Original title | Chung came yuk |
| Country of production | Hong Kong |
| original language | Cantonese , Standard Chinese |
| Publishing year | 1994 |
| length | 83 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Tony Leung Siu Hung |
| script |
Roman Cheung Vincent Kok |
| production |
Michael Ng Raymond Wong |
| music | Lee Hon-Kam |
| camera | Sander Lee |
| cut | Came Ma |
| occupation | |
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Satin Steel ( Chinese 重金屬 , Pinyin zhòng jīn shǔ , Cantonese Chung kam juk , German TV title: Zwei wie Samt und Stahl ) is a Hong Kong action film with martial arts elements by director Tony Leung Siu Hung from 1994. The production is the third full-length feature film by lead actress Jade Leung , who previously gained fame with the Black Cat series and performed a large part of her stunts herself in this production.
The film was released on March 11, 1994 in the theater in the Crown Colony for revenues of HKD 6.2 million . The first German video evaluation took place on November 30, 1998.
action
Hong Kong in the present. The highly decorated policewoman Jade Leung, whose husband was brutally murdered on her wedding night, is sent by her superior to Singapore to investigate an illegal gathering of international underworld greats despite her suicidal tendencies . According to information from the FBI , a major arms deal is to take place in the village, in which the American mafia boss and arms dealer Fowler is also said to be involved.
Once there, the widowed Leung is greeted by her local colleague, Inspector Ellen Cheng, who is somehow exposed to strange approaches from her future husband. Although the two women are strangers at first, the investigators form a harmonious and powerful duo as the story progresses. They are quickly on the heels of the arms dealer and his followers. However, her target initially succeeds in evading arrest, thanks to a dedicated and windy lawyer: Ken Chan. At this point in time, Fowler's legal representation was insufficiently informed about his client's business, even though they were viewed extremely critically. It was only when Leung familiarized young Chan with facts that weighed heavily on Fowler that the lawyer had doubts. At the same time, Jade and Ken fall in love.
A little later, Chan hands his secret lover a data carrier with sensitive information about Fowler. Meanwhile, the arms dealer sees through the intentions of his young lawyer. Fights follow. The disloyal Chan is fatally injured. Leung, now deprived of her loved one, sabotages Fowler's further arms deals with all determination. She receives support from Cheng, who proves to be reliable and defensive. At the end of the film, the charismatic Leung overwhelms Fowler in his helicopter. This falls during a flight into the depth.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films wrote the action film with two "slightly apron leading actresses" and carries over the "myth of battle-hardened Amazons into the present day."
Web links
- Satin Steel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Satin Steel in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Overview of the film on hkcinemagic.com, accessed February 19, 2009
- ↑ a b Satin Steel in the Lexicon of International Films