A Hearty Response

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A Hearty Response
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Traditional Chinese 義蓋雲天
Simplified Chinese 义盖云天
Hanyu Pinyin Yì Gài Yún Tiān
Jyutping Ji6 Koi3 Wan4 Tin1
Directed byNorman Law
Screenplay byLai Man-cheuk
Produced by Alan Tang
Starring Chow Yun-fat
Joey Wong
David Lui
CinematographySung Kwong-wa
Edited byPoon Hung
Music byDanny Chung
Sherman Chow
Production
companies
Golden Harvest
The Wing-Scope Film Production
Distributed byGolden Harvest
Release date
  • 30 October 1986 (1986-10-30)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryHong Kong
Language Cantonese
Box officeHK$13,461,667

A Hearty Response is a 1986 Hong Kong romantic comedy and action thriller film directed by Norman Law and starring Chow Yun-fat, Joey Wong and David Lui.

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Plot

Kong-sang is a mainland Chinese girl who illegally entered Hong Kong, hoping to retrieve her birth certificate, which proves that she was actually born in Hong Kong. She flees from her smuggler, Shing (Shum Wai), after she injures him when she was harassed by him.

Meanwhile, police detective Ho Ting-pong (Chow Yun-fat) is an upright and virtuous police officer who was assigned with his partner, Long Man (David Lui), to arrest drug dealer Addict Hung (Ng Hong-sang) in a supermarket. There, Long Man sees Kong-sang stealing from the supermarket and arrests her. As Ting-pong was distracted by this, Addict Hung manages to get on a car and runs over Kong-sang before fleeing.

After regaining consciousness in the hospital, Kong-sang feigns amnesia to avoid being repatriated and identifies Ting-pong as her husband. Since Ting-pong is a man of chivalry, he takes Kong-sang home and takes care of her. Ting-pong's mother (Lee Heung-kam) is really fond of Kong-sang and sees her as an ideal daughter-in-law. However, when Ting-pong's mother convinces him into letting Kong-sang stay, Kong-sang leaves to wander in the streets, not wanting to give Ting-pong a hard time to face his girlfriend. After going through many trials and tribulations, Ting-pong and Kong-sang eventually fall in love. As everything is seemingly going well, Shing reappears and kidnaps Kong-sang.

Cast

Reception

Critical

LoveHKFilm gave the film a mixed review describing the film as "forgettable", with "some decent moments." [1] Hong Kong Film Net gave the film a score of 5 out of 10 criticizing director Norman Law's direction and its unfunny comedy, but noting the good chemistry of Chow Yun-fat and Joey Wong. [2]

Box office

The film grossed HK$13,461,667 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 10 October to 20 November 1986.[ citation needed ]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "A Hearty Response (義蓋雲天) (1986) - LoveHKFilm.com".
  2. ↑ "A Hearty Response - Hong Kong Film Net".
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