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Breakout Brothers | |
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Traditional Chinese | 逃獄兄弟 |
Simplified Chinese | 逃狱兄弟 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Táo Yù Xiōng Dì |
Jyutping | Tou4 Jeok6 Hing1 Dai6 |
Directed by | Mak Ho-pong |
Screenplay by | Edmond Wong |
Produced by | Ng Kin-hung Edmond Wong |
Starring | Patrick Tam Louis Cheung Adam Pak Justin Cheung |
Cinematography | Kubbie Tsoi |
Edited by | Chow Kai-pong |
Music by | Noël Li |
Production companies | Mandarin Motion Pictures Local Production |
Distributed by | Mandarin Films Distribution |
Release dates |
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Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Breakout Brothers is a 2020 Hong Kong action comedy-drama film directed by Mak Ho-pong and starring Patrick Tam, Louis Cheung, Adam Pak and Justin Cheung as four prisoners who work together to plan their escape. The film was theatrically released on 3 December 2020 in Singapore and on 25 February 2021 in Hong Kong. [1] [2]
A sequel to the film, titled Breakout Brothers 2 , was released on 13 January 2022.
The prison has been led by two powerful prisoners, who are triad leader Big Roller (Patrick Tam) and life imprisoned inmate Scar (Justin Cheung). The steady life in prison changes with the arrival of wrongly accused inmate Mak Kin-tin (Adam Pak).
First, Kin-tin was constantly being threatened by Scar, which led Kin-tin to give up on his appeal request and was later bullied by other inmates when they found out he was involved with destroying the storage unit with the belongings Big Roller's presumed deceased daughter, when in actuality, Kin-tin was framed. In order to protect his life, Kin-tin takes the suggestion of his cellmate, Ho-ching (Louis Cheung), and they work together to plan a precise escape from prison.
In order to avoid the strict supervision of Warden Tang (Kenny Wong), Ho-ching persuades Big Roller to help them but informing him that his daughter is alive and they work together along with Kin-tin to devise an escape plan utilizing each one of their strengths. However, Scar also discovers the plan and the trio reluctantly let him join. As a result, these four inmates put aside past rivalry and work together to breakout of prison.
Breakout Brothers was theatrically released on 3 December 2020 in Singapore [3] The film was set to open the same day in Hong Kong, due to cinema closures from 2 December 2020 to 17 February 2021 amid the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, the film's release was postponed to 25 February 2021 in the territory. [4] [1] [2] The film was presented at the Busan International Film Festival's virtual Asian Contents & Film Market on 27 October 2020. [5]
A sequel to the film, Breakout Brothers 2 , was released on 13 January 2022 in Macau and Singapore, and on 28 April 2022 in Hong Kong.[ citation needed ]
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