Runaway Blues

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Runaway Blues
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Film poster
Traditional Chinese 飈城
Simplified Chinese 飙城
Hanyu Pinyin Biāo Chéng
Jyutping Biu1 Sing4
Directed byDavid Lai
Screenplay byLai Kit
Produced byWallace Cheung
Starring Andy Lau
Kelvin Wong
Cinematography Mark Lee Ping Bin
Edited by Marco Mak
Music byLaw Wing-fai
Production
company
Movie Impact
Distributed byTomson Films
Release date
3 March 1989 (1989-03-03)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryHong Kong
Languages Cantonese
Mandarin
Japanese
English
Box officeHK$5,661,927

Runaway Blues is a 1989 Hong Kong action film directed by David Lai and starring Andy Lau and Kelvin Wong. Due to its amount of violence, the film was rated Category III by the Hong Kong motion picture rating system [1] .

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Plot

Southern Taiwanese triad member Lam Kong (Andy Lau) flees to Hong Kong after killing another triad leader (Blackie Ko) in a motorcycle race. He hides in the house of triad leader Nip Ching's (Chan King-cheung) mistress Sue (Shirley Lui), who is also the lover of Nip's underling Chiu Kwai (Sunny Fong). Nip thinks highly of Kong due to his hard work and living up his demand to assist Chui Kwai in trading.

Detective Ronny Cambridge (Robert Zajac) has been investigating Nip and Chiu's illegal activities and after his informant was recently killed, he blackmails Kong to be his new informant. Kong becomes pressured and Sue comforts him and gives him encouragements. As they spend time together, Kong and Sue gradually fall in love with each other.

During a deal of Rolex watches between Chiu and mainland Chinese triad Wah (Kelvin Wong), the goods suddenly disappear and Wah suspects Kong has stolen them. Being persecuted by Wah, Kong flees to Guangzhou, before finally heading to Macau and plans to bring Sue with him back to Taiwan.

Cast

Theme song

Box office

The film grossed HK$5,661,927 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 3 to 15 March 1989 in Hong Kong. [2]

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References

  1. https://www.facebook.com/hkent168/posts/1668237269974853/
  2. https://mcms.lcsd.gov.hk/FAMS_ipac/cclib/search/showBib.jsp?oai=Y&f=e&id=65537206515205