Two Thumbs Up (film)

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Two Thumbs Up
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Traditional Chinese 衝鋒車
Simplified Chinese 冲锋车
Hanyu Pinyin Chōng Fēng Chē
Jyutping Cung1 Fung1 Ce1
Directed byLau Ho-leung
Screenplay byLau Ho-leung
Produced byAlbert Lee
Cheang Pou-soi
Julia Chu
Tong Man-hong
Zack Xu
Yang Xianghua
Starring Francis Ng
Simon Yam
Leo Ku
Patrick Tam
Mark Cheng
Christie Chen
Philip Keung
CinematographyPakie Chan
Edited byChan Ki-hop
Music byI.M.P.
Lam Kwan-fai
Julian Chan
Production
companies
Emperor Motion Pictures
Sil-Metropole Organisation
Huace Pictures
iQiyi Motion Pictures
Distributed byEmperor Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • 2 April 2015 (2015-04-02)(Hong Kong)
  • 3 April 2015 (2015-04-03)(China)
Running time
103 minutes
CountriesHong Kong
China
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin
BudgetUS$3.5 million [1]
Box officeUS$5.2 million [2]

Two Thumbs Up is a 2015 Hong Kong-Chinese action comedy film directed by first-time director Lau Ho-leung and starring Francis Ng, Simon Yam, Leo Ku, Patrick Tam, Mark Cheng, Christie Chen and Philip Keung.

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Plot

On 5 April 2014, Twitch released a plot synopsis of the film: [3]

Lucifer and his gangsters dress their minibus to resemble a police vehicle, and pose as policemen for a robbery. Police Officer Tsui sensed "criminal intent." Without police orders, he investigates these gangsters. At the robbery the gangsters engage in a gunfight against the real criminals, who kill randomly. Lucifer and his men are infuriated. They may wear police costumes and use toy guns, but their passion is real. Sensing their righteous passion, Tsui decides to side with the impostors and their 16-passenger EU vehicle. Lucifer and his men re-discover the bond they felt when they used to battle together. Finally, Tsui, Lucifer and the gang defeat the criminals, showing Tsui that anyone can be a hero, and righteousness resides within us all.

Cast

Production

Principal photography for Two Thumbs Up started on 15 January 2014 where a blessing ceremony was held in which the cast and crew attended. [5]

Release

On 24 March 2014, a press conference for Two Thumbs Up was held at the 38th Hong Kong International Film Festival where its teaser trailer was unveiled. [6] [7] The film premiered at the 39th Hong Kong International Film Festival which ran from 23 March to 6 April 2015 [8] was theatrically released in Hong Kong on 2 April 2015. [9]

Box office

The film opened third place at its debut and during the first six days of release in Hong Kong, Two Thumbs Up grossed HK$5.90 million. [10] The film grossed HK$4.01 million between 9–12 April. After two weekends, the film have grossed a total of HK$8.91 million. [11] During its third weekend, the film remained at third place and has made a total of HK$11.5 million to date. [12] The film had earned ¥20.84 million RMB at the Chinese box office. [13]

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations
CeremonyCategoryRecipientOutcome
35th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Screenplay Lau Ho-leungNominated
Best New Director Lau Ho-leungNominated
3rd China International Film Festival LondonBest Supporting Actor Leo Ku Won
Best New DirectorLau Ho-leungWon

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