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      • Explosive City is a 2004 Hong Kong action film written, produced and directed by Sam Leong and starring Simon Yam, Alex Fong, Hisako Shirata and Sonny Chiba.


      Plot


      Macau government official Kent Yung (Joe Cheung) who arrived in Hong Kong to attend an international conference. At the Hong Kong International Airport where he was speaking to the press, he was shot thrice by a mysterious woman (Hisako Shirata) who emerged from the crowd. As havoc ensues in the airport, Special Forces superintendent Charles Cheung (Simon Yam), whose squad was in charge of protecting Yung, gives chase to the woman who eventually falls down a building as loses her memory. This assassination attempt at the airport caused a great shock to the Hong Kong police and CID chief inspector Tim Yiu (Alex Fong) was sent to assist Cheung in the investigation. After investigation, the assassin, named Jade, belongs to an international terrorist organization. According to the information, Jade was born into a happy family in Japan, but at the age of three, she was abducted by the leader of the terrorist group, Otosan (Sonny Chiba), where she was brainwashed and trained to become an elite assassin. For this assassination attempt, she snuck into airport as a reporter in order to get close to her target.
      While the Hong Kong police was spending great efforts solving the case, Otosan also secretly leads his organization into Hong Kong as he was unsatisfied with the previous assassination and plans to take action himself. Under his command, his underlings murder Yiu's wife, Monica (Chan Lik), and kidnap his son, Joe (Jacky Wong), in order to blackmail Yiu to killing Jade. Yiu helplessly executes Otosan's command and shoots and hijacks Jade, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, when she was being escorted by his team of CID, leading him to become a wanting criminal.
      While avoiding being hunted by the police, Yiu also struggles to find the whereabouts of Otosan to save his kidnapped son. While on the process of pursuing Otosan with Yiu, Jade gradually regains her memory and reveals to Yiu that Otosan has planted a mole in the police force - Cheung. However, Yiu and Jade were puzzled by the question of why Cheung did not carry out the assassination of Yung since he was in charge of protecting him for his stay in Hong Kong but Jade was chosen instead.


      Cast


      Simon Yam as Superintendent Charles Cheung
      Alex Fong as Chief Inspector Tim Yiu
      Hisako Shirata as Jade
      Sonny Chiba as Otosan
      Edwin Siu as Jack Chan
      Crystal Kwok as Ada Chan
      Samuel Pang as Glen
      Eddy Ko as Police Commander Fung
      Lam Suet as Mendosa
      Joe Cheung as Senior Officer Kent Yung
      Alexander Chan as Officer Ken Ma
      Zac Ko as Motoki
      Wong Mei-yin as Tina
      Chan Man-lei as Uncle Suen
      Lee Lam-yan as Marco
      Roderick Lam as Ken
      Johnnie Guy as Ronald Smith
      Law Yau-kuen as Kent Yung's secretary
      Jacky Wong as Joe
      Mark Le Gartha as Basung Kawoma
      Mark Zetterlund as Luther
      Murata Hiroki as Daiki
      Ho Sze-ting as Lina
      Chan Lik as Monica
      Lau Ching-lam as Hoko Mart
      Kamiyama Norihisa as Jade's father
      Risa Kosetsuki as Jade's mother
      Lam Kwok-kit as Smith's bodyguard
      Rick Smith as Macau official
      Kawoma as Ahmed
      Alan Ng as Glen's man
      Benjamin Yuen as Glen's man
      Suzuki Taukya as Otosan's man
      Nishimura Shin as Otosan's man
      Paul Logan as Otosan's man
      Lau Tin-lung as Otosan's man
      Luk Chun-kwong as Otosan's man
      Alex Cheng as Otosan's man
      Pang Wai-ming as Tom's subordinate
      fong Chi-kui as Tom's subordinate
      Woo Shui-chuen as Tom's subordinate
      Lau Hing-kuen as Tom's subordinate
      Adam Chan as Charles's subordinate
      Vincent Chik as Charles's subordinate
      Lee Miu-mak as Charles's subordinate
      Wong Chun-man as Otosan's bodyguard
      Tony Lui as Priest
      John Cheung as Neurologist treating Jade
      Ng Kim-wai as Underground doctor
      Che Kim-fai as Macau's special force
      Luk Man-wai as Macau's special force
      Eddie Che as Macau's special force
      Wong Ho-kwan as Macau's special force
      Wong Kin-chung as Macau's special force
      Cheng Wai-kei as Airport police
      Yip Seung-hung as Airport police
      Victy Wong as Special force driver
      Lui Siu-ming as Special force driver
      Joyce as Newscaster
      Hon Ping


      Reception




      = Critical

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      Andrew Chan of the Film Critics Circle of Australia rated the film a score of 8.75/10 and praised the film's plot and acting and director Sam Leong's original use of camera angles and shots. LoveHKFilm praises the performances of Simon Yam, Alex Fong and Hisako Shirata, the films' pacing, tone and emotions but criticizes the inconsistent language but overall, considers the film engaging. Beyond Hollywood praises the film's action sequences, but criticizes its predictable and unoriginal plot and the casting choice of Shirata.


      = Box office

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      The film grossed HK$346,565 during its theatrical run from 4 to 24 November 2004.


      References




      External links


      Explosive City at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
      Explosive City at Hong Kong Cinemagic
      Explosive City at IMDb

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