Gangland Odyssey (1990) | Hong Kong Movie World film review

Gangland Odyssey (1990)

Golden Sun Light Production Co., Ltd.

Cast: Chan Wai Man, Alex Man, Andy Lau, Kelly Yiu, Regina Kent, Luk Chuen, Shing Fui On,

Ng Man Tat, Roger Ball, Fang Yeh, Shaw Yin Yin, Ridley Tsui, James Ha, Ricky Kwong

Cameo: Alan Tang

Production Manager: Sun Chung Executive Producer: S.K. Yuen

Producer: H. Kim, Dicky Yuen Director: Chan Wai Man

Genre: Drama | Action | Triad

Fen Chiu Hung (Alex Man) is a retired San Francisco cop who goes to Hong Kong to rescue

the kidnapped son of his former gwailo business associate Mr. Brown (Roger Ball). Fen loves

karaoke club owner Shirley (Kelly Yiu), but she is secretly married to gangster Brother Pu

(Chan Wai Man), who years ago fled to Japan to avoid retaliation for his killing of a rival HK

gangster. Shirley has a daughter Cindy (Regina Kent), who is dating Alex's jovial friend Che

(Andy Lau). Che is an employee of the wealthy Mr. Brown, who is married to a Chinese lady

(played by a frumpy looking Shaw Yin Yin).
After Fen and Che bravely rescue the kid from his Japanese captors, their gang boss Mr.

Nakamura (Luk Chuen) swears revenge for his men who were killed in the raid.
Pu has joined the Japanese triad societies, and now works for Nakamura, who flies him back

to Hong Kong to kill Fen.

Andy Lau flips the bird shocked gwailo reacting to the bird
Gangland Odyssey is a decent mob movie, directed by veteran actor Chan Wai Man, who

should know a thing or two about the subject. Despite a cheap keyboard soundtrack, the acting

is adequate and there are several engaging action scenes.
It also contains a somewhat disturbing scene of dog fight gambling, in which two slobbering pit

bulls are filmed in a savage battle of jaws and paws. Yet the most notable aspect of the film is

it's openly anti-foreigner rhetoric- both the British and Japanese are characterized as being

without honor or righteousness. The culmination of this sentiment is best expressed when

Andy Lau confronts the bearded gwailo betrayer Mr. Brown and, giving him the finger, says,

"F**K YOU!!" See, Andy's bilingual.

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