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The
Kozo in Hong Kong Challenge |
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The
following feature originated back in 2002, when the
webmaster visited Hong Kong
and took all sorts of pictures related—either directly
or tangentially—to actual Hong Kong Cinema locations.
He also challenged
the readers to find other esoteric HK movie locations
during their own trips to Hong Kong. These are the results
of that challenge. |
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• The
alleyway from PTU - submitted by Ryan Passmore
3/2004
• Bangkok Chinatown from The Legend
of Speed - submitted by Daniel Lavoie 6/2004
• Shaw
Brothers set seen in Royal Tramp - submitted
by Dr. Sean Tierney 7/2004
• View
from the Tsing Ma Bridge as seen in Heroic Duo
- submitted by Dr. Sean Tierney 7/2004
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The alleyway from PTU
submitted by Ryan Passmore
Reader Ryan Passmore submitted this shot he took of
an alley off Queen's Road in Central (near the Tourist
Information Centre). Ryan states that he is 95% sure
it's the same alley that Lam Suet lost his gun in
during the early minutes of Johnnie To's PTU.
We tend to agree.
The real
location as taken by Ryan Passmore >>
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<< A scene
from PTU. It seems that Ryan's picture
was taken farther down the alley than this screenshot
was, though the similar architecture and layout
seems to suggest we have a match. |
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<< Another
scene from PTU. While the screenshot is
again more shallow than Ryan's picture, the tiling
on the floor seems to be the same. Nice find,
Ryan! |
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Bangkok Chinatown
from
The Legend
of Speed
submitted by Daniel Lavoie
Reader Daniel Lavoie submitted this picture, which
doesn't qualify as Hong Kong, but certainly is a distinctive
location from a Hong Kong film. In this case, the
flick is the kickass Ekin Cheng street racing flick
The Legend of Speed. In the featured sequence,
Sky (Cheng) has just checked into a Bangkok hotel
in search of his long-lost dad (Blackie Ko). The location
is also featured in a sequence where Cheng stabs Moses
Chan Ho with an AIDS-infected syringe, but we've decided
not to take screenshots of that part.
The real
location as taken by Daniel Lavoie>>
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Actual
shots from the film, which show the same signs
and buildings. We also get fine views of Ekin
Cheng's magnificent, god-like hair.
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The Shaw Brothers set as seen in
Royal Tramp
submitted by Sean Tierney
In 2002, Sean Tierney had a chance to tour the Shaw
Brothers sets and happened to snap a photo in front
of this well-worn structure. As luck would have it,
the angle of his photo is almost identical to a scene
from the Stephen Chow film Royal Tramp! However,
the foot traffic was a lot thinner when Sean visited.
The real
location as taken by Sean Tierney>>
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<< The same
set location as seen in Stephen Chow's Royal
Tramp. By the way, that's Sean Tierney in
the above photo standing next to Dr. Cheung Pak-Tong,
head of Hong Kong Baptist University's Cinema
Department and director of Marianna. |
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View from the Tsing
Ma Bridge
as seen in Heroic
Duo
submitted by Sean Tierney
Reader Sean Tierney submitted the following find:
a view from the Tsing Ma Bridge identical to that
seen in the male bonding action flick Heroic Duo,
starring Leon Lai and Ekin Cheng. In the film sequence,
Officer Ken (Ekin Cheng) is escaping from the cops,
and jumps from the Tsing Ma Bridge to make good his
getaway. Please don't cry; he lives, and goes on to
rout the bad guys in ass-kicking, homoerotic fashion.
The real
location as taken by Sean Tierney>>
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<< A scene
from Heroic Duo. At first glance, one might
think it's an exact copy of the above picture
made murky to better imitate a DVD screen capture.
However, the water trail left by the boat disproves
that theory. HA! |
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<< Another
shot from the same scene in Heroic Duo.
This is a pullback shot revealing part of the
Tsing Ma Bridge and, in the lower right hand corner,
Ekin Cheng as Officer Ken! Yes, that's Ekin Cheng.
It's not some guy in a suit pretending to be Ekin
Cheng; it's really him. If you doubt us, go buy
a copy and see for yourself. It's better than
For Bad Boys Only. |
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