I Corrupt All Cops | |
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Directed by | Wong Jing |
Written by | Wong Jing |
Produced by | Cheung Hong Tat Wong Jing Zhang Hao |
Starring | Tony Leung Ka-fai Anthony Wong Eason Chan Bowie Lam |
Cinematography | Keung Kwok Man Ng King Man |
Edited by | Li Kar Wing |
Music by | Raymond Wong |
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Distributed by | Mega-Vision Pictures (MVP) |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
I Corrupt All Cops (simplified Chinese: 金钱帝国; traditional Chinese: 金錢帝國 is a 2009 Hong Kong crime drama film directed by Wong Jing. The English initials of the film spells out ICAC.
Plot
During the time Hong Kong was under British rule, there was a dark age when corruption and bribery were the order of the day. Chinese Chief Sergeant Lak (Tony Leung Ka-fai) together with his gang, Unicorn (Anthony Wong), Gale (Eason Chan) and Gold (Wong Jing) laundered massive sums thereby making Hong Kong an empire of graft. Whenever they failed to apprehend the felons, Unicorn would get innocent victims, like Bong (Alex Fong), to admit to the crimes.
Gale had nine "wives", all of whom were actually mistresses of other constables. Only Lily (Kate Tsui) was loyal to him, but Gale was fascinated by the female drug lord, Rose (Liu Yang). Lak was found having an affair with Unicorn's mistress (Natalie Meng Yao). Unicorn beat up Lak and was demoted to stand guard at a reservoir.
In the early 1970s, the Governor of Hong Kong decided to clean up the police force. The ICAC was established, whose operation branch was headed by Yim (Bowie Lam). Bong and Unicorn also joined the ICAC. Despite threats of violence and intimidation, they managed to bring about the downfall of the empire of graft.
Cast
- Tony Leung Ka-fai - Chief Sergeant Lak Chui
- Anthony Wong - Unicorn Tang, ex police officer and ICAC Sergeant
- Eason Chan - Senior Corporal, Gale Chan
- Bowie Lam - ICAC Head of Operation, Inspector Yim
- Alex Fong - Bong, ICAC Corporal
- Wong Jing - Gold, Lak Chui's money collector
- Kate Tsui - Lily
- Kong Lin - Lak Chui's wife
- Natalie Meng Yao - Unicorn's mistress
- Liu Yang - Rose, female drug lord
- Paw Hee-Ching - Bong's mother
- Timmy Hung - Pastry, policeman
- Samuel Leung - Fai
- Simon Waikiss - Donald
- Alan Chui Chung-San - Limp
- Mars - Det. Sgt Major at meeting
- Johnny Cheung - Det. Sgt Major at meeting
Release
I Corrupt All Cops was released in Hong Kong theaters on 30 April 2009.[1] The U.S DVD edition of the film was released on 13 November 2009.[2] Special features included are trailers, making of and deleted scenes.
References
- ^ "I Corrupt All Cops Theater Release" (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ "I Corrupt All Cops (DVD) (US Version)". Retrieved 24 January 2010.
External links
- Gam chin dai gwok at IMDb
- I Corrupt All Cops at the Hong Kong Movie Database
- I Corrupt All Cops at the Hong Kong Cinemagic
- 2009 films
- 2009 crime drama films
- 2009 action films
- Hong Kong crime films
- Hong Kong action films
- Police detective films
- 2000s Cantonese-language films
- Films directed by Wong Jing
- Films set in Hong Kong
- Films shot in Hong Kong
- Films about police misconduct
- Films about police corruption
- Films about police brutality
- 2000s Hong Kong films
- Films scored by Raymond Wong
- 2000s Hong Kong film stubs
- 2000s crime drama film stubs