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'City War' is a 1988 Hong Kong crime action film directed by Suen Chung and starring Chow Yun-fat and Ti Lung in their third collaboration after 'A Better Tomorrow' 1 and 2.

Plot



This Hong Kong crime thriller stars Chow Yun-Fat and Ti Lung as two cops who must hunt down Chu, a crime boss who has just been released from prison and is out for revenge against the mismatched partners. Dick Lee (Chow Yun-fat) and Ken Chow (Ti Lung) are two police officers and are friends. Dick Lee is a negotiator who is a humorous and easy going. Ken Chow is a hot tempered cop who hates evil as his enemy and advocates violence for violence. Drug lord Ted Yiu, who was imprisoned by Ken two years ago, was released from prison and Ken's former partner Ho Ka Ting is mysteriously killed. Later, Ted also laid traps to trick Ken, which cause his disciplinary punishment by the police and later sends killers to threaten Ken's life and kill his family. On the other hand, Dick incidentally meets Penny, who is Ted's lover. A tangled conflict later brakes off in the city.

Cast



This is a list of cast.

*Chow Yun-fat as Dick Lee

*Ti Lung as Ken Chow

*Tien Niu as Penny

*Norman Chui as Ted Yiu

*Mary Hon as Fan

*Teresa Carpio as Teresa

*Lo Lieh as Boss Kuen

*Lee Ka-ting as Assistant Chief Officer Ho Ka-ting

*Michael Chow as Bobby

*Ricky Wong as Sergeant Wu

*Law Ching-ho as bartender

*Chan Chi-fai as Ted's thug

*Robin Shou as Ted's hired killer

*John Ladalski as arms smuggler

*Eddie Maher as arms smuggler's assistant

*Ng Hong-sang as man who gives guns to Dick Lee

*Wong Chi-ming as cop

*Leung Kam-san as cop

*Yee Tin-hung as cop in shower room

*Chiu Chun-chiu as cop

*Wong Lik as cop

*Lee Fat-yuen as cop in flashback

*Tse Wai-kit as teenage shoplifter

*Lam Kai-wing as killer with female partner

*Chow Wing

*Leung Wai-hung

*Robert Mak

*Alan Chan

*Tang Mei-mei

*Lin Li-na

*Chau Hou-yin

*Kwok Siu-kei

*John Ching

*Wong Chi-wai

*Jackson Ng

*Wan Seung-lam

*Lam Foo-wai

*Jim James as gweilo at the bar

Box office



The film grossed HK$13,230,754 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 21 December 1988 to 27 January 1989 in Hong Kong.

Theme song



*'Melting You and Me' ()

**Composer: Michael Lai

**Lyricist: Wong Jim

**Singer: Anita Mui

See also



*Chow Yun-fat filmography

References




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