The best Melvin Wong Gam-Sam’s action movies

Melvin Wong Gam-Sam

Melvin Wong Gam-Sam

29/01/1946 (78 años)
We present our ranking of the best Melvin Wong Gam-Sam’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Melvin Wong Gam-Sam.
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Righting Wrongs

Righting Wrongs
7.1/10
Yuen Biao plays Jason Chan a lawyer, angry at the way the law seems to protect the bad guys, he decides to take the law into his own hands when a key witness and his entire family are murdered. but Cindy Si is soon on his case and it all spirals into a situation only a few will survive.

Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars

Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars
6.2/10
The third installment in the Lucky Stars series, following Winners and Sinners (1983) and My Lucky Stars (1985)... The team are released from prison to play detective in order to stop a ruthless gang from ruining their reputations, taking their lives, and that of a key witness in an upcoming trial. They must battle their way through and with the help of Muscles, take down the bad guys.

Eastern Condors

Eastern Condors
7.1/10
  • Genre: ActionWar
  • Release: 09/07/1987
  • Character: Colonel Yang
A motley group of Chinese prisoners held in the US is sent on a covert mission with the promise of a pardon: to go deep into Vietnam and destroy a secret depot of missiles that the US left behind during the pull-out.

Heart of Dragon

Heart of Dragon
6.3/10
A policeman forsakes his dream of world travel to care for a mentally impaired brother, who is later kidnapped by gangsters.

Yes, Madam!

Yes, Madam!
6.7/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 01/01/1985
  • Character: Wong
Asprin (Mang Hoi) and Strepsil (John Shum), two petty thieves who inadvertently become involved in a murder case when they steal items belonging to a murdered man. The man had hidden an important microfilm in his passport, which the thieves pass onto a forger friend Panadol (Tsui Hark). Inspector Ng (Michelle Yeoh) is assigned to the case, along with Inspector Morris (Cynthia Rothrock) from Scotland Yard! The investigation leads the cops to the bumbling crooks and soon they are on Triad leader Tin's (James Tien) tail, he will stop at nothing to get the incriminating film back and with his hitman and bodyguard (Dick Wei) at his side, he proves too much for the inspectors to catch using legal means, in frustration they give up their badges and go after Tin alone.

Let's Get Harry

Let's Get Harry
5.2/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 31/10/1986
  • Character: Kim Song
Harry Burck has been kidnapped by South American terrorists, and when the US Government refuses to intervene, Harry's friends decide to take matters into their own hands!

In the Line of Duty 3

In the Line of Duty 3
6.5/10
In a bloody beginning, a pair of stylish Japanese thieves steal some valuable gems. In a harrowing scene, during their escape, they kill the partner of a ruffled detective (think Columbo with a Chuck Barris hairdo). The detective swears revenge, and the thieves played by the athletic and lovely Michiko Nishiwaki and her terminally ill partner/lover played by Stuart Ong plan on going to Hong Kong, sell the loot, and buy weapons for the Red Army. All the while Cynthia, a rookie cop in Hong Kong, tries to get in on the action of the task force she has been assigned to, but unfortunately her superior is her uncle who wants to keep her out of harms way. The Japanese thieves and the detective trailing them, all make their way to Hong Kong, and Cynthia ends up entangled in the same mess with the detective, trying to bring the cold blooded and desperate thieves to justice. People on both sides are killed, leading to crossed paths of personal revenge, everyone out for each others blood.

The Blonde Fury

The Blonde Fury
6/10
  • Genre: ActionComedy
  • Release: 28/04/1989
  • Character: Sup't Melvin Wong
Cindy, an American FBI agent, travels to Hong Kong to investigate a newspaper editor, Ronny Dak, who is suspected of printing counterfeit money using the newspaper’s presses. The American teams up with a rival reporter and her friend Yu, an undercover law enforcer. Cindy’s investigation takes a sharp turn, however, when Yu’s father, the prosecuting lawyer in the counterfeiting case, is kidnapped.

Tiger On The Beat 2

Tiger On The Beat 2
5.8/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 10/02/1990
  • Character: Melvin
Lam, a cop approaching 40 but without much accomplishment, always wants to achieve something memorable before his retirement. He is obliged by his sister to find a decent Chinese girl for his nephew, Baffalo, who is an "American Born Chinese". But Baffalo has an eye for a sweetie, Ellen, who has accidentally witnessed a murder. The incident gets Lam, Baffalo and Ellen being involved in a ruthless underground arms smuggling ring, wich sends the killer to eliminate them.

The Inspector Wears Skirts II

The Inspector Wears Skirts II
5.4/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 28/01/1989
  • Character: Lo
Four new Banshee Squad Members join the Hong Kong Police Academy to undergo training supervised by Madam Wu. Their personalities don't click with the current Squad Members, resulting in petty arguments and duels. However, they later make peace with one another as they join the Tiger Squad Members, supervised by Inspector Kan, to undergo new training courses together and combine forces to take down a band of terrorists.

Challenge of the Gamesters

Challenge of the Gamesters
6.5/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 30/04/1981
  • Character: Lieutenant Guo Sheng
A forerunner to the new wave gambling films, this is one of Wong Jing's first hits--before he would go on to dominate Hong Kong cinema for the next two decades. Although rife with Japanese spies, Shanghai tycoons, beautiful starlets, and enough intrigue to keep 007 happy, Bond himself would be no match for the heroes' skill at mahjong and other games Hong Kong gamblers play--proving that the cube is often mightier than the baccarat card.

Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit

Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit
5.5/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 01/01/1989
  • Character: Boss's Aide
Two friends who own an investment firm turn to a policeman friend for help when they are framed for robbery by a gang of antiquities smugglers.

Return Engagement

Return Engagement
6.4/10
A well-known gangster is released from prison, and decides look for his daughter with the help of a troubled young woman.

We're Going to Eat You

We're Going to Eat You
6.5/10
A secret agent investigates a village that is populated by crazed, inbred cannibals.

Armageddon

Armageddon
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 11/10/1989
A gang of chinese criminals migrate to Hong Kong in search of easy pickings. After pulling a few jobs and killing of a couple of cops, they turn their sight on Tse Sui Luen Jewelry Company. But the robbery is miserably botched. Some of the crooks are tricked and killed by police super sleuth, Detective Yuen Shiu. The criminal boss vows vengeance on Yuen and his family.

Foxbat

Foxbat
5.1/10
In Hong Kong, a Chinese cook swallows a microfilm by accident and becomes a target.

Run and Kill

Run and Kill
6.7/10
A man (Fatty) returns home to find his wife with another man. He goes to a bar and begins to drink, waking up the next day to find that he owes a mafioso money for killing his wife. Not wanting to pay the money, he enlists a malitia organization only to find the leader a psychopath who seeks revenge on his brother, who the mafioso tortured. The psycho blames Fatty, and kills his mother and young daughter. Fatty must kill the psycho to survive.

The Black Panther Warriors

The Black Panther Warriors
5.3/10
A group of specialists are recruited to steal from a police station.

Dragon in Jail

Dragon in Jail
6/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 27/09/1990
  • Character: Prison officer
Andy Lau stars as a juvenile delinquent trying to escape life in the ghetto. After releasing from jail, he is bullied by a local tyrant, Ma Chao-wei, at last his jail mates help him to settle the problem. However, Ma takes revenge on him. His friendship with a rich jail mate (Ho Kar King) is his only way out!

The Occupant

The Occupant
5.2/10
The Occupant is about a young woman (Sally Yeh) who is trying to write a book/thesis on chinese superstitions. So she arrives in HK and rents a really cheap apartment. In the meantime, she befriends Raymond Wong's shady salesman desperate for a little R&R and Chow Yun Fatt's cop. Well, her apartment is haunted by the spirit of a deceased singer, hence the cheap rent.

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