The best Shing Fui-On’s action movies

Shing Fui-On

Shing Fui-On

01/02/1955- 27/08/2009
We present our ranking of the best Shing Fui-On’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 Shing Fui-On.
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The Killer

The Killer
7.8/10
Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey chooses to retire after one last job to pay for his unintended victim's sight-restoring operation. But when Jeffrey is double-crossed, he reluctantly joins forces with a rogue policeman to make things right.

A Better Tomorrow II

A Better Tomorrow II
7.2/10
A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter.

A Better Tomorrow

A Better Tomorrow
7.4/10
A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.

God of Gamblers

God of Gamblers
7.2/10
Chow Yun-Fat plays Ko Chun, an extremely talented and well known gambler. On the eve of a big confrontation with a famous Singaporean gambler, Ko walks into a trap set by Knife, an avid but a so-so gambler (Andy Lau), meant for an Indian servant. Struck on the head, Ko suffers from amnesia and regresses to a child-like state. Knife takes care of Ko and begins to exploit Ko's gambling talents.

Dragons Forever

Dragons Forever
7.1/10
A hot-shot lawyer is hired by a Hong Kong chemical plant to dispose of opposition to their polluting ways. But when he falls for a beautiful woman out to stop the plant, he is torn in a conflict of interest and asks his trusty friends Samo and Biao to help out at least until they discover the true purpose of the plant.

Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt
6.3/10
In order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic Jackie Chan has to beat a super-criminal street racer.

The Unmatchable Match

The Unmatchable Match
6.2/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 11/05/1990
  • Character: Guts
Chow is an undercover cop who must befriend former triad kingpin Chan Wai-Man to investigate a brutal diamond heist. It turns out that Chan is innocent of the theft, but not of the fencing of the stolen goods

Legacy of Rage

Legacy of Rage
6/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 20/12/1986
  • Character: Fool
Brandon plays Brandon Ma, a regular working Joe who holds down two jobs, so he can support his girlfriend May and his dream of owning a motorcycle. Brandon's best friend is Michael, an ambitious and murderous dope peddler. Michael covets May and so he comes up with a plan that will win her for him, and solves a problem he's been having. It seems that an undercover cop named Sharky has been using his police connections to dominate the local cocaine trade, so Michael has him killed and uses Brandon as the fall guy. Brandon goes to jail, though he thinks that he will be released soon thanks to the efforts of his good buddy Michael. Eight years later Brandon finally gets out of jail and vows revenge.

God of Gamblers II

God of Gamblers II
6.8/10
  • Genre: ActionComedy
  • Release: 13/12/1990
  • Character: Brother Kau
Wong Jing's sequel to All for the Winner and spin-off to God of Gamblers finds Chow Sing Cho looking up to Michael "Dagger" Chan in order to become Ko Chun's next disciple, but the two must put aside their differences when they discover that a gang boss is bent on ruining the God of Gamblers' name.

Tiger on the Beat

Tiger on the Beat
6.9/10
A seasoned cop and his rookie partner are a pair of mismatched partners in this Hong Kong action-comedy in the style of 'Lethal Weapon'. The wacky twosome are up in arms as they try to solve the murder of a heroin trafficker.

Legend of the Dragon

Legend of the Dragon
6.4/10
  • Genre: ActionComedy
  • Release: 07/03/1991
  • Character: Fong's man
Chow plays a naive young kung fu student who leaves his rural home on a small island to find his fortune in Hong Kong under the dubious guidance of his uncle (Leung Kar Yan) who cons him into using his natural skills as a snooker player for financial gain. This film also starred six-time world snooker finalist Jimmy White as Chow’s final opponent.

The Detective

The Detective
6.6/10
A private detective is drawn into a complex murder mystery when he is hired to track down a missing young woman.

The Inspector Wears Skirts

The Inspector Wears Skirts
6/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 03/06/1988
  • Character: Robber
The film revolves around a crack squad of female police officers who have to deal with harassment and a lack of respect from their male colleagues, personal issues as well as some serious criminals.

Fist of Fury 1991

Fist of Fury 1991
6.5/10
  • Genre: ActionComedy
  • Release: 23/03/1991
  • Character: Master Chiu Tung
Amusing homage to Bruce Lee's martial arts classic featuring a young Stephen Chow. The story is about Sing (Stephen Chow), a Mainlander who came to Hong Kong (doesn’t it sound familiar?) to find his cousin. He meets up with Siu (Kenny Bee) and hook up with various kung fu schools, in the hope of winning a $10 million dollar prize from a fighting competition.

Just Heroes

Just Heroes
6.4/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 14/09/1989
  • Character: Wah
The assassination of a gang lord triggers a power struggle amongst his men. Who will win the game the righteous or the villain?

Rock on Fire

Rock on Fire
5.7/10
Some dope cops trying to bust the "Big Boss", but faces stiff opposition in the form of his fiery minions.

Queen of Underworld

Queen of Underworld
5.3/10
Popular Hong Kong actress Amy Yip plays Sister Har -- a seminal figure in 1960s and '70s Hong Kong nightlife -- in this biographical film that follows the scenester's rise and fall from the upper echelons of society to the glamour and excess of Hong Kong's teeming underworld. A truly fascinating portrait of the allure and excess that were part of the fabric of Asia's favorite playground.

The Blue Jean Monster

The Blue Jean Monster
6.1/10
Joe, a police officer, has a happy life with his wife, who's pregnant. But one day when he gets a tip that a bank is about to be robbed, he rushes to it but killed. The hostage Gucci then holds the loot. Joe becomes a vampire when a black cat jumps on his body and is hit by lightning. Not until he is sent to the hospital when he passed out, does he notice he's dead and needs electric recharge to be alive. In order to keep his wife from being sad, he doesn't tell her the truth. Even when his best friend Fung and Gucci find it out, he asks them to keep in secret. To get back the loot, the robbers seize both Gucci and Joe's wife, forcing Joe to bring the loot to exchange them. Along with Fung, Joe goes to rescue Gucci and his wife, while his wife delivers a baby. After a severe fight against the robbers, Joe finally wins but drops down as he runs out of his electric power...

My Flying Wife

My Flying Wife
5.7/10
A woman who is in debt to loan sharks is about to commit suicide to escape her debts. Two ghosts are waiting to take her soul when she dies, but at the last moment she is rescued by a member of the loan shark gang who is in love with her. The ghosts, angry at being deprived of a soul, take their vengeance on the gang.

Burning Ambition

Burning Ambition
6.6/10
This is director/martial arts star Frankie Chan's unofficial remake of the Kinji Fukasaku film SHOGUN'S SAMURAI (1978). Instead of Japanese samurai in a period setting, we get modern day Chinese gangsters battling each other for the position left vacant after the mysterious death of their head honcho.

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