Return Engagement (1990 film)

For other uses, see Return Engagement.

Return Engagement, also known as Hong Kong Corruptor is a 1990 Hong Kong action drama film directed by Joe Cheung and starring Alan Tang, Elizabeth Lee, May Lo and Simon Yam, with a guest appearance by Andy Lau.

Return Engagement
DVD cover
Traditional Chinese	再戰江湖
Simplified Chinese	再战江湖
Hanyu Pinyin	Zài Zhàn Jiāng Hú
Jyutping	Zoi3 Zin3 Gong1 Wu4
Directed by	Joe Cheung
Written by	Wong Kar-wai Joe Cheung
Produced by	Alan Tang
Starring	Alan Tang Elizabeth Lee May Lo Simon Yam Andy Lau
Cinematography	Tom Lau Jimmy Leung Christopher Doyle Andrew Lau
Edited by	Poon Hung
Music by	Violet Lam
Production company	In-Gear Film Production Co., Ltd.
Distributed by	Golden Princess Amusement
Release date	17 March 1990 (1990-03-17)
Running time	109 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Languages	Cantonese English
Box office	HK$11,214,680

Plot

Return Engagement tells the story of Lung (Alan Tang), a Triad boss who is sent to prison in Canada. While he is in jail his daughter is taken to Hong Kong to keep her safe. On his release Lung travels to Hong Kong to find his daughter where he meets a young Triad, Wah (Andy Lau) who knows of his reputation and respects him greatly.

Alternate versions

The film was released on VHS in North America as Hong Kong Corruptor, featuring an unrelated scene with Chow Yun-fat. This meant to cash in on the success of American film debuts made by Asian filmmakers, such as John Woo as well as superstars such as Chow Yun-Fat.

Cast

• Alan Tang as Lung Ho-tin
• Andy Lau as Wah (guest appearance)
• Simon Yam as Lee Pang
• Elizabeth Lee as Tsim Siu-fung
• Carrie Ng as Lung's wife
• Ku Feng as Uncle Hung
• Melvin Wong as Officer Wong
• Dennis Chan as Hotel manager
• May Lo as Little Lung
• David Wu as David
• Chang Yi as Toilet repairman
• Anthony Pa as Lee Pang's thug

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