Somebody Up There Likes Me (1996 film)

Somebody Up There Likes Me (Chinese: 浪漫風暴) is a 1996 Hong Kong action romance film directed by Patrick Leung and starring Aaron Kwok, Carmen Lee and a special appearance by Sammo Hung.

Somebody Up There Likes Me
DVD cover
Traditional Chinese	浪漫風暴
Simplified Chinese	浪漫风暴
Hanyu Pinyin	Làng Màn Fēng Bào
Jyutping	Long6 Maan6 Fung1 Bou6
Directed by	Patrick Leung
Screenplay by	Chan Hing-ka
Produced by	John Woo
Starring	Aaron Kwok Carmen Lee Sammo Hung
Cinematography	Arthur Wong Cheung Man-po
Edited by	David Wu
Music by	Dennie Wong
Production companies	Long Shong Pictures Milestone Films
Distributed by	Newport Entertainment
Release date	12 January 1996 (1996-01-12)
Running time	114 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$11,611,563

Plot

With encouragement from his girlfriend, Gloria (Carmen Lee), Ken Wong (Aaron Kwok), a rebellious and stubborn youth, decides to focus on kickboxing. During a match, Ken accidentally kills Gloria's older brother, Rocky (Michael Tong), and the two break up. Ken is unwilling to give up his kickboxing career and seeks tuition from kickboxing master, Black Jack Hung (Sammo Hung). He also manages to reconcile with Gloria, who supports Ken returning to the ring to complete her brother's wish to challenge Yamada Motokazu (Sawada Kenya), the kickboxing champion of Asia. Due to constantly suffering blows to his head, Ken's is physically traumatized and once able to defeat Yamada, he also collapses.

Cast

• Aaron Kwok as Ken Wong
• Carmen Lee as Gloria Chan
• Sammo Hung as Black Jack Hung (special appearance)
• Michael Tong as Rocky Chan
• Hilary Tsui as Pam^[1]
• May Law as Ken's mother
• Sawada Kenya as Yamamda Moyokazu
• Jun Kunimura as Yamada's manager
• Vincent Kok as Loud Boxing Spectator
• Clifton Ko as Pau
• Ann Hui as Teacher
• Lawrence Ah Mon as Doctor
• Bonnie Wong as Gloria and Rocky's mother
• Perry Chiu as Ken's sister
• Chan Tak-hing as Big B / Den
• Ken Lok as Pang
• Fruit Chan as Policeman
• Alan Mak as Policeman
• Benny Lam as Po
• Lee Man-piu as Ken's Former Master
• Winston Yeh as Keith Wong (Ken's father)
• Chang Yuk-chuen as Chuen

Box office

The film grossed HK$11,611,563 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 12 January to 14 February 1996 in Hong Kong.

Accolades

Accolades
Ceremony	Category	Recipient	Outcome
16th Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Cinematography	Arthur Wong	Nominated
	Best Film Editing	David Wu	Nominated

See also

• List of films about boxing
• Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956 film)