Lung joi bin yuen (1999)

Lung joi bin yuen: Directed by Clarence Fok. With Andy Lau, Louis Koo, Patrick Tam, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong. Five years ago, Shing, an outstanding trainee at the police academy, was hand-picked to go under cover in the Hung Hing triad. There, he became close friends with their toughest leader Fei Lung. When territorial war breaks out between Fei Lung’s buddy Leopard and a rival gang led by Tall Guy, Shing comes into contact with White Head, another undercover cop. Soon, Shing is caught between the need to protect White Head, and his loyalty toward Fei Lung.

“Oddly enough with my fascination and love for the Hong Kong cinema, then I never heard about u0026quot;Century of the Dragonu0026quot; (aka u0026quot;Lung joi bin yuenu0026quot;) before now in 2021 as I sat down to watch it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOne might argue for or against u0026quot;Century of the Dragonu0026quot; being just another triad and undercover police movie, but there is just something to the storyline that sets u0026quot;Century of the Dragonu0026quot; aside from the myriad of similar movies that flooded the Hong Kong cinema during the 1990s.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe storyline was pretty good, although it essentially was just another undercover police officer sent into the Triads movie. But the pacing of the story from writer Jing Wong in the hands of director Clarence Fok made it work out quite well, and saved it from slumping into being just another undercover cop in the Triads movie. Thankfully it didnu0026#39;t end up that way.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd I will say that the storyline does have enough turns along the way to remain interesting and thus preventing from becoming a generic and predictable one. So thumbs up to writer Jing Wong for that. There is a great combination of action, drama and suspense to the storyline to add variation to the movie as you watch it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSomething that definitely helped u0026quot;Century of the Dragonu0026quot; stand out was the cast ensemble, which included Hong Kong heavy weight actors Andy Lau, Louis Koo and Anthony Chau-Sang Wong. I must say that I really think Anthony Chau-Sang Wong is so well-cast for movies as this, just a shame that his character didnu0026#39;t have more on-screen time.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you enjoy the undercover cops and Triads movies, then I can warmly recommend that you sit down to watch u0026quot;Century of the Dragonu0026quot;, especially if you enjoy Hong Kong movies.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy rating of u0026quot;Century of the Dragonu0026quot; settles on a six out of ten stars. Definitely well-worth a watch.”