Ah Kam (1997)
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After wowing audiences both in Hong Kong and abroad with her jaw-dropping stunts during Supercop, Michelle Yeoh stars in this melodrama -- directed by Ann Hui -- about a stuntwoman struggling to survive in Hong Kong's notoriously cutthroat film industry. Kam (Yeoh) is a fearless stunt double… More After wowing audiences both in Hong Kong and abroad with her jaw-dropping stunts during Supercop, Michelle Yeoh stars in this melodrama -- directed by Ann Hui -- about a stuntwoman struggling to survive in Hong Kong's notoriously cutthroat film industry. Kam (Yeoh) is a fearless stunt double trying to gain the respect of a ornery, battle-worn action director known only as "the Chief" (Sammo Hung). Though a father-daughter relationship of sorts eventually forms between the two, their relationship to the craft of stunts is complicated. Kam gets pulled away from her profession first through a bad relationship and then through looking after the Chief's kid Long (Jimmy Wong). The Chief, in turn, gets killed during a scuffle with the Hong Kong triads. This film, however, is perhaps best remembered because of a serious injury Michelle Yeoh incurred when she misjudged an 18-foot jump from a bridge to a truck. In venerable Hong Kong cinema fashion, the outtakes of Yeoh's brush with death are included as the film's end. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ann Hui
- Genres
- Art House & International, Action & Adventure
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 10, 1996 Wide
- On DVD
- Oct 21, 2003
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Cast
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Kent Cheng
as Blackjack
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Richard Ng
as Cop
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Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
as Tung
- Crystal Kwok
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Mang Hoi
as Copy
- Manfred Wong
- Rain Lau
- Michael Lam
- Lawrence Ah Mon
- Ho Yim
- Nick Cheung Ka-Fai
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Ken Lo
as Ah Long
- Satoshi Okada
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Michelle Yeoh
as Ah Kam
- Paco Yik
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Jimmy Wong
as Sam
- Hoi Mang
- Jimmy Wong Ga Lok
- Nick Cheung
