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Enter the Phoenix

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Enter the Phoenix
Directed byStephen Fung
Written byStory:
Stephen Fung
Screenplay:
Stephen Fung
Law Yiu-Fai
Helen To
Produced byWillie Chan
Jackie Chan
Solon So
StarringEason Chan
Daniel Wu
Karen Mok
Stephen Fung
CinematographyChow Lin-Yau
Poon Hang-Sang
Edited byCurran Pang
Distributed byJCE Movies Limited
Release date
  • April 8, 2004 (2004-04-08) (Hong Kong)
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese

Enter the Phoenix (Chinese: 大佬愛美麗, Daai lo oi mei lai, literally "Big brother loves beauty") is a 2004 Hong Kong film directed by Stephen Fung.

Plot

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When gang master Hung died, his two followers Cheung and Chapman To were sent to Thailand to look for his son, Georgie Hung, to succeed him. Georgie, who is gay and lives as a cook with his boyfriend Frankie, is uninterested to continue his father's work. But his close friend Sam, adored the life of a gangster and took his position instead. Sam and Georgie thus returned to Hong Kong with their identities swapped.

Upon returning, they discovered that Hung had accidentally killed Cheng Chow's father and now Cheng Chow, a leading gangster of a friendly gang, led by Chan Wai-Man, is looking to avenge for his father's death.

Meanwhile, Chan Wai-Man wanted to let his daughter Julie to marry Sam in order to strengthen the bond between the two gangs. Sam initially agrees but later changed his mind when he discovered that Julie is not in love with him.

Finally, Cheng Chow kidnapped both Julie and Sam and forced Georgie to lead his gang on a rescue mission. Georgie, with help from Julie and Sam, defeated Cheng Chow in the final battle and told him to accept the fact that his father's death was an accident. Then Cheng Chow saved Georgie when one of his men tried to take his life.

Julie and Sam fell in love during the kidnapping and decided to get married while Sam and Georgie took joint leadership of the gang.

Full cast

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See also

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