Motorway (film)

2012 Hong Kong film by Soi Cheang

Motorway

Directed by| Cheang Pou-soi
Screenplay by| Joey O'Bryan
Szeto Kam-Yuen
Francis Fung
Story by| Joey O'Bryan
Produced by| Johnnie To
Starring|

* Shawn Yue
* Anthony Wong
* Guo Xiaodong

Cinematography| Fung Yuen-man
Tse Chung-to
Edited by| Allen Leung
Music by| Alex Gopher
Xavier Jamaux

Production
companies

Media Asia Films
Sil-Metropole Organisation
Milkyway Image

Distributed by| Media Asia Distribution

Release date

* 21 June 2012 (2012-06-21)

Running time

| 90 minutes
Country| Hong Kong
Languages| Cantonese
Mandarin
Box office| HK$14,766,493

Motorway (Chinese: 車手) is a 2012 Hong Kong action film directed by Cheang Pou-soi and starring Shawn Yue, Anthony Wong and Guo Xiaodong.

## Cast

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* Shawn Yue as Cheung
* Anthony Wong as Lo
* Guo Xiaodong as Sun
* Gordon Lam as Chong
* Barbie Hsu as Yee
* Josie Ho as Wei
* Michelle Ye as Mrs. Lo

## Reception

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### Critical reception

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Variety's Maggie Lee wrote, "Cruising pleasantly until a gripping midfilm turning point, the pic only goes full-throttle in the final payoff, with car chases designed to impress the discerning. To's fans and Asian markets will drive sales traffic."[1]

### Accolades

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Year  | Ceremony  | Category  | Nominee(s)  | Result  | Ref

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2012  | Golden Horse Awards | Best Action Choreography  | Chin Ka-lok, Wong Wai-fai, Ng Hoi-tong  | Won  |
2013  | Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Film | Motorway | Nominated  |
Best Director | Cheang Pou-soi | Nominated  |
Best Film Editing | David Richardson, Allen Leung  | Nominated  |
Best Action Choreography | Chin Ka-lok, Wong Wai-fai, Ng Hoi-tong  | Nominated  |
Best Sound Design | Benny Chu, Steve Miller  | Nominated  |
Best Visual Effects | Law Wai-ho, Hellowing Cheung  | Nominated  |

## References

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1. ^ "Motorway (Che sau) (Hong Kong)" By MAGGIE LEE. Variety. 11 June 2012.

## External links

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* Motorway at IMDb
* Motorway at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
* Motorway at Rotten Tomatoes

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Films directed by Soi Cheang

* The Death Curse (2003)
* Home Sweet Home (2005)
* Dog Bite Dog (2006)
* Shamo (2008)
* Accident (2009)
* Motorway (2012)
* The Monkey King (2014)
* SPL II: A Time for Consequences (2015)
* The Monkey King 2 (2016)
* The Monkey King 3 (2018)
* Limbo (2021)
* Mad Fate (2023)
* Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024)

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