The Family Strikes Back

1986 Hong Kong film by Dean Shek

The Family Strikes Back

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Traditional Chinese| 烏龍大家庭
Simplified Chinese| 乌龙大家庭
Hanyu Pinyin| Wū Lóng Dà Jiā Tíng
Jyutping| Wu1 Lung2 Daai6 Gaa Ting4
Directed by| Dean Shek
Screenplay by| Edward Lee
Produced by| Dean Shek
Starring| Dean Shek
Anglie Leung
Kwan Tak-hing
Gigi Lai
Gary Young Lim
Lau Tat-sang
Roy Chiao
Lee Heung-kam
Cho Tat-wah
Cinematography| Henry Chan
Edited by| Wong Ming-lam
Music by| Tony Lo

Production
company

Cinema City

Distributed by| Cinema City

Release date

* 27 March 1986 (1986-03-27)

Running time

| 85 minutes
Country| Hong Kong
Language| Cantonese
Box office| HK$7,229,517

The Family Strikes Back is a 1986 Hong Kong action comedy film produced, directed by and starring Dean Shek.[1]

The film focuses on a mad scientist who orders his assistants to kidnap victims for use in his experiments. When a martial artist and his assistant intervene in a kidnapping incident, a police inspector has the idea to employ the martial artist as an undercover agent for the police. The martial artist has to impersonate a Japanese ally of the villain.

## Plot

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Professor Kiu (Roy Chiao) is a mad scientist who developed mental disorders from grieving the death of his son. Kiu orders his assistants to kidnap men to his lab, located in a private container on a vessel, for experiments. Police inspector Uncle Wah (Cho Tat-wah) had sent his subordinates to gather evidence in the vessel, but failed to find any.

Shek La-mai (Dean Shek), an acrobatic performer working in a nightclub, has practiced martial arts since childhood and was a former commander of the Special Duties Unit before he was dismissed by the police force due to accusations of sadism. Shek is currently a single father of three children living a happy life.

One night during his performance, Shek and his protege, Lam Hong (Gary Lam), witnessed and intervened in a kidnapping incident by Kiu's henchmen, and the two became targets of Kiu. On the other hand, Uncle Wah discovers Shek's resemblance to a Japanese scientist named Toyota, who colluded with Kiu. Wah formulates a plan for Shek to act undercover as Toyota in order to gather evidence from Kiu's lab.

## Cast

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* Dean Shek as Shek La-mai
* Angile Leung as Vennila
* Kwan Tak-hing as Shek Fei-hung
* Gigi Lai as Shek Lai-chi
* Gary Young Lim as Lam Jan Hong
* Lau Tat-sang as Sonny
* Roy Chiao as Professor Kiu
* Lee Heung-kam as Kiu's wife
* Cho Tat-wah as Uncle Wah
* Pomson Shi as Luk
* Helen Chan as Helen
* Kam Shan as thug
* Hoi Sang Lee as Kiu's Henchman
* Sai Gwa-Pau as So
* Liu Chun-hung
* Kingson Shek as Cop
* Hui Ying-ying
* Yiu Yau-hung
* Wellington Fung as Manager
* Teddy Chan as Police Inspector
* Lau Shung-fung
* Lo Wing
* Lo Hung
* Wong Lai-ching
* Fong Chow
* Wonh Kin-chow
* Pai Lan
* Wong On-tung
* Lim Chan
* Lee Yan-fai
* Robert Goodson as Police commissioner
* Barry Bullock as Inspector Kei
* Don Ferguson
* Jonathan Pine
* Roy Stanton
* Cliff Clark
* Chang Sing-kwong

## Box office

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The film grossed HK$7,229,517 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 27 March to 9 April 1986.[2]

## References

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1. ^ "Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild - Directors - Dean SHEK".
2. ^ The Family Strikes Back at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase

## External links

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* The Family Strikes Back at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
* The Family Strikes Back at Hong Kong Cinemagic
* The Family Strikes Back at IMDb