Run Papa Run

Yat kor ho ba ba

Hong Kong

2008

115 Min

Color

2.35:1

Cantonese, English, Thai

Currently 2.7/5 Stars.
1
2
3
4
5

EXEC Jackie Chan, Willie Chan, Albert Yeung

SCR Susan Chan, Sylvia Chang, Woo Yan-Wai

CAST Louis Koo, Nora Miao, Rene Liu, Liu Yihan, Mok Siu Chung, Lam Suet, Ti Lung, Shaun Tam, Michael Chan Wai-man, Kent Cheng, Conroy Chan, Shaw Yin Yin, Fruit Chan

MUSIC Kay Huang, Chung Hing-Man

Run Papa Run is a bit of a different take on the usual Hong Kong gangster movie shenanigans. In the film, Louis Koo plays Lee, a young man who finds father figures in the Triads his mother (Nora Miao) takes care of in her underground clinic. Despite his mother’s objections, Lee joins the local gang, and soon becomes one of the most powerful gangsters in Hong Kong.
However, things are turned upside down for Lee soon after her meets a pretty lawyer named Mabel (Rene Liu). After getting Mabel pregnant and marrying her in a shotgun wedding, Lee finds himself wanting to be a “good” Triad for the sake of his daughter, Heiyi. Of course, it isn’t so easy for a hardened gangster to be a nice guy, and Lee must try to balance the needs of both of his “families”.
-Hkfilm.net