Triple Tap
Cheung wong chi wong
Hong Kong
2010
118 Min
Color
2.35:1
Cantonese
Synopsis
Champion competitive marksman Ken comes across an armored van robbery. He sees a policeman held hostage and shoots and kills four of the robbers. One of the robbers escapes and the policeman survives. The case is handled by Jerry Chang, whom Ken knows from having recently beaten him in a shooting match. —IMDb
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Derek Yee
Derek Yee Tung-sing (simplified Chinese: 尔冬升; traditional Chinese: 爾冬陞; Mandarin Pinyin: Ěr Dōngshēng; Jyutping: Yee5 Tung1 Sing1), born in 1957, is a former Shaw Brothers actor from Hong Kong, currently a film director and screenwriter, who has achieved fame and respect in Hong Kong and international film festival circuits for treading carefully commercial viability concerns with artistic integrity. He is the younger half-brother of famed Hong Kong actors Paul Chun and David Chiang, the latter also a former Shaw Brothers star.
Yee has starred in over 40 movies in Hong Kong between 1975 and 1986, during the time when Shaw Brothers Studio were still producing movies. Since then Yee turned to screenwriting and directing and has made a career out of making films like C’est la vie, mon chéri, Viva Erotica and The Truth About Jane and Sam and also gritty dramas like One Night in Mongkok and Protégé.
Derek Yee was a former boyfriend of Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung. —Wikipedia… read more
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AFFD 2011: TRIPLE TAP Review
By Twitchfilm.com on December 16, 2011
Harkening back to the golden era of Hong Kong cops ‘n’ criminals flicks, Derek Yee’s Triple Tap kicks off with not one, but two high-adrenaline action sequences before settling down to tell its story
TRIPLE TAP Blu-ray Review
By Twitchfilm.com on December 4, 2011
Director Derek Yee teams up with regular collaborators Daniel Wu and Louis Koo for another tense Hong Kong crime drama in Triple Tap. The film follows a pair or expert sharp shooters unexpectedly pitted
Full Trailer For Derek Yee's TRIPLE TAP
By Twitchfilm.com on April 30, 2011
It’s from one of the acknowledged leaders of current Hong Kong film. It features an all star cast. It also features reportedly thousands of rounds fired. So why am I not more excited about Derek Yee’s
Louis Koo and Daniel Wu go All OK Corral in Derek Yee's 槍王之王 (Triple Tap)
By Twitchfilm.com on April 30, 2011
We previously mentioned Derek Yee’s upcoming gun bonanza thriller 槍王之王 (Triple Tap), starring Louis Koo, Daniel W, Charlene Choi and Li Bingbing, which recently completed its shoot in utmost secrecy. And
Derek Yee Fires "Tens Of Thousands Of Bullets" Creating The Perfect Action Scenes For TRIPLE TAP.
By Twitchfilm.com on April 30, 2011
Well, well. After waging a very public PR battle around his Jackie Chan starring drama The Shinjuku Incident – a battle he lost with the film being banned in mainland China and released in a cut version
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