China Strike Force is a 2000

Hong Kong films of 2000

A list of films produced in Hong Kong in 2000:.-2000:-External links:* * Hong Kong films of 2000 at...

 Hong Kong action film

Hong Kong action cinema

Hong Kong action cinema is the principal source of the Hong Kong film industry's global fame. It combines elements from the action film, as codified by Hollywood, with Chinese storytelling and aesthetic traditions, to create a culturally distinctive form that nevertheless has a wide transcultural...

 starring Aaron Kwok

Aaron Kwok

Aaron Kwok Fu-shing is a Hong Kong singer, dancer and actor. He has been active since the 1980s to the present. The media refer to him, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings . Kwok's onstage dancing and displays is influenced by Michael Jackson...

, Norika Fujiwara

Norika Fujiwara

is a Japanese beauty queen, model and actress. She became Miss Japan in 1992 and was an exclusive model for CanCam magazine. She has appeared in various commercials and TV series and a number of films in Japan.-Career:...

, Leehom Wang and Ruby Lin

Ruby Lin

Ruby Lin is a Taiwanese actress and pop singer. Her English name is from her mother's love of the jewel.Lin made her acting debut in a TV commercial in Taiwan. When she received her first experience in front of the camera in 1995, for a minor role, she started to develop a passion for acting...

. It was directed by Stanley Tong

Stanley Tong

Stanley Tong is a film director from Hong Kong.According to IMDb , he customarily attempts stunts himself before asking actors to risk themselves...

 and written by Steven Whitney and Stanley Tong.

Synopsis

Two young Chinese Police Officers, Darren (Aaron Kwok

Aaron Kwok

Aaron Kwok Fu-shing is a Hong Kong singer, dancer and actor. He has been active since the 1980s to the present. The media refer to him, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings . Kwok's onstage dancing and displays is influenced by Michael Jackson...

) and Alex (Wang Lee Hom) investigate a murder they witnessed.

Production

China Strike Force was shot in both Mandarin and English. The director Stanley Tong

Stanley Tong

Stanley Tong is a film director from Hong Kong.According to IMDb , he customarily attempts stunts himself before asking actors to risk themselves...

 shot the film in Shanghai

Shanghai

Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

 as the location as he found it cheaper than shooting in Hong Kong and he also wanted to get to know mainland China better.

Cast

• Aaron Kwok
  Aaron Kwok
  Aaron Kwok Fu-shing is a Hong Kong singer, dancer and actor. He has been active since the 1980s to the present. The media refer to him, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings . Kwok's onstage dancing and displays is influenced by Michael Jackson...
  
   as Darren Tong
• Norika Fujiwara
  Norika Fujiwara
  is a Japanese beauty queen, model and actress. She became Miss Japan in 1992 and was an exclusive model for CanCam magazine. She has appeared in various commercials and TV series and a number of films in Japan.-Career:...
  
   as Norika
• Coolio
  Coolio
  Artis Leon Ivey Jr. , better known by the stage name Coolio, is an American musician, rapper, actor and record producer.-Late 80s:He recorded two singles in the late 80s, titled "Watcha Gonna Do" and "You're Gonna Miss Me"...
  
   as Coolio
• Mark Dacascos
  Mark Dacascos
  Mark Alan Dacascos is an American actor and martial artist. He won numerous karate and various styles of kung fu championships between the ages of 7 and 18....
  
   as Tony Lau
• Alexander Leehom Wang as Alex Cheung
• Ruby Lin
  Ruby Lin
  Ruby Lin is a Taiwanese actress and pop singer. Her English name is from her mother's love of the jewel.Lin made her acting debut in a TV commercial in Taiwan. When she received her first experience in front of the camera in 1995, for a minor role, she started to develop a passion for acting...
  
   as Ruby Lin
• Paul Chun
  Paul Chun (actor)
  Paul Chun Pui is a Hong Kong based actor.He is the brother of actor David Chiang and half-brother of actor/ director Derek Yee Tung-Shing. His son Benji Chiang and his daughter Lesley Chiang are duo in the pop group "Benji and Lesley". Paul started his acting career at the age of three...
  
   as Sheriff Lin
• Lau Siu-Ming as Uncle Ma
• Ken Lo
  Ken Lo
  Ken Low Wai-kwong is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist and a ex-member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team.-Early life:...
  
   as Ken
• Jennifer Lin
  Jennifer Lin
  Jennifer Lin is an American pianist. She is a student of the Yamaha Music Education System and has been since she was 4...
  
   as Jennifer
• Jung Yuen as Lee (Coolio's bodyguard)
• Tony Wang as Mr. Leuong (Sheriff Lin's assistant)

Release

China Strike Force was released on December 21, 2000 in Hong Kong where it grossed a total of HK$ 20,513,906. At the 20th Annual

20th Hong Kong Film Awards

Ceremony for the 20th Hong Kong Film Awards was held on 29 April 2001 in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and hosted by Eric Tsang, Carol Cheng, Gigi Leung and Eric Ng. Eighteen winners in eighteen categories were unveiled...

 Hong Kong Film Awards, the film was nominated for Best New Performer (Wang Lee Hom), Best Action Choreography (Stanley Tong

Stanley Tong

Stanley Tong is a film director from Hong Kong.According to IMDb , he customarily attempts stunts himself before asking actors to risk themselves...

 and Ailen Sit Chun Wai) and Best Sound Design (Paul Pirola).

External links

• China Strike Force at the Disobiki.