A War Named Desire

A War Named Desire
Film poster
Traditional	愛與誠
Simplified	爱与诚
Mandarin	Ài Yǔ Chéng
Cantonese	Ngoi3 Jyu5 Sing4
Directed by	Alan Mak
Produced by	Joe Ma
Screenplay by	Joe Ma Alan Mak Clement Cheng
Starring	Francis Ng Daniel Chan Dave Wang Gigi Leung David Lee Sam Lee Pace Wu
Music by	Mark Lui
Cinematography	Chan Chi-ying Thomas Yeung
Edited by	Cheung Ka-fai
Production company	Mei Ah Film Production Brilliant Idea Group
Distributed by	Mei Ah Entertainment
Release dates	9 September 2000 (2000-09-09)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$2,269,655

A War Named Desire is a 2000 Hong Kong action film co-written and directed by Alan Mak and starring Francis Ng, Daniel Chan, Dave Wang and Gigi Leung.

Plot

Charles (Francis Ng) and James (Daniel Chan) are two brothers who lived with their grandmother during childhood. When Charles was eight years old, he committed an unexpected and unforgivable mistake, where he took HK$50,000 of cash from his grandmother's home and disappeared afterwards. James has held the grudge on his elder brother for his departure, not only for the fact that he took their grandmother's money, but mainly due to fact that his brother abandoned him without notice.

As the years go by, James has grown up and has met a good girlfriend, Jess (Pace Wu), while on the other hand, James became a member of a triad gang in Thailand, and is dating his triad brother, York's (Dave Wang) sister, Snow (Gigi Leung). After his grandmother dies, James finally have the opportunity to face down his past demon and he travels to Thailand with Jess to look for his brother.

Cast

• Francis Ng as Charles Fong
• Daniel Chan as James Fong
• Dave Wang as York
• Gigi Leung as Snow
• David Lee as Henry Hung
• Sam Lee as Keith
• Pace Wu as Jess
• Grace Lam as Chan Pui-sze
• Chan Yiu-ming as Master Sun
• Zhou Shu-yuan as Master King
• Wasun Sakulponh as King's bodyguard
• Venna Rujirosakul as Ken
• Anusak Mekseree as Ming
• Vassana Namund as Keith's dancer girlfriend
• Archara Khantadat as Keith's dancer girlfriend
• Wong Wai-fai as Thug
• Keung Hak-shing as Thug

Theme song

• I Miss Her (我想她)
  • Composer: China Huang
  • Lyricist: Wu Hsiung
  • Singer: Dave Wang

Reception

Critical

LoveHKFilm gave the film a positive review praising the performances of Francis Ng and Gigi Leung, and director Alan Mak for allowing each character to have their own moments.^[1] So Good Reviews also gave the film a positive review, praising Mak's ability to accomplish visual storytelling, the cinematography by Chan Chi-ying, Nicky Li's action chorgoraphy and Ng's subtle performance.^[2]

Box office

The film grossed HK$2,269,655 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 9 to 27 April 2000.

Accolades

References

External links

• A War Named Desire at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• A War Named Desire at Hong Kong Cinemagic
• A War Named Desire at the Internet Movie Database