Somebody Up There Likes Me (1996 film)

Somebody Up There Likes Me

DVD cover
Traditional 浪漫風暴
Simplified 浪漫风暴
Mandarin Làng Màn Fēng Bào
Cantonese Long6 Maan6 Fung1 Bou6
Directed by Patrick Leung
Produced by John Woo
Screenplay by Chan Hing-ka
Starring Aaron Kwok
Carmen Lee
Sammo Hung
Music by Dennie Wong
Cinematography Arthur Wong
Cheung Man-po
Edited by David Wu
Production
company
Long Shong Pictures
Milestone Films
Distributed by Newport Entertainment
Release dates
12 January 1996 (1996-01-12)
Running time
114 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Box office HK$11,611,563

Somebody Up There Likes Me is a 1996 Hong Kong action romance film directed by Patrick Leung and starring Aaron Kwok, Carmen Lee and Sammo Hung.

Plot

With encouragement from his girlfriend, Gloria (Carmen Lee), Ken Wong (Aaron Kwok), a rebellious and stubborn youth, decides to focus on the sport of boxing. During a match, Ken accidentally kills Gloria's older brother, Rocky (Michael Tong), and the two break up. Ken is unwilling to give up his boxing career and seeks tuition from boxing master, Black Jack Hung (Sammo Hung). He also manages to reconcile with Gloria, who supports Ken returning to the ring to complete her brother's wish to challenge Yamada Motokazu (Sawada Kenya), the boxing champion of Asia. Due to constantly suffering blows to his head, Ken's is physically traumatized and once able to defeat Yamada, he also collapses.

Cast

  • Aaron Kwok as Ken Wong
  • Carmen Lee as Gloria Chan
  • Sammo Hung as Black Jack Hung
  • Michael Tong as Rocky Chan
  • Hilary Tsui as Pam
  • May Law as Ken's mother
  • Sawada Kenya as Yamamda Moyokazu
  • Jun Kunimura as Yamada's manager
  • Vincent Kok as Loud Boxing Spectator
  • Clifton Ko as Pau
  • Ann Hui as Teacher
  • Lawrence Ah Mon as Doctor
  • Bonnie Wong as Gloria and Rocky's mother
  • Perry Chiu as Ken's sister
  • Chan Tak-hing as Big B / Den
  • Ken Lok as Pang
  • Fruit Chan as Policeman
  • Alan Mak as Policeman
  • Benny Lam as Po
  • Lee Man-piu as Ken's Former Master
  • Winston Yeh as Keith Wong (Ken's father)
  • Chang Yuk-chuen as Chuen

Box office

The film grossed HK$11,611,563 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 12 January to 14 February 1996 in Hong Kong.

Accolades

Accolades
Ceremony Category Recipient Outcome
16th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Cinematography Arthur Wong Nominated
Best Film Editing David Wu Nominated
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