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Peace Hotel
Peace Hotel
	Film poster
Traditional Chinese	和平飯店
Jyutping	Wo4 Ping4 Faan6 Dim3
Directed by	Wai Ka-fai
Screenplay by	Wai Ka-fai
Story by	Chow Yun-fat; Wai Kai-fai
Produced by	John Woo
Starring	Chow Yun-fat ; Cecilia Yip
Cinematography	Horace Wong
Edited by	Chan Kei-hop; Tony Chow
Music by	Cacine Wong; Healthy Poon
Production; company	Cassia Hill Production
Distributed by	Golden Princess Film Production
Release date	4 December 1995;
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$24,829,983

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Peace Hotel is a 1995 Hong Kong action western directed by Wai Ka-fai in his directorial debut, and produced by John Woo. It starrs Chow Yun-fat and Cecilia Yip. Wai wrote the film's screenplay and co-wrote the story with Chow.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Ten years before the film's era, Wong A-ping slaughters an entire troop of bandits himself, earning him the nickname Killer. His wife was killed during the chaos, but Wong ultimately spared a teenage member of the bandits. Afterwards, he set up a Peace Hotel to act as a sanctuary. The hotel has a rule that nobody can harm someone who has sought refuge in the hotel, but the hotel will not fight nor protect them once they leave.

One day, a penniless woman named Shau Shiu-man arrives at the hotel and claims to be an old lover of the hotel owner. The staff and guests give her food and let her stay in Wong's room. When Wong returns, Shau, who is bathing behind a curtain, lies to him, claiming to be one of the Soong sisters and at the same time, the daughter of Emperor Zhao Bing, while unsuccessfully trying to con money from him. At the hotel's restaurant, Shau sees Wong in person for the first time and tries to sell him some of his belongings that she had stolen from his room. She realizes who he is after seeing a picture of him in his pocketwatch that she stole and chokes on a sour plum she placed in her wine glass. Afterwards, Shau reveals that she is a clubgirl who is in debt and on the run after stabbing a loan shark. Wong refuses to let her stay and plans to send her off the next day.

Shau gambles with the guests and workers all night until a group of bandits from the Grand Hall arrive and Wong forces her to reveal that the loan shark she stabbed died from his wounds. Wong walks outside to confront the bandits and its leader, Ting Moon. Shau shot their leader after stabbing him and stole 30 gold bars. However, Wong declares he will not allow trouble inside the Peace Hotel and kills one of the bandits who tries to attack him. Ting is determined to kill Shau within 21 days and waits outside the hotel.

Infuriated, Wong tells his workers and other guests that Shau is not his lover and they beat her and make her work, torturing her when she makes poor tasting food. Shau unsuccessfully tries various ways to trick Wong into protecting her, leading him to continuously slap her, much to the delight to the workers and guests.

One night, Shau tries to seduce Wong until he bites her lip. She rants that Wong's reputation as The Killer is a joke and doesn't believe he can kill the bandits if they break in. Shortly after, Shau storms outside the hotel and is relentlessly beaten by the bandits. Wong grabs a flaming torch stick and beats the bandits and declares to Ting that he will kill anyone who dares to kill within the hotel. Wong then brings the gravely wounded Shau back into the hotel. He unsuccessfully tries to revive her with CPR. He then removes a sour plum stuck in her throat and she awakens.

While nursing Shau, Wong tells her his story. His warlord father taught him as a child that killing a couple of people makes him a killer and killing thousands of people makes him a hero, which he found to be true when he was twelve and killed seven adults who tortured and beat him. As he grew up, he formed his own gang and became notorious for his many killings until his wife was killed. He tells Shau she resembles his wife. At this time, two guests leave because they disagree with Wong's decision to save Shau. They are killed by the bandits. While Wong mourns their deaths and forges blades for revenge, Shau begins to sing. This reminds him of his dead wife and as times goes by, Wong and Shau's relationship blossoms.

Wong and Shau dance together before she leaves. Although Shau is reluctant to leave, he eventually convinces her. He confronts Ting and allows Ting to beat him with his rifle. It is revealed that Wong was a former leader of the bandits who killed the entire gang when a couple of them betrayed him and that Ting was the teenager that he spared years earlier. Ting reveals that Shau's real name is Lam Ling and is his mistress who slept with everyone in his gang. He purposely sent her to the Peace Hotel to cause Wong to break the hotel rules. Ting then declares he will launch a massacre in the Peace Hotel after sunset and warns everyone to leave. The guests and workers leave, but Ting does not keep his promise to spare them and prepares to massacre them until Shau arrives on a horse. Ting then shoots at Wong and a battle occurs where Wong and Ting slaughter numerous bandits with their swords until they fight each other. Their swordfight leads them inside the hotel where Wong eventually kills Ting. However, Wong is also gravely wounded. Shau unsuccessfully tries to revive him before leaving with his dead body. A child guest of the hotel during the events of the film, later narrates how the other guests separated afterwards and were killed by their enemies. Still later, he heard rumors that Wong was seen in Northeast China helping a young widow and her son in a hotel.

Cast

Chow Yun-fat as Wong A-ping (王阿平), infamously known as The Killer (殺人王), a former bandit and owner of the Peace Hotel
Cecilia Yip as Shau Siu-man (蕭小曼), originally named Lam Ling (藍玲), an indebt clubgirl and swindler seeking refuge at the Peace Hotel
Jacklyn Wu as A-ping's deceased wife (guest star)
Chin Ho as Ting Moon (丁滿), a high ranking bandit of the Grand Hall who was Wong's follower when he was a young teenager
- Sung Boon-chung as a young Ting Moon
Lau Shun as a blind musician who is a guest
Annabelle Lau as Skinny (奀妹), a guest
Lo Fan as Bitch (八婆), a worker of Peace Hotel and Doggie's mother
Mai Kei as a blind musician who is a guest
Joe Cheng as a bandit
Lee Siu-kei as a guest
Victor Hon as a guest
Nam Yin as a guest
Terrence Fok as a guest
Rankie Fung
Gary Mak as a guest
Yim Kong-ming as a bandit
Patrick Hon as a guest
Heung Tip as a guest
Yip Chi-hung as a guest
Lam Wei-hau
Four Tse as a guest
Yu Ngai-ho as a blind musician and a guest
Chan Hing-hang as a guest
Tang Cheung as a guest
Yeung Wo as a guest
Cheung Yuk-wah as a guest
Choi Sai as a guest
Bobby Yip as a bandit
Law Wai-kai as a guest
Leung Kei-hei as a bandit
So Wai-nam as a bandit
Lam Kwok-kit as a bandit
Lui Siu-ming as a bandit
Kong Foo-keung as a bandit
Lee Tat-chiu as a bandit
Tsim Siu-ling as a bandit
Choi Kwok-ping as a bandit
Lui Ying as a bandit
Lau Tung-ching as a bandit

References

^ "Peace Hotel". Love HK Film. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
^ "Woh Ping Faan Dim (The Peace Hotel)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 10 May 2017.

External links

Peace Hotel at IMDb
Peace Hotel at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase

[1] "Peace Hotel". Love HK Film. Retrieved 10 May 2017.

[2] "Woh Ping Faan Dim (The Peace Hotel)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 10 May 2017.

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-'''''Peace Hotel''''' is a 1995 Hong Kong action western film directed by [[Wai Ka-fai]] in his directorial debut and starring [[Chow Yun-fat]] and [[Cecilia Yip]]. Produced by [[John Woo]], Wai also wrote the film's screenplay and co-wrote the story with Chow.<ref>{{cite web|title=Peace Hotel|url=http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/peace_hotel.htm|publisher=Love HK Film|accessdate=10 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Woh Ping Faan Dim (The Peace Hotel)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/woh_ping_faan_dim_the_peace_hotel|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate=10 May 2017}}</ref>
+'''''Peace Hotel''''' is a 1995 [[Cinema of Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] action western directed by [[Wai Ka-fai]] in his directorial debut, and produced by [[John Woo]]. It starrs [[Chow Yun-fat]] and [[Cecilia Yip]]. Wai wrote the film's screenplay and co-wrote the story with Chow.<ref>{{cite web|title=Peace Hotel|url=http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/peace_hotel.htm|publisher=Love HK Film|accessdate=10 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Woh Ping Faan Dim (The Peace Hotel)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/woh_ping_faan_dim_the_peace_hotel|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate=10 May 2017}}</ref>
 ==Plot==
-Ten years ago, Wong A-ping slaughters an entire troop of bandits himself earns the nickname, The Killer. He wife was killed during the chaos, but Wong ultimately spares a teenage member of the bandit.  Afterwards, sets up a Peace Hotel to act as a sanctuary for anyone who needs protecting. The Peace Hotel has a rule that nobody can harm a refuge who has reached into the hotel, but the hotel will also not fight for the refuges nor protect them to leave. One day, a penniless woman named Shau Shiu-man arrives at the hotel and claims the be an old lover of the owner of the hotel and fakes a story to the guests and workers of the hotel, and they give her free food and let her stay in Wong's room. When Wong arrives back in his room, Shau, who was bathing behind a curtain, lies to him claiming to be one of the [[Soong sisters]] and at the same time, the daughter of Emperor [[Zhao Bing]], while unsuccessfully trying to con money from him. At the hotel's restaurant, Shau sees Wong in person the first time and tries to sell him some of his belongings she stole from his room and finally realizes who he is aftering seeing a picture of him in his pocketwatch that she stole and chokes on a sour plum she placed in her wine glass. Afterwards, Shau reveals that she is a clubgirl who is indebt and on the run after stabbing a loan shark in the buttocks twice. Wong refuses to let her stay in the and plans to send her off the next day.
+Ten years before the film's era, Wong A-ping slaughters an entire troop of bandits himself, earning him the nickname Killer. His wife was killed during the chaos, but Wong ultimately spared a teenage member of the bandits. Afterwards, he set up a Peace Hotel to act as a sanctuary. The hotel has a rule that nobody can harm someone who has sought refuge in the hotel, but the hotel will not fight nor protect them once they leave.
+One day, a penniless woman named Shau Shiu-man arrives at the hotel and claims to be an old lover of the hotel owner.  The staff and guests give her food and let her stay in Wong's room. When Wong returns, Shau, who is bathing behind a curtain, lies to him, claiming to be one of the [[Soong sisters]] and at the same time, the daughter of Emperor [[Zhao Bing]], while unsuccessfully trying to con money from him. At the hotel's restaurant, Shau sees Wong in person for the first time and tries to sell him some of his belongings that she had stolen from his room. She realizes who he is after seeing a picture of him in his pocketwatch that she stole and chokes on a sour plum she placed in her wine glass. Afterwards, Shau reveals that she is a clubgirl who is in debt and on the run after stabbing a loan shark. Wong refuses to let her stay and plans to send her off the next day.
-Shau gambles with the guests and workers of the Peace Hotel all night until a group of bandits of the Grand Hall arrive and Wong forces her to reveal to him that the loan shark she stabbed died from his wounds. Wong walks outside to confront the bandits and its leader, Ting Moon, Shau shot their senior seven shots after stabbing him and stole 30 gold bars from them. However, Wong declares he would not allow anyone to cause trouble inside the Peace Hotel and kills one of the bandits who tried to attack him, while Ting is determined to kill Shau within 21 days and waits outside the hotel. Infuriated, Wong tells his workers and other guests that Shau is not his older lover she claims and they beat her and maker her work as their slave and torture her when she made some poor tasting food. Shau then unsuccessfully tries various ways to trick Wong into protecting her to leave, resulting continuously slapped by him, much to the delight to the workers and other guests of the hotel. One night, Shau forcibly tries to seduce Wong until he bites her lip, which then she rants that Wong's reputation as The Killer is a joke and does believe he can kill the all the bandits if they break in. Shortly after, Shau storms outside of the hotel and is relentlessly beaten by the bandit of the Grand Hall. Wong then grabs a flaming torch stick and beats the bandits and declares to Ting that he will kill anyone that dares to kill within the boundaries of the Peace Hotel like how he slaughtered the bandits ten years ago. Wong then brings the gravely wounded Shau back into the hotel and unsuccessfully tries to revive her with CPR until he picks out a sour plum stuck in her throat and she awakens.
+Shau gambles with the guests and workers all night until a group of bandits from the Grand Hall arrive and Wong forces her to reveal that the loan shark she stabbed died from his wounds. Wong walks outside to confront the bandits and its leader, Ting Moon. Shau shot their leader after stabbing him and stole 30 gold bars. However, Wong declares he will not allow trouble inside the Peace Hotel and kills one of the bandits who tries to attack him. Ting is determined to kill Shau within 21 days and waits outside the hotel.
-The next day, the workers and guest of the Peace Hotel celebrate the departure of the Grand Hall bandits. While nursing Shau, Wong tells her his story how his warlord father taught him as a child killing s couple of people makes him a killer and killing thousands of people makes him a hero, which he finds out to be true after his father died when he was twelve and he killed seven adults who tourtured and beat him and nobody dared to bully him. As he grew up, he formed his own gang and become notorious for his many killings until his wife was killed ten years ago and tells Shau she is similar to his wife. At this time, two guests of the hotel leave because they do not agree with Wong's decision in saving Shau and were killed by bandits if the Grand Hall, who were still hiding nearby. While Wong was mourning the deaths of the two and forging iron blades for revenge, Shau begins to sing and reminds him of his dead wife and as times goes by, Wong and Shau's relationship blossoms.
+Infuriated, Wong tells his workers and other guests that Shau is not his lover and they beat her and make her work, torturing her when she makes poor tasting food. Shau unsuccessfully tries various ways to trick Wong into protecting her, leading him to continuously slap her, much to the delight to the workers and guests.
-The bandits of the Grand Hall once again and Wong embraces in one last dance with Shau before protecting her to leave. Although Shau is reluctant to leave, he eventually convinces her before coming back to confront Ting and allows Ting to beat him with his rifle. At this time, it is revealed that Wong used to be a former leader of the Grand Hall bandits who killed the entire gang when a couple of then betrayed him and Ting was the teenager that he sosfed fen years ago. Ting reveals Shau's real name is Lam Ling and is his mistress who slept with everyone in his gang and purposely sent her to the Peace Hotel causing Wong to break the rules of the hotel. Ting then declares he will launch a massacre in the Peace Hotel after sunset and warns anyone to leave the hotel before then if they to live. Out of fear for their lives, the guests and workers of the hotel leave but Ting does not keep his promise to spare them and prepares to shoot them until Shau arrive back in a horse. Ting then fires shot at Wong and a big battle occurs where Wong and Ting slaughters numerous bandits with their swords until fighting one another. Their swordfight leads them inside the hotel where Wong eventually kills Ting after kicking him into a bathtub. However, Wong was also gravely wounded and Shau unsuccessfully tries to revive him before leaving with his dead body. Afterwards, an adult Doggie, a child guest of the hotel during the events of the film, narates how the other guests went their own ways afterwards and were killed by their enemies and later, he heard rumors that Wong was seen in North East China helping a young widow and her son in a hotel she operate and hopes the story is true despite seeing him die when he was a child.
+One night, Shau tries to seduce Wong until he bites her lip. She rants that Wong's reputation as The Killer is a joke and doesn't believe he can kill the bandits if they break in. Shortly after, Shau storms outside the hotel and is relentlessly beaten by the bandits. Wong grabs a flaming torch stick and beats the bandits and declares to Ting that he will kill anyone who dares to kill within the hotel. Wong then brings the gravely wounded Shau back into the hotel. He unsuccessfully tries to revive her with CPR. He then removes a sour plum stuck in her throat and she awakens.
+While nursing Shau, Wong tells her his story. His warlord father taught him as a child that killing a couple of people makes him a killer and killing thousands of people makes him a hero, which he found to be true when he was twelve and killed seven adults who tortured and beat him. As he grew up, he formed his own gang and became notorious for his many killings until his wife was killed. He tells Shau she resembles his wife. At this time, two guests leave because they disagree with Wong's decision to save Shau. They are killed by the bandits. While Wong mourns their deaths and forges blades for revenge, Shau begins to sing. This reminds him of his dead wife and as times goes by, Wong and Shau's relationship blossoms.
+Wong and Shau dance together before she leaves. Although Shau is reluctant to leave, he eventually convinces her. He confronts Ting and allows Ting to beat him with his rifle. It is revealed that Wong was a former leader of the bandits who killed the entire gang when a couple of them betrayed him and that Ting was the teenager that he spared years earlier. Ting reveals that Shau's real name is Lam Ling and is his mistress who slept with everyone in his gang. He purposely sent her to the Peace Hotel to cause Wong to break the hotel rules. Ting then declares he will launch a massacre in the Peace Hotel after sunset and warns everyone to leave. The guests and workers leave, but Ting does not keep his promise to spare them and prepares to massacre them until Shau arrives on a horse. Ting then shoots at Wong and a battle occurs where Wong and Ting slaughter numerous bandits with their swords until they fight each other. Their swordfight leads them inside the hotel where Wong eventually kills Ting. However, Wong is also gravely wounded. Shau unsuccessfully tries to revive him before leaving with his dead body. A child guest of the hotel during the events of the film, later narrates how the other guests separated afterwards and were killed by their enemies. Still later, he heard rumors that Wong was seen in Northeast China helping a young widow and her son in a hotel.
 ==Cast==
+{{colbegin}}
-*[[Chow Yun-fat]] as '''Wong A-ping''' (王阿平), infamously known as '''The Killer''' (殺人王), a former bandit and owner of the Peace Hotel.
-*[[Cecilia Yip]] as '''Shau Siu-man''' (蕭小曼), originally named '''Lam Ling''' (藍玲), an indebt clubgirl and swindler seeking refuge at the Peace Hotel.
+*[[Chow Yun-fat]] as Wong A-ping (王阿平), infamously known as The Killer (殺人王), a former bandit and owner of the Peace Hotel
+*[[Cecilia Yip]] as Shau Siu-man (蕭小曼), originally named Lam Ling (藍玲), an indebt clubgirl and swindler seeking refuge at the Peace Hotel
-*[[Jacklyn Wu]] as A-ping's deceased wife. (guest star)
+*[[Jacklyn Wu]] as A-ping's deceased wife (guest star)
-*Chin Ho as '''Ting Moon''' (丁滿), a high ranking bandit of the Grand Hall who was Wong's follower when he was a young teenager.
+*Chin Ho as Ting Moon (丁滿), a high ranking bandit of the Grand Hall who was Wong's follower when he was a young teenager
-**Sung Boon-chung as a young Ting Moon.
+**Sung Boon-chung as a young Ting Moon
-*Lau Shun as a blind musician who is a guest of Peace Hotel.
+*Lau Shun as a blind musician who is a guest
-*Annabelle Lau as '''Skinny''' (奀妹), a guest of Peace Hotel.
+*Annabelle Lau as Skinny (奀妹), a guest
-*Lo Fan as '''Bitch''' (八婆), a worker of Peace Hotel and Doggie's mother.
-*Mai Kei as a blind musician who is a guest of Peace Hotel.
+*Lo Fan as Bitch (八婆), a worker of Peace Hotel and Doggie's mother
-*Joe Cheng as a bandit of Grand Hall.
+*Mai Kei as a blind musician who is a guest
+*Joe Cheng as a bandit
-*[[Lee Siu-kei]] as a guest of Peace Hotel.
-*Victor Hon as a guest of Peace Hotel.
+*[[Lee Siu-kei]] as a guest
-*Nam Yin as a guest of Peace Hotel.
+*Victor Hon as a guest
-*Terrence Fok as a guest of Peace Hotel.
+*Nam Yin as a guest
+*Terrence Fok as a guest
 *Rankie Fung
-*Gary Mak as a guest of Peace Hotel.
+*Gary Mak as a guest
-*Yim Kong-ming as a bandit of Grand Hall.
+*Yim Kong-ming as a bandit
-*Patrick Hon as a guest of Peace Hotel.
+*Patrick Hon as a guest
-*Heung Tip as a guest of Peace Hotel.
+*Heung Tip as a guest
-*Yip Chi-hung as a guest of Peace Hotel.
+*Yip Chi-hung as a guest
 *Lam Wei-hau
-*Four Tse as a guest of Peace Hotel.
+*Four Tse as a guest
-*Yu Ngai-ho as a blind musician and a guest of Peace Hotel.
+*Yu Ngai-ho as a blind musician and a guest
-*Chan Hing-hang as a guest of Peace Hotel.
+*Chan Hing-hang as a guest
-*Tang Cheung as a guest of Peace Hotel.
+*Tang Cheung as a guest
-*Yeung Wo as a guest of Peace Hotel.
+*Yeung Wo as a guest
-*Cheung Yuk-wah as a guest of Peace Hotel.
+*Cheung Yuk-wah as a guest
-*Choi Sai as a guest of Peace Hotel.
+*Choi Sai as a guest
-*Bobby Yip as a bandit of Grand Hall.
+*Bobby Yip as a bandit
-*Law Wai-kai as a guest of Peace Hotel.
+*Law Wai-kai as a guest
-*Leung Kei-hei as a bandit of Grand Hall.
+*Leung Kei-hei as a bandit
-*So Wai-nam as a bandit of Grand Hall.
+*So Wai-nam as a bandit
-*Lam Kwok-kit as a bandit of Grand Hall.
+*Lam Kwok-kit as a bandit
-*Lui Siu-ming as a bandit of Grand Hall.
+*Lui Siu-ming as a bandit
-*Kong Foo-keung as a bandit of Grand Hall.
+*Kong Foo-keung as a bandit
-*Lee Tat-chiu as a bandit of Grand Hall.
+*Lee Tat-chiu as a bandit
-*Tsim Siu-ling as a bandit of Grand Hall.
+*Tsim Siu-ling as a bandit
-*Choi Kwok-ping as a bandit of Grand Hall.
+*Choi Kwok-ping as a bandit
-*Lui Ying as a bandit of Grand Hall.
+*Lui Ying as a bandit
-*Lau Tung-ching as a bandit of Grand Hall.
+*Lau Tung-ching as a bandit
+{{colend}}
 ==References==
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-[[Category:Hong Kong films]]
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-[[Category:1990s Western (genre) action films]]
+[[Category:1995 Western (genre) films]]
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-[[Category:Cantonese-language films]]
+[[Category:1990s Cantonese-language films]]
 [[Category:Films directed by Wai Ka-Fai]]
 [[Category:1995 directorial debut films]]
+[[Category:1990s Hong Kong films]]

v t e Films directed by Wai Ka-fai
Directed alone	Peace Hotel (1995) Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997) Fantasia (2004) Himalaya Singh (2005) The Shopaholics (2006) Written By (2009) Detective vs Sleuths (2022)
Directed with Johnnie To	Needing You... (2000) Help!!! (2000) Love on a Diet (2001) Fulltime Killer (2001) Fat Choi Spirit (2002) My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) Love for All Seasons (2003) Turn Left, Turn Right (2003) Running on Karma (2003) Mad Detective (2007) Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011)

v t e Films by John Woo
Directed	The Young Dragons (1974/) The Dragon Tamers (1975/) Princess Chang Ping (1976/) Hand of Death (1976/) Money Crazy (1977/) Hello, Late Homecomers (1978/) Follow the Star (1978) Last Hurrah for Chivalry (1979) From Riches to Rags (1980) Laughing Times (1980) To Hell with the Devil (1982) Plain Jane to the Rescue (1982) The Time You Need a Friend (1984) Run, Tiger, Run (1984) Heroes Shed No Tears (1984) A Better Tomorrow (1986) A Better Tomorrow II (1987) The Killer (1989) Just Heroes (1989) Bullet in the Head (1990) Once a Thief (1991) Hard Boiled (1992) Hard Target (1993) Broken Arrow (1996) Once a Thief (1996) Face/Off (1997) Blackjack (1998) Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) Windtalkers (2002, also produced) Paycheck (2003, also produced) All the Invisible Children (2005, segment "Song Song and Little Cat") Red Cliff (2008, also wrote and produced) Reign of Assassins (2010, also produced) The Crossing (2014) Manhunt (2017) Silent Night (2023) The Killer (2024)
Written only	A Better Tomorrow (2010)
Produced only	A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon (1989) Peace Hotel (1995) Somebody Up There Likes Me (1996) The Big Hit (1998) Bulletproof Monk (2003) Blood Brothers (2007) Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina (2007) Seediq Bale (2011)