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Template:Infobox Chinese Film Legacy of Rage (Chinese: 龍在江湖; pinyin: Long Zai jiang hu) is a 1986 Hong Kong martial arts action crime thriller film directed by Ronny Yu, starring Brandon Lee, Michael Wong, Regina Kent, Mang Hoi, Chung Liu and a cameo appearance by Bolo Yeung who had appeared in Lee's father Bruce Lee's last film Enter the Dragon. This was Brandon Lee's first Hong Kong debut.

This was the only film Lee made in Hong Kong in his short lived career. Unlike Bruce Lee's films that he made in Hong Kong, this film contains only minor martial arts and mostly has gun fu action sequences in the style of John Woo's heroic bloodshed films.

Synopsis

Brandon Ma (Brandon Lee) is a regular guy with a job and a girlfriend May (Regina Kent). He has two jobs, so he can support his girlfriend and his dream of owning a motorcycle. Brandon's best friend is Michael Wan (Michael Wong), an ambitious and murderous drug dealer. How Brandon and Michael ever became friends is the biggest mystery ever. In any case, Michael also loves May and so he comes up with a plan that will win her for him and get Brandon out of his way. Soon he comes up with a plan using a corrupt police officer named Sharky. (Chung Liu) It seems that the corrupt cop has been using his police connections to dominate the local cocaine trade, so Michael has him killed and uses Brandon as the fall guy. Brandon goes to jail and met Hoi (Mang Hoi), though he thinks that he will be released soon thanks to the efforts of his good buddy Michael. However after 8 long years Brandon finally gets out of jail and vows revenge on Michael for betraying their friendship and stealing the love of his life. Whilst out of prison he learns that May has had his son. With the help of an inmate he met in prison, Brandon tracks down Michael. Whilst engaging his guards he learns that May is dead. After killing Michael's guards, Brandon confronts and kills his former best friend Michael. The movie ends with Brandon giving his farewells to his friend (whom he met while in prison and who aided him in fighting Michael's guards) and leaving with his son.

Cast

Brandon Lee - Brandon Ma
Michael Wong - Michael Wan
Regina Kent - May
Wai-man Chan - Yee
Onno Boelee
Hak Chu
Tanya George
Feng Ku - Prison Guard
Kin-chuen Lee
Chun-kit Leung
Chung Liu - Sharky Kau
Wan-yin Angelina Lo
Kenneth Low
Mang Hoi - Hoi
Man-tat Ng - Captain of the Guards
Fui-on Shing - Foo
Stuart Smith - Big Papa
Kirk Wong - Inspector Lau
Kok-cheong Wong
Bolo Yeung - Thug
Wing_cho Yip - Mr. Yip
Timothy Zau

Award nomination

6th Hong Kong Film Awards
- Nominated Best New Performer (Brandon Lee)

Home media release

On September 17, 2001, DVD was released by Film 2000 at UK in Region 2.

External links

Legacy of Rage at IMDb

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 {{Infobox Chinese Film
 | name           = Legacy of Rage
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 | jyutping       = Lung4 Zoi6 Gong1 Wu4
 | director       = [[Ronny Yu]]
-| producer       = [[John Shum]]<br>[[Linda Kuk]]
+| producer       = [[John Shum]]<br>Linda Kuk
-| writer         = [[Clifton Ko]]<br>[[Raymond Fung]]
+| writer         = [[Clifton Ko]]<br>Raymond Fung
-| starring       = [[Brandon Lee]]<br>[[Michael Wong (actor)|Michael Wong]]<br>[[Regina Kent]]
+| starring       = [[Brandon Lee]]<br>[[Michael Wong (actor)|Michael Wong]]<br>[[Regina Kent]]<br>Mang Hoi<br>
 | music          = [[Richard Yuen]]
-| cinematography = [[James Chan]]<br>[[Poon Hang Sang]]<br>[[Stephen Poon]]<br>[[Derek Wan]]
+| cinematography = James Chan<br>Poon Hang-sang<br>Stephen Poon<br>[[Derek Wan]]
-| editing        = [[Wong Yee Shun]]
+| editing        = Wong Yee-shun
 | distributor    = [[Sammo Hung#D&B Films Company Ltd|D&B Films Company Ltd]]
 | released       = {{start date|1986|12|20|df=y}}
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+'''''Legacy of Rage''''' ({{zh|t=龍在江湖|p=Long Zai jiang hu}}) is a [[Hong Kong films of 1986|1986]] [[Cinema of Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] [[martial arts film|martial arts]] [[Hong Kong action cinema|action]] [[crime film|crime]] [[thriller (genre)|thriller film]] directed by [[Ronny Yu]], starring [[Brandon Lee]], [[Michael Wong (actor)|Michael Wong]], [[Regina Kent]], Mang Hoi, Chung Liu and a cameo appearance by [[Bolo Yeung]] who had appeared in Lee's father [[Bruce Lee]]'s last film ''[[Enter the Dragon]]''. This was Brandon Lee's first Hong Kong debut.
+This was the only film Lee made in Hong Kong in his short lived career. Unlike Bruce Lee's films that he made in Hong Kong, this film contains only minor [[martial arts]] and mostly has [[gun fu]] action sequences in the style of [[John Woo]]'s [[heroic bloodshed]] films.
-'''''Legacy of Rage''''' ({{zh|t=龍在江湖|p=Long Zai jiang hu}})   is a [[Hong Kong films of 1986|1986]] [[Hong Kong action cinema|Hong Kong]] [[Hong Kong action cinema|action film]] starring [[Brandon Lee]] in his film debut, [[Michael Wong (actor)|Michael Wong]], [[Regina Kent]], [[Chung Lam]] and a cameo appearance by [[Bolo Yeung]] who had appeared in Lee's father [[Bruce Lee]]'s last film ''[[Enter the Dragon]]''. It was directed by [[Ronny Yu]] and made in [[Cantonese (language)|Cantonese]]. It was later [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbed]] in English and other languages when released internationally.
-This was the only film Lee made in Hong Kong in his short-lived career. Unlike Bruce Lee's films that he made in Hong Kong, this film contains only minor [[martial arts]] and mostly has [[gun fu]] action sequences in the style of [[John Woo]]'s [[heroic bloodshed]] films.
 ==Synopsis==
+Brandon Ma ([[Brandon Lee]]) is a regular guy with a job and a girlfriend May ([[Regina Kent]]). He has two jobs, so he can support his girlfriend and his dream of owning a motorcycle. Brandon's best friend is Michael Wan ([[Michael Wong (actor)|Michael Wong]]), an ambitious and murderous [[drug dealer]]. How Brandon and Michael ever became friends is the biggest mystery ever. In any case, Michael also loves May and so he comes up with a plan that will win her for him and get Brandon out of his way. Soon he comes up with a plan using a corrupt police officer named Sharky. (Chung Liu) It seems that the corrupt cop  has been using his police connections to dominate the local [[cocaine]] trade, so Michael has him killed and uses Brandon as the fall guy. Brandon goes to jail and met Hoi (Mang Hoi), though he thinks that he will be released soon thanks to the efforts of his good buddy Michael. However after 8 long years Brandon finally gets out of jail and vows revenge on Michael for betraying their friendship and stealing the love of his life.
+Whilst out of prison he learns that May has had his son. With the help of an inmate he met in prison, Brandon tracks down Michael. Whilst engaging his guards he learns that May is dead. After killing Michael's guards, Brandon confronts and kills his former best friend Michael. The movie ends with Brandon giving his farewells to his friend (whom he met while in prison and who aided him in fighting Michael's guards) and leaving with his son.
+==Cast==
-Brandon Ma ([[Brandon Lee]]) is a regular guy with a job and a girlfriend May ([[Regina Kent]]). He has two jobs, so he can support his girlfriend and his dream of owning a motorcycle. Brandon's best friend is Michael Wan ([[Michael Wong (actor)|Michael Wong]]), an ambitious and murderous [[drug dealer]]. How Brandon and Michael ever became friends is the biggest mystery ever. In any case, Michael also loves May and so he comes up with a plan that will win her for him and get Brandon out of his way. Soon he comes up with a plan using a corrupt police officer named Sharky. ([[Chung Lam]]) It seems that the corrupt cop  has been using his police connections to dominate the local [[cocaine]] trade, so Michael has him killed and uses Brandon as the fall guy. Brandon goes to jail, though he thinks that he will be released soon thanks to the efforts of his good buddy Michael. However after 8 long years Brandon finally gets out of jail and vows revenge on Michael for betraying their friendship and stealing the love of his life.
+* [[Brandon Lee]] - Brandon Ma
-Whilst out of prison he learns that May has had his son. With the help of an inmate he met in prison, Brandon tracks down Michael. Whilst engaging his guards he learns that May is dead. After killing Michael's guards, Brandon confronts and kills Michael. The movie ends with Brandon giving his farewells to his friend (whom he met while in prison and who aided him in fighting Michael's guards) and leaving with his son.
+* [[Michael Wong (actor)|Michael Wong]] - Michael Wan
+* [[Regina Kent]] - May
+* Wai-man Chan - Yee
+* Onno Boelee
+* Hak Chu
+* Tanya George
+* Feng Ku - Prison Guard
+* Kin-chuen Lee
+* Chun-kit Leung
+* Chung Liu - Sharky Kau
+* Wan-yin Angelina Lo
+* [[Ken Lo|Kenneth Low]]
+* Mang Hoi - Hoi
+* Man-tat Ng - Captain of the Guards
+* Fui-on Shing - Foo
+* Stuart Smith - Big Papa
+* [[Kirk Wong]] - Inspector Lau
+* Kok-cheong Wong
+* [[Bolo Yeung]] - Thug
+* Wing_cho Yip - Mr. Yip
+* Timothy Zau
 ==Award nomination==
-*'''[[6th Hong Kong Film Awards]]'''
+*'''6th Hong Kong Film Awards'''
 **Nominated Best New Performer ([[Brandon Lee]])
+==Home media release==
+On September 17, 2001, DVD was released by Film 2000 at [[United Kingdom|UK]] in [[DVD region code|Region 2]].
 ==External links==
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 [[Category:Cantonese-language films]]
 [[Category:1980s action films]]
+[[Category:1980s crime films]]
+[[Category:1980s thriller films]]
 [[Category:Martial arts films]]
+[[Category:Action thriller films]]
 [[Category:Heroic bloodshed films]]
 [[Category:Films set in Hong Kong]]