Big Bullet

{{Short description|1996 Hong Kong film by Benny Chan}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Big Bullet

| image = Big-bullet-poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Hong Kong poster for Big Bullet

| director = Benny Chan

| producer = Benny Chan

| writer = Joe Ma
Susan Chan
Benny Chan

| screenplay =

| story =

| based_on =

| narrator =

| starring =Lau Ching-wan
Jordan Chan
Theresa Lee
Cheung Tat-ming
Francis Ng
Anthony Wong
Yu Rongguang
Lam Sheung Yee
Jimmy King

| music = Peter Kam

| cinematography = Arthur Wong

| editing = Cheung Ka-fai
Peter Cheung

| studio = Golden Harvest

| distributor = Golden Harvest

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1996|07|26}}

| runtime = 90 minutes

| country = Hong Kong

| language = Cantonese

| budget =

| gross = HK$9,771,575

}}

Big Bullet ({{zh|t=衝鋒隊怒火街頭|p=Chong feng dui nu huo jie tou}}) is a 1996 Hong Kong action film directed and produced by Benny Chan, and written by Benny Chan, Joe Ma and Susan Chan. It won awards for film editing at the 1996 Golden Horse Film Festival and the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards.

Plot

After assaulting his tactical commander during a raid gone sour, a dedicated but temperamental cop Sergeant Bill Chu is transferred to the Emergency Unit, long considered to be the police force's dumping ground for problem cops. Together with his fellow EU patrol officers, Bill continues to fight crime and stops the Professor's attempt to smuggle confiscated money which he managed to retrieve from Interpol HQ out of Hong Kong via the British air base.

Release

Big Bullet was released in Hong Kong on 26 July 1996. It grossed a total of HK$9,771,575.{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1O1790939C5R8.1548&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!27494@!0&ri=3&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Big+bullet&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=3|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=Big Bullet|accessdate=6 October 2011}} At the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards, Big Bullet was nominated for seven awards: Best Film, Best Director (Benny Chan), Best Actor (Lau Ching-wan), Best Supporting Actor (Jordan Chan), Best Supporting Actress (Theresa Lee), Best Cinematography (Arthur Wong), Best Action Choreography (Ma Yuk-sing) and Best Original Music (Peter Kam). Peter Cheung and Cheung Ka-fai won the Best Editing award for their work on Big Bullet.{{cite web|url=http://www.hkfaa.com/history/list_16.html|work=Hong Kong Film Awards|script-title=zh:第十六屆香港電影金像獎得獎名單|accessdate=6 October 2011|language=Chinese|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190240/http://www.hkfaa.com/history/list_16.html|url-status=dead}}

At the 1996 Golden Horse Film Festival, Big Bullet was nominated for Best Action Choreography (Ma Yuk-sing) and won the award for Best Film Editing (Peter Cheung and Cheung Ka-fai).{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenhorse.org.tw/ui/index.php?class=ghac&func=archive&search_regist_year=1996&nwlist_type=award |work=Golden Horse Film Festival |accessdate=6 October 2011 |title=2011 台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329231414/http://www.goldenhorse.org.tw/ui/index.php?class=ghac&func=archive&search_regist_year=1996&nwlist_type=award |archivedate=29 March 2012 |df=dmy }}

Cast

A [http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=8186&display_set=eng Big Bullet at HKMDB]

[http://chinesemov.com/1996/Big%20Bullet.html Big Bullet at chinesemov.com]

See also

References

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