Security Unlimited
| Security Unlimited | |
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 Film poster | |
| Traditional Chinese | 摩登保鑣 |
| Simplified Chinese | 摩登保镖 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Módēng Bǎobiāo |
| Jyutping | Mo1 dang1 bou2 biu1 |
| Directed by | Michael Hui |
| Written by | Michael Hui Samuel Hui |
| Produced by | Raymond Chow |
| Starring | Samuel Hui Michael Hui Ricky Hui Marylinn Wong Stanley Fung Chan Sing |
| Cinematography | Cheung Yiu-cho Tom Lau |
| Edited by | Peter Cheung |
| Music by | Samuel Hui |
Production companies | Golden Harvest Hui Brothers Films |
| Distributed by | Golden Harvest |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | HK$18 million[1] |
Security Unlimited (Chinese: 摩登保鑣) is a 1981 Hong Kong comedy film directed by and starring Michael Hui and co-starring his brothers Samuel Hui and Ricky Hui, who are known as the Hui Brothers. Michael Hui was awarded Best Actor at the 1st Hong Kong Film Awards, making him the first ever recipient for the award.
Plot
[edit]Chow Sai-cheung (Michael Hui), a bitter supervisor of a Hong Kong private security company, teaches unusual guard tactics to new recruits such as electric mats, parachuting off burning buildings and counter-attacking gunfire. He was secretly observed by his new boss (Stanley Fung) and Sylvester (Arnis Hasi), unimpressed by his work, the new boss demotes Chow and promotes Chow's assistant Sam (Samuel Hui). Under the leadership of Sam, Chow and new recruit Bruce Tang (Ricky Hui) encounter a slew of misadventures, including pursuing stowaways on a party boat. Bruce ultimately falls in love with one of the stowaways. Finally, they all get entangled in a plot to steal one of China's most prized treasures on display in Hong Kong, and in a plot involving some missing government money that the security officers were guarding.
Cast
[edit]| Cast | Role |
|---|---|
| Samuel Hui | Lieutenant Sam |
| Michael Hui | Chow Sai-cheung |
| Ricky Hui | Bruce Tang Siu-lung |
| Marylinn Wong | Chun |
| Stanley Fung | Fan |
| Arnis Hasi | Sylvester |
| Chan Sing | Robber gang thief |
| Hoi Sang Lee | Robber with pump-gun |
| David Cheung | Robber with harpoon |
| Yue Tau-wan | Crossed-eye robber |
| Kobe Wong | Robber knowing melody |
| Hui Sai-cheung | Wong Security boss |
| Ray Cordeiro | Horse race trickster |
| Joe Junior | Sniper with ice bullets |
| Tsang Choh-lam | Fake corpse |
| Lau Hak-suen | Taipan Law |
| Wong Man | Taipan Law's wife |
| Roks | Ship party moderator |
| Wong Chik-sam | Sergeant |
| Danny Au | Thief in factory |
| Fung Fung | Driving examiner |
| Tang Mei-mei | |
| Bill Tung | Race course commentator |
| Hung Leung-sek | Race course commentator |
| Tong Si | Robbed bak employee |
| Albert Cheung | Kidney thief |
| Maria Chung | Ship party guest |
| Fung Shui-chun | |
| Tse Hon-san | |
| Man Nga-tik | |
| Sek Ngai-wan | |
| Leung Shu-wing | |
| Ng Man-lei |
Box office
[edit]The film was the biggest grossing of the Hui Brothers comedies and became the biggest grossing film of all-time in Hong Kong with HK$18 million.[1] It also became the highest-grossing film of all-time in Singapore with a gross of S$1.4 million.[2]
Accolades
[edit]| Accolades | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ceremony | Category | Recipient | Outcome |
| 1st Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Actor | Michael Hui | Won |
Album
[edit]| Security Unlimited 摩登保鑣 | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 1981 | |||
| Genre | Cantopop | |||
| Language | Cantonese | |||
| Label | PolyGram | |||
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Security Unlimited is Samuel Hui's eighth Cantopop album with the title track being the film's theme song.
Track listing
[edit]- "摩登保鑣"
- "印象"
- "扮野"
- "笑下就算"
- "長春不老"
- "我的心仍屬於您"
- "恭喜！恭喜！"
- "人辦"
- "陽光"
- "甜蜜的往事"
- "歌曲解困憂"
- "我問"
References
[edit]- ^ a b Cowie, Peter (1982). International Film Guide. Tantivy Press. p. 157. ISBN 9780498025686.
Almost by rote, Michael Hui's new comedy Security Unlimited (Mo-teng pao-piao), about a group of security officers, climbed to the top of the box-office charts, grossing HK$18,000,000 with ease.
- ^ "'Shaolin Temple' Champ of Singapore's Box Office". Variety. 20 October 1982. p. 229.