Bullets Over Summer

Bullets Over Summer
Bullets Over Summer
	Film poster
Traditional Chinese	爆裂刑警
Simplified Chinese	爆裂刑警
Hanyu Pinyin	Bào Liè Xing Jǐng
Jyutping	Baau3 Lit6 Jing4 Ging2
Directed by	Wilson Yip
Written by	Matt Chow; Wilson Yip; Ben Cheung
Produced by	Joe Ma
Starring	Francis Ng; Louis Koo
Cinematography	Lam Wah-chuen
Edited by	Cheung Ka-fai
Music by	Tommy Wai
Production; companies	Mei Ah Film Production; Brilliant Idea Group
Distributed by	Mei Ah Entertainment
Release date	5 August 1999;
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$2,193,045

Bullets Over Summer is a 1999 Hong Kong buddy cop action film directed by Wilson Yip and starring Francis Ng and Louis Koo. For their performances in the film, Ng and Law Lan were awarded Best Actor and Best Actress respectively at the 6th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards while Law was also awarded Best Actress at the 19th Hong Kong Film Awards and Best Supporting Actress at the 5th Golden Bauhinia Awards.

Plot[edit]

Police officers Mike Lai (Francis Ng) and Brian Leung (Louis Koo) are partners and good friends. Mike is withdrawn and quiet while Brian is very cynical and is not appreciated by superiors. In order to arrest a group of robbers led by Dragon (Joe Lee), Mike and Brian set up a monitoring device in Granny's (Law Lan) apartment. At this time, Mike became acquainted with Jennifer (Stephanie Lam), a pregnant woman who was abandoned by her boyfriend. Mike, who grew up in an orphanage, expressed his willingness to be the father of Jennifer's child. On the other hand, Brian also meets a schoolgirl named Yen (Michelle Saram). Not long after, Mike discovers he was infected with a terminal illness and is running out of time. Mike makes a trading deal with Dragon where he obtains large sum of money for Jennifer to support herself and her child in the future. At the same time, he does not forget his responsibilities as a police officer and notifies Brian the whereabouts of Dragon. Together, Mike and Brian start a battle against Dragon to take him down.^[1]

Cast[edit]

Francis Ng as Mike Lai
Louis Koo as Brian Leung
Law Lan as Granny
Michelle Saram as Yen
Stephanie Lam as Jennifer Yuen
Wayne Lai as Stone
David Lee as Prince
Lo Mang as suspect under surveillance
Joe Lee as Dragon
Matt Chow as Granny's neighbor
Hau Woon-ling as Jennifer's customer
Wenders Li as convenient store robber
Tony Ho as robber with beret
Kenny Wong as robber
Roderick Lam as robber
Gary Mak as policeman
Ng Shui-ting as policeman
Ankee Leung
Andy Tsang as food delivery boy in lift
Yuen Man-chun as security guard
Chow Pok-fu

Box office[edit]

The film grossed HK$2,193,045 in its theatrical run in Hong Kong from 5 August to 8 September 1999.

Awards and nominations[edit]

Awards and nominations
Ceremony	Category	Recipient	Outcome
6th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards	Best Actor	Francis Ng	Won
	Best Actress	Law Lan	Won
	Best Screenplay	Matt Chow, Wilson Yip, Ben Cheung	Won
	Film of Merit	Bullets Over Summer	Won
19th Hong Kong Film Awards ^[2]	Best Actor	Francis Ng	Nominated
	Best Actress	Law Lan	Won
	Best Sound Design	Cuson Liu, Phyllis Cheng	Nominated
5th Golden Bauhinia Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Law Lan	Won

References[edit]

^ "Bullets Over Summer". lovehkfilm.com. 1999. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ "List of Nominees and Awardees of The 19th Hong Kong Film Awards". hkfaa.com. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

External links[edit]

Bullets Over Summer at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
Bullets Over Summer at Hong Kong Cinemagic
Bullets Over Summer at IMDb
Bullets Over Summer film review at LoveHKFilm.com
Review

[1] "Bullets Over Summer". lovehkfilm.com. 1999. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[2] "List of Nominees and Awardees of The 19th Hong Kong Film Awards". hkfaa.com. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

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