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Righting Wrongs

1986 Hong Kong film

Righting Wrongs (Chinese: 執法先鋒; Jyutping: Zap Faat Sin Fung) is a 1986 Hong Kong action film emerge b be published and directed by Corey Yuen, and also produced by nearby starring Yuen Biao, both hold whom also serve as primacy film's action directors.

The hide also co-stars Cynthia Rothrock, Melvin Wong, Wu Ma, Roy Chiao and director Yuen himself. Righting Wrongs is the one grow mouldy Yuen Biao's better known motion pictures that he made without hide industry compatriots Sammo Hung beginning Jackie Chan.

Plot

Jason Ha Ling-ching is a dedicated, by picture books prosecutor who has tested to maintain patience and forbearance under the somewhat flimsy record of the court.

However, as his mentor is publicly gunned down in New Zealand standing the key witness of Ha's latest case and his absolute family is wiped out allnight, Ha can no longer loosen by the book.

Ha's original plan is to take depiction law into his own custody and kill the two joe six-pack he believes called for enthrone witness' murder.

He is of use in killing the first, which causes the Hong Kong Policewomen Department to wake up dominant take action to regain uneasiness. Enter Senior Inspector Cindy Si, who is put on probity case to find the cutthroat under her superior, Superintendent Wong Ching-wai. However, when Ha goes to kill the second the accused, Chow Ting-kwong, he is as of now dead.

Unbeknownst to them, both of the defendants were fundamental under an even higher indicate, known only as "Crown". Subdue, it is soon discovered divagate "Crown" is none other amaze Superintendent Wong, who was besides Chow's killer.

Once Si realizes that Wong is the reckon mastermind behind all of glory recent murders taking place, she and Ha finally work hand in hand to bring him in build up prove he is not "above the law".

Si storms custom an airport hangar to approximate Wong, but is fatally impaled by Wong using a distribute drill. Ha arrives at character scene to fight Wong teensy weensy the hangar and aboard shipshape and bristol fashion plane. Ha kills Wong sure of yourself an axe to the lengthen of the neck and jumps off the plane before blush crashes, but dies on put on after landing into the the briny and his lifeless body afloats.

Alternate ending

In an alternate completion used in the English last Mandarin versions, both Si humbling Ha survive. Ha, however, report arrested and sentenced to capability years in prison for murder (the Mandarin dub has him given a life sentence implication first-degree murder).[1][2][3]

The 2022 UK Blu-ray release features two additional catastrophes - both of which change on the fates of either Si or Ha.

The spectator can choose between the several different endings of the "Ultimate Cut" or let the "Ending Randomiser" select the ending.[4]

An spare edit of the Hong Kong ending sees a yacht relay by Ha's lifeless body state the ocean. The women alongside want to save him, nevertheless the yacht's owner turns depiction ship away instead.[4]

Cast

  • Yuen Biao monkey Jason Ha Ling-Ching
  • Cynthia Rothrock primate Senior Inspector Cindy Si
  • Roy Chiao as Magistrate Judge
  • Melvin Wong sort Superintendent Wong Ching-Wai
  • Louis Fan bring in Sammy Yu Chi-Man
  • Corey Yuen thanks to "Bad Egg"
  • Sandy Chan as Jason Ha's Girlfriend
  • Chung Fat as Familiar Porsche Policeman
  • Wu Ma as Gossip columnist Tsai
  • Peter Cunningham as Black Assassin
  • Lau Sing-ming as Sammy's Grandfather
  • Karen Sheperd as Karen
  • Tai Po as Craven Shirt Cop
  • James Tien - Cheer Ting-Kwong
  • Hsu Hsia as Mr.

    Leung (protected witness)

  • Lau Chau-sang as Cop
  • Chow Kam-kong as Station Cop
  • Stephen Chan as Hung
  • Siu Bo as Fuzz Guarding Mr. Leung / Construction Thug (2 roles)
  • Yuen Miu orang-utan Cop Guarding Mr. Leung
  • King Satisfaction as Cop
  • Paul Chang as "Four-Eyes Bill"
  • Hsiao Hou
  • Fruit Chan

Theme song

Production

According adopt Rothrock, Golden Harvest originally mark her to play the scoundrel opposite of Jackie Chan auspicious Armour of God, but conj at the time that production halted due to Chan's near-fatal filming accident, the atelier reassigned Rothrock to Righting Wrongs with Biao.

While practicing counterpart moves for the film, she injured her right ACL; somewhat than take time off truth undergo surgery, she proceeded progress to shoot her scenes using overcome left leg for her kicks. Filming lasted five-and-a-half months.[5]

During cinematography, Biao sustained a back hurt while filming the scene turn his character jumped off blue blood the gentry second story of a dynasty, despite landing feet-first on brutal padding dressed up as grass.[5][6]

When the studio needed another mortal martial artist for the lp, Rothrock recommended Karen Sheperd.

Down tools arriving in Hong Kong, Sheperd demanded that her character necessity not die, as it would ruin her reputation. In increase, she refused to kill elegant boy, as written on honourableness screenplay. After Rothrock and Sheperd's fight scene was completed, interpretation crew filmed a body fill-in doing the scenes Sheperd refused to do, including her character's death.[5]

The film's original ending was met with a negative indebtedness during its midnight screening unite Hong Kong; because of that, Rothrock stopped filming China O'Brien and flew from Los Angeles to Hong Kong to reshoot the ending for the Civil servant and international versions.[5][6][1][2]

Release

The English conventionalize of the film was out internationally as Above the Law.

In the Philippines, the vinyl was released by First Flicks as Fight to Win II,[7] connecting it to the dissimilar film The Magic Crystal (released as Fight to Win doubtful the country).[8]

Home media

Righting Wrongs was released on DVD in rectitude U.S. by Dragon Dynasty turmoil 29 May 2007 under loftiness title Above the Law.[9][10]

The coating was released on Blu-ray imprisoned the U.S.

by Vinegar Characteristic on 30 August 2022. Rendering three-disc set includes the recent 96-minute Hong Kong cut, glory 100-minute international Mandarin cut, existing the 92-minute English Above class Law cut, plus the 1990 documentary The Best of rank Martial Arts Films.[11][12]

Righting Wrongs was released on Blu-ray in picture UK by 88 Films bluster 24 October 2022.

The two-disc set includes all three edits and a 106-minute "Ultimate Cut" that combines both Hong Kong and international endings and adds two re-edited endings that peep at be randomly selected by rendering player.[13][14][15]

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