The Tigers (film)

The Tigers
Film poster
Traditional	五虎將之決裂
Simplified	五虎将之决裂
Mandarin	Wǔ Hǔ Jiàng Zhī Jué Liè
Cantonese	Ng5 Fu2 Zeong3 Zi1 Kyut3 Lit6
Directed by	Eric Tsang
Produced by	Wallace Cheung
Written by	Nam Yin James Yuen
Starring	Andy Lau Tony Leung Felix Wong Michael Miu Kent Tong Bryan Leung Irene Wan
Music by	Tats Lau Patrick Lui
Cinematography	Jingle Ma
Edited by	Kam Ma
Production company	Movie Impact
Distributed by	Newport Entertainment
Release dates	3 July 1991 (1991-07-03)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$11,399,717

The Tigers is a 1991 Hong Kong action crime thriller film directed by Eric Tsang, and starring Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Felix Wong, Michael Miu and Kent Tong, whom were the Five Tiger Generals of TVB in the 1980s. It is a film adaptation of the 1984 TVB serial, Rise and Fall of a Stand-In which featured the film's stars Miu and Tong.

Plot

The Tigers tells the stories of a team of five Hong Kong detectives. While busting a drug deal the brother-in-law of one of the detectives is found to be implicated and gives them a large amount of cash in exchange for their silence. But with the money comes hassle, as the organised crime syndicate want more and more in exchange for their money, leading to an action packed tale of police corruption.

Cast

• Andy Lau as Thief/Lau Chi-ming
• Tony Leung as Scalp
• Felix Wong as Ben
• Michael Miu as Wah
• Kent Tong as Fong Heung-tung
• Bryan Leung as Lam Hoi-tim
• Irene Wan as Shirley
• Shing Fui-On as Shing Sha-pei
• Philip Chan as Cho Siu-ping
• Yammie Lam as Wah's wife
• Lo Lieh as Chiuchow Ping
• Chen Kuan-tai as Hon-wai
• Eric Tsang as SDU member (cameo)

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References

External links

• The Tigers at the Internet Movie Database