Man on the Brink

The undercover cop is one of the most important icons of Hong Kong cinema and Man on the Brink's title character started it all. The film was so powerful in its depiction of the stealth agent that a subgenre was spawn, its capacity for gripping storytelling exercised up to this day. Directed by New Wave stalwart Alex Cheung, the film takes liberal inspiration from the Hollywood film Serpico (1973), creating a compelling hero out of its protagonist Ah Chiu (Eddie Chan). Caught between two worlds and leading a double life, the undercover cop has become a mythic character that embodies all the pride and anxiety of a Hong Kong that finds itself forever squeezed in between.

Courtesy of Mei Ah Entertainment Group Limited

日期日期 Date	時間时间 Time	地點地点 Venue
7/12/2018 (Fri)	7:30pm	Auditorium, North District Town Hall

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