In the 1950s and 60s, cartoonist Hui Guan-man created the comic character Uncle Choi as a bumbling comedic character, who later evolved into a heroic guerrilla fighter resisting the Japanese. Eventually, he was reimagined as a modern spy, which appealed greatly to young readers. When released in pocket-sized format, the series pioneered a new trend in Hong Kong comics. In the early 1960s, Uncle Choi was first brought to the silver screen in the film adaptation The Left Hander (1962). In the 1990s, filmmaker Tsui Hark adapted it to make The Raid, turning Uncle Choi (Dean Shek) to a retired combat medic who wants to ruin the Japanese army's attack by poisonous gas during the Sino-Japanese War. Dean Shek's precision in amusing the audience makes him the perfect fit for the comic character. Ching Siu-tung's spectacular action choreography and the film's occasional use of hand-drawn style all remind us of printed comic books, and Tsui Hark's direction makes The Raid stand out among the many films set in the Sino-Japanese War.

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