Tiger Cage Trilogy

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Tiger Cage is a 1988 Hong Kong action film directed by Yuen Woo-ping and starring Simon Yam , Carol Cheng , Jacky Cheung , Irene Wan and Donnie Yen . The film was followed by a sequel, Tiger Cage 2 , released two years later in 1990 featuring a new storyline, with Yuen returning as director and cast members Yen and Cheng returning in different roles. Plot Inspector Michael Huang, alongside Shirley Ho, Brother Lung, Fan Chun-yau, Uncle Tat and Terry are all part of the Anti-Drug Unit of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force . The relationship between them are like brothers in general. During an operation, they worked together to bust a drug den but the chief drug trafficker, Swatow Hung, escaped. Just as they were celebrating their success, Hung found them and killed Lung. In order to avenge Lung and find Hung, they took a variety of means and finally found and killed Hung. During an accident, Yau filmed Tat trading with a drug trafficker and tells Terry and Michael. After Michael found out, in order to protect himself, he killed Terry and framed Yau, who was then suspended from duty, which caused Yau to feel suspicious. One day, Yau's girlfriend Amy found a copy of Yau's videotape at home and discovered that Michael and Tat were accomplices. Shortly after Yau and Michael arrive to pick up the tape, but in order to save Yau, she handed the tape to Michael. Michael then ordered an assassin to kill her. But Amy was able to call Shirley and inform her of Michael's operations. At this point, Yau and Shirley discover the truth to everything, that Hung luckily escaped from the drug bust earlier and came back to revenge on Lung, who was an undercover cop, on the night before his wedding with Shirley. Yau vows to bring the perpetrator to justice and dig out the mole inside the police force. Terry, who was partners with Tat, discovered his relationship with the drug traffickers and conflicted for his loyalty to Tat or his ethnic standards. Tat was used by his superior Michael and was ultimately abandoned and killed. Shirley finally discovers the truth to the case, but now, it is difficult for all of them to escape death. Cast Simon Yam as Michael Huang [ 1 ] Carol Cheng as Shirley Ho Shih-ling, [ 1 ] a policewoman whose fiancé was murdered by the drug traffickers [ 2 ] Jacky Cheung as Fang Shun-yu [ 1 ] Irene Wan as Amy [ 1 ] Donnie Yen as Terry [ 1 ] Bryan Leung as Brother Lung Ng Man-tat as Uncle Tat Wang Lung-wei as Swatow Hung Vincent Lyn as Vincent Yuen Shun-yi as Hung's brother Yuen Cheung-yan as Policeman Michael Woods [ 3 ] as Drug dealer from USA Paul Wong as Man gets kicked in drug bust Chan King as Policeman Yuen Woo-ping as Master Eight Fung Hak-on as Hung's buddy Stephan Berwick [ 3 ] as Drug dealer from USA Wai Kei-shun as Officer Wai Peter Mak as Policeman Jameson Lam as Policeman at Lung's party Chang Sing-kwong Lam Foo-wai as Mechanic Fei Pak as Policeman at Lung's funeral Box office The film earned HK$11,534,315 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 28 July to 10 August 1988 in Hong Kong. Tiger Cage 2 is a 1990 Hong Kong action film directed by Yuen Woo-ping and starring Donnie Yen . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The film is a sequel to the 1988 film Tiger Cage , which was also directed by Yuen, and features a new storyline with returning cast members Yen and Carol Cheng in different roles. Plot Dragon Yau is a hot-headed ex-cop named whose attitude has got him in trouble with his bosses and his wife. On a trip to the divorce lawyers, he is witness to a robbery where a shootout ensues and a suitcase of money disappears. During the same shootout Lawyer Mandy Chang also witnesses and becomes unintentionally involved with said events. On a trip to the hospital Mandy wrongly accuses Dragon who she believes is a robber, an argument causes Dragon to be knocked out by Tak a police officer and former colleague. At the hospital an unconscious Dragon is mistakenly kidnapped by goons sent to pick up Mandy, and then thrown out of a moving van when the mistake is noticed. Meanwhile Waise Chow who is involved with money laundering argues with David who was in charge of the suitcase while his girlfriend and Mandy's housemate Petty Lee listens in on the conversation. Dragon later follows Mandy from the hospital to her apartment meanwhile Petty Lee is murdered by someone in a biker's outfit. Mandy arrives at the apartment and argues with Dragon only to find Petty Lee dead on the floor. Police arrive led by Inspector Yeung who suspects Mandy of murder has both her and Dragon handcuffed only for the true killer to start and shootout with the police while Dragon and Mandy escape. Now on the run they are pursued by David who believes they have the suitcase, after running through the city they hide in Dragon's apartment for the evening. The next morning they see on the news that both of them alongside the killer are fugitives, they then hunt down David to find out why he is following them. After fighting each other and esc