"The Birth of a Legend."

2003

1h 59m

7.3(436 votes)

Action

Thriller

Crime

Overview

In this prequel to the original, a bloody power struggle among the Triads coincides with the 1997 handover of Hong Kong, setting up the events of the first film.

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Cast & Crew

86 members

Acting

餘文樂

Chan Wing Yan

Acting

陳冠希

Lau Kin Ming

Acting

吳鎮宇

Ngai Wing Hau

Acting

曾志偉

Hon Sam

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劉嘉玲

Mary Hon

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黃秋生

Wong Chi Shing

Acting

胡军

Luk Kai Cheung

Acting

連凱

Ngai Wing Chung

Acting

張耀揚

Law Kai Yin

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廖啟智

Uncle John

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張同祖

Ngai Kwun

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杜汶澤

Silly Keung

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傅嘉莉

May

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方平

Gandhi

Camera

傲志君

Negro

Directing

陳德森

Man Ching

Camera

黃嶽泰

Kwok Wah

Acting

Ricardo Mamood-Vega

Alan

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惠英紅

Hau's Sister

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Bey Logan

Inspector Calvin

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Wan Chi-Keung

Officer Leung

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Lam Bik Yan

Hau's Wife

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Wong Sam-Yue

Yee's Wife

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Brian Ireland

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陳望華

Ngai Wing Yee

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張穎康

Billy

Directing

小海

Mr. Cheung

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Acting

Chiu Chung-Yu

Drunken Mary at Station

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Production

Chan Kam Pui

Sam's Man

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Acting

賈仕峰

Sam's Man

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林國傑

Sam's Man

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鄧泰和

Sam's Man

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Say Ping Yap

Socialites

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郑斌辉

Solicitor Hung

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Hui Kam Fung

Cadet School Principal Yip

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林仲岐

Kwun's Bodyguard

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Kam Loi-Kwan

Kwun's Bodyguard

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Chung Ka-Lung

Kwun's Bodyguard

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Acting

林富偉

Hau's Man

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黃銳生

Hau's Man

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Chu Chi-Ho

Hau's Man

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段偉倫

Sergeant Chan

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Wong Man-Shing

OCTB Team

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戚務振

OCTB Team

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曾健勇

OCTB Team

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Cheung Pui-Sai

OCTB Team

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劉宗基

OCTB Team

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張旭燊

OCTB Team

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Brandon Rhea

Johnson

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Tiffany Cheung Pik-Shan

Killer at Nightclub

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凌曉樺

Killer at Hotpot Restaurant

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Daai Ho-Fai

Killer at Hi-fi Shop

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Camera

陳兆君

Killer at Lift Lobby

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Roger Lee Siu-Kwong

Killer on the Bike

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賴懷德

Uncle John's Man

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Hoh Shu-Wing

Uncle John's Man

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雷小明

Wah's Bodyguard

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Derek Skinner

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Chow Chi-Keung

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郭玉強

Acting

Chue Shiu-Kei

Gandhi's Man

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周美成

Gandhi's Man

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Fu Kwok-Ho

Gandhi's Man

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Ho Ka-Ming

Gandhi's Man

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Anna Yiu Kai-Sin

Gandhi's Wife

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張嘉敏

Negro's Wife

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Yan Qingyu

Wah's Wife

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Chan Chun-Luk

Kwun's Wife

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Ann Ng Wing-Yan

Ching's Wife

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Georgina Chan Lok-Ji

Hau's Daughter

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Cash Lee Chi-Keung

Wah's Man

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Chung Siu-Kwong

Wah's Man

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Peter Lee Chi-Yin

Wah's Man

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Camera

Lo Lau-Fai

Killer in Thailand

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Acting

劉冬青

Negro's Man

Acting

Chan Kim-Ming

Negro's Man

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Yiu Kai-Tung

Negro's Man

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鄭國偉

Negro's Man

No Image

Acting

Cheng Kai-Chung

Ching's Man

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Acting

王俊霖

Ching's Man

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Art

Lee Wai-Ming

Ching's Man

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Acting

謝偉賢

Ching's Man

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Ken Lee Ting-Fung

Funny-face Boy

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Chaucharew Wichai

Paul

Acting

Phorjeat Keanpetch

Sunny

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Editing

Mui Tung-Lit

Noodle Shop Owner

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