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Encyclopedia > Full contact

'Full Contact is a 1992 Hong Kong action film directed by Ringo Lam. The film stars Chow Yun Fat, Simon Yam, Anthony Wong, Ann Bridgewater and Bonnie Fu. Ringo Lam (林嶺東; pinyin: Lin Lingdong; Cantonese: Lam Leng-tung) (born 1955) is a film director known for stylish action thrillers. ... Chow Yun-Fat (周潤發, Jau1 Yeun6 Faat3, Pinyin: Zhōu Rùnfā) (born May 18, 1955 on Lamma Island, Hong Kong) is among a handful of internationally recognized screen actors that Hong Kong has ever produced, along with Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. ... Simon Yam Simon Yam Tat Wah (Chinese: 任達華 born March 19, 1955) is a Hong Kong actor. ... Anthony Wong Chau-Sang (黃秋生) (born September 2, 1961) is a Hong Kong actor. ...


In an effort to get his buddy out of a gambling debt, Jeff (Chow Yun Fat) agrees to join forces with Judge (Simon Yam) in a weapons heist. The job goes bad and Judge betrays Jeff. Jeff plots the ultimate revenge on Judge and his followers and it is a question of whether he can follow through with his plan.


This film did poorly at the Hong Kong box office, where fans were not interested in seeing Chow play such a violent criminal. It was however a critical and cult favorite in the US and UK.

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Alternate Versions

  • The Hong Kong Laserdisc release is severely edited to remove finger and wrist cutting, a gun shot through the cheek, bad guy suffering under Chow's bike, and several gunshots to the head. The Tai Seng DVD release is the original uncut version.
  • Taiwanese video includes extended version of the car scene with Sam and Virgin and has a total of 3 more minutes than Hong Kong video.
  • The BBFC cut 34 seconds for its cinema and video release.
  • In the original cut of the film, Judge tells Sam to bring him Jeff's eyes as proof of his death. Sam can't kill Jeff, so he cuts the eyes out of one of the bodies of the family in the house. Judge takes the eyes and eats them. This also helps explain Judge's comments about about Jeff's "pretty eyes". If you watch Sam in the current versions, as he comes out of the house you can see his right hand is clenched and holding something - the eyes, of course. Director Lam says these scenes were cut and never saved. He stated had he known about the influence of dvd special features, they would have been.
  • Despite every prior UK video release of the film being cut in some way (for violence, violence against women, banned weapons, sexual content). It was release without any cuts and fully intact by Hong Kong Legends DVD. It also features the film fully uncut, as well as with an edited (subdued) music track as director Ringo Lam originally intended.

Quotes

 Jeff- "Well! Masturbate in Hell!" 
 Virgin- "Check if there is a hole in my underpants" Jeff- "No, but I saw a vomiting crab" 

Cast

Chow Yun-Fat (周潤發, Jau1 Yeun6 Faat3, Pinyin: Zhōu Rùnfā) (born May 18, 1955 on Lamma Island, Hong Kong) is among a handful of internationally recognized screen actors that Hong Kong has ever produced, along with Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. ... Simon Yam Simon Yam Tat Wah (Chinese: 任達華 born March 19, 1955) is a Hong Kong actor. ... Anthony Wong Chau-Sang (黃秋生) (born September 2, 1961) is a Hong Kong actor. ...

Crew

  • Directed by Ringo Lam
  • Written by Nam Yin
  • Music by Teddy Robin Kwan
  • Edited by Tony Chow

Ringo Lam (林嶺東; pinyin: Lin Lingdong; Cantonese: Lam Leng-tung) (born 1955) is a film director known for stylish action thrillers. ...

Soundtrack

Image:Alantam. ... See also Extreme value, Extreme sports, Extremophile Extreme was an American funk metal / hair metal / hard rock band which achieved popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... See also Extreme value, Extreme sports, Extremophile Extreme was an American funk metal / hair metal / hard rock band which achieved popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Public Enemy, also known as PE, are a seminal hip hop group known for their politically charged lyrics and their interest in the concerns of the African American community. ...

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