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Weeds on Fire

Original title: Dian wu bu
  • 20162016
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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Weeds on Fire (2016)
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  • Biography
  • Drama
The 1st FFFI Winning Film Projects Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau first launched the First Feature Film Initiative (FFFI) in March 2013 to identi... Read allThe 1st FFFI Winning Film Projects Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau first launched the First Feature Film Initiative (FFFI) in March 2013 to identify new talents through a competition on screenplay and production proposals. In the year o... Read allThe 1st FFFI Winning Film Projects Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau first launched the First Feature Film Initiative (FFFI) in March 2013 to identify new talents through a competition on screenplay and production proposals. In the year of 1984, Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed and the future of Hong Kong became uncle... Read all
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  • Director
    • Chi Fat Chan
  • Writers
    • Chi Fat Chan(screenplay)
    • Chi-Sang Hui(screenplay)
    • Chi Yueng Wong(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kai-Chi Liu
    • Yiu-Sing Lam
    • Tony Tsz-Tung Wu
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  • Director
    • Chi Fat Chan
  • Writers
    • Chi Fat Chan(screenplay)
    • Chi-Sang Hui(screenplay)
    • Chi Yueng Wong(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kai-Chi Liu
    • Yiu-Sing Lam
    • Tony Tsz-Tung Wu
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    • 3User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 11 nominations

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    Kai-Chi Liu
    Kai-Chi Liu
    • Principal Lu Kwong-Fai
    Yiu-Sing Lam
    • Tse Chi-Lung
    Tony Tsz-Tung Wu
    Tony Tsz-Tung Wu
    • Fan Chun-Wai
    Chan-Leung Poon
    Chan-Leung Poon
    • Mr. Tsang (Sha Tin's Chief Commissioner)
    Li-Min Sun
    • Lung's Father
    • (as Li-Man Sun)
    Hedwig Tam
    Hedwig Tam
    • Wai's Girlfriend (Tsz Ching)
    • (as Sin-Yin Tam)
    Ka-Ki Sham
    • Chan Keung
    Jie Shui
    • Lung's Mother
    Simin Wang
    • Lung's Dream Lover (Ling)
    Jan Lamb
    Jan Lamb
    • Voice Over
    • (voice)
    Hon-Lam Chau
    • Short (Shatin Martins)
    Trevor Tak-Hei Cheung
    • Tak (Shatin Martins)
    Ming-Fai Kwan
    • Kwan Gong (Shatin Martins)
    Ka-Hei Lam
    • Locker (Shatin Martins)
    Yui Hon LI
    • Ka Leung (Shatin Martins)
    • (as Aris Yui Hon Li)
    Will Or
    • Dung (Shatin Martins)
    • (as Wai-Lam Or)
    Chuek-Lun Wong
    • Monitor (Shatin Martins)
    Himmy Ting-Him Wong
    • Lik Wong (Shatin Martins)
    • Director
      • Chi Fat Chan
    • Writers
      • Chi Fat Chan(screenplay) (story)
      • Chi-Sang Hui(screenplay)
      • Chi Yueng Wong(screenplay)
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      Composed by Day Tai

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    8/10
    Who Are The Shatin Martins?
    While Hong Kong may not be well known for its sports development, many people may not know the existence of The Shatin Martins, Hong Kong's first government baseball team. First time director Chan Chi Fat brings the story of The Shatin Martins onto the big screen, where Weeds on Fire answer the question: Who are the Shatin Martins?

    The story is told from the perspective of Lung (Lam Yiu-Seng), a teenager growing up in Shatin during 1984. Coming from a neighborhood high school well-known for its poor disciplinary control, the students are enthusiastic in sports. The school principal, Mr Lo (Liu Kai-Chi), decided to turn a bunch of students with poor disciplinary records into Hong Kong's baseball team pioneers. Lung and his classmates were recruited by Mr Lo, where the boys undergo harsh training from the iron fist of Mr Lo. The harsh training builds up strong discipline among the boys, which not only makes the team enter the final round in the baseball tournament, but also creating an unknown glory in the sports history of Hong Kong.

    The movie is not just a bunch of rowdy underdogs into a champion with remarkable results. Rather, it covers a wider aspect of a teenager in his growing up years: facing the dilemma of breaking undesired truth to his best friend, crush with a girl he loves, discovering his mother's infidelity and taking care of his aging father. While this doesn't seem to have any relationship to the theme of the film, it helps the audience to understand the struggle any typical youth will undergo while juggling with training and tournaments.

    Apart from showcasing the tough training the boys undergo, it also carries an important message: giving up equals to losing. The message Mr Lo wants to instill on the boys are more than just winning the competition. It is also about developing their inner characters to prepare them from the reality the moment the boys join the working society. This can be seen from the opening and closing scene, where we see an adult Lung walking on the streets of Central occupied with protesters during the Yellow Umbrella Movement in 2014.

    Weeds on Fire is one of the few Hong Kong independent productions which deserves its limelight, considered that this is a lesser known indie productions which fails to get the publicity it deserves. Watch this if you are a sports lover and you have never really came across a really good baseball movie after Penny Marshall's A League of Their Own (1992).
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    • Release date
      • August 25, 2016 (Hong Kong)
    • Country of origin
      • Hong Kong
    • Official site
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    • Language
      • Cantonese
    • Also known as
      • 點五步
    • Production companies
      • Film Development Fund of Hong Kong
      • Flash Glory
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $536,012
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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