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Security Unlimited (Chinese: 摩登保鑣) is a 1981 Hong Kong comedy film directed by and starring Michael Hui and co-starring his brothers Samuel Hui and Ricky Hui, who are known as the Hui Brothers. Michael Hui was awarded Best Actor at the 1st Hong Kong Film Awards, making him the first ever recipient for the award.

Plot

Chow Sai-cheung (Michael Hui), a bitter supervisor of a Hong Kong private security company, teaches unusual guard tactics to new recruits such as electric mats, parachuting off burning buildings and counter-attacking gunfire. He was secretly observed by his new boss (Stanley Fung) and Sylvester (Arnis Hasi), unimpressed by his work, the new boss demotes Chow and promotes Chow's assistant Sam (Samuel Hui). Under the leadership of Sam, Chow and new recruit Bruce Tang (Ricky Hui) encounter a slew of misadventures, including pursuing stowaways on a party boat. Bruce ultimately falls in love with one of the stowaways. Finally, they all get entangled in a plot to steal one of China's most prized treasures on display in Hong Kong, and in a plot involving some missing government money that the security officers were guarding.

Cast

Cast Role
Samuel Hui Lieutenant Sam
Michael Hui Chow Sai-cheung
Ricky Hui Bruce Tang Siu-lung
Marylinn Wong Chun
Stanley Fung Fan
Arnis Hasi Sylvester
Chan Sing Robber gang thief
Hoi Sang Lee Robber with pump-gun
David Cheung Robber with harpoon
Yue Tau-wan Crossed-eye robber
Kobe Wong Robber knowing melody
Hui Sai-cheung Wong Security boss
Ray Cordeiro Horse race trickster
Joe Junior Sniper with ice bullets
Tsang Choh-lam Fake corpse
Lau Hak-suen Taipan Law
Wong Man Taipan Law's wife
Roks Ship party moderator
Wong Chik-sam Sergeant
Danny Au Thief in factory
Fung Fung Driving examiner
Tang Mei-mei
Bill Tung Race course commentator
Hung Leung-sek Race course commentator
Tong Si Robbed bak employee
Albert Cheung Kidney thief
Maria Chung Ship party guest
Fung Shui-chun
Tse Hon-san
Man Nga-tik
Sek Ngai-wan
Leung Shu-wing
Ng Man-lei

Box office

The film was the biggest grossing of the Hui Brothers comedies and became the biggest grossing film of all-time in Hong Kong with HK$18 million.[1] It also became the highest-grossing film of all-time in Singapore with a gross of S$1.4 million.[2]

Accolades

Accolades
Ceremony Category Recipient Outcome
1st Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor Michael Hui Won

Album

Security Unlimited is Samuel Hui's eighth Cantopop album with the title track being the film's theme song.

Track listing

  1. "摩登保鑣"
  2. "印象"
  3. "扮野"
  4. "笑下就算"
  5. "長春不老"
  6. "我的心仍屬於您"
  7. "恭喜！恭喜！"
  8. "人辦"
  9. "陽光"
  10. "甜蜜的往事"
  11. "歌曲解困憂"
  12. "我問"

References

  1. ^ a b Cowie, Peter (1982). International Film Guide. Tantivy Press. p. 157. ISBN 9780498025686. Almost by rote, Michael Hui's new comedy Security Unlimited (Mo-teng pao-piao), about a group of security officers, climbed to the top of the box-office charts, grossing HK$18,000,000 with ease.
  2. ^ "'Shaolin Temple' Champ of Singapore's Box Office". Variety. 20 October 1982. p. 229.

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