Turning Point (2009 action film)
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| Traditional | Laughing Gor之變節 |
| Simplified | Laughing Gor之变节 |
| Mandarin | Laughing Gor Zhì Bìan Jié |
| Cantonese | Laughing Gor Zi1 Bin3 Zit3 |
| Directed by | Herman Yau |
| Produced by | Tommy Leung |
| Screenplay by |
Yip Tin-shing Poon Man-hung Wong Yeung-tat |
| Story by | Sharon Au |
| Starring |
Michael Tse Anthony Wong Francis Ng Felix Wong Wayne Lai Fala Chen Eric Tsang Yuen Biao |
| Music by | Mak Chun-hung |
| Cinematography | Chan Kwong-hung |
| Edited by | Chung Wai-chiu |
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| Distributed by | Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) |
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89 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
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Cantonese Hokkien |
| Box office | US$2,020,712 |
Turning Point is a 2009 Hong Kong action crime thriller film directed by Herman Yau and starring Michael Tse in the title role of "Laughing Gor" and co-starring veteran actors Francis Ng and Anthony Wong. Released in Hong Kong on 13 August 2009, this is the first film to be produced by Shaw Brothers since 2003's Drunken Monkey.
Michael Tse's performance as "Laughing Gor" in the TVB television serial E.U was well received, and due to his popularity, TVB general manager Stephen Chan Chi-wan, during an interview with Tse in Be My Guest on 1 April 2009, announced that a prequel/spin-off featuring "Laughing Gor" would be made and presented Tse a contract for the film.
The story takes place before the early year of 2000 when Laughing (Michael Tse) is an undercover cop, but because of a drug case, Inspector Poon (Felix Wong) has been trying to track him down.
Laughing is supposedly an undercover cop who has infiltrated a triad organization. However, before he became a cop, Laughing was a member of the triads and worked for the triad leader Lai Tin-yat, aka Brother One (Anthony Wong). Brother was very good to Laughing, and Laughing looked up to him as his elder brother. In order to strengthen his business and illegal activities, Brother One arranges for Laughing to join the Police Force and become his mole to gather information about the plans and counter-plans for operations by the police.
Laughing graduated from Police Academy with outstanding results but before he was assigned to a post as a police officer, his "bad boy" image attracted the attention of the Head of District Anti-Triad Squad, Superintendent Sin (Yuen Biao) who arranges his assignment as an undercover cop to infiltrate the mob syndicate.
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