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What a Hero! is a Hongkongais film of genre Comedy directed by Benny Chan with Andy Lau
What a Hero! (1992)
Hua! ying xiong
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Add to a movie listWhat a Hero! is a 1992 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Benny Chan and starring Andy Lau and Maggie Cheung.
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Yuen Tak-wah (Andy Lau) has been practicing Taekwondo since he was a kid and becomes an expert at it with his best trick being the 720 Degree Whirlwind Kick. Wah later becomes a cop and uses his good skills to contribute in cracking cases which leads to the jealousy of Officer Cheung Yeung (Roy Cheung), the leader of the rival team. Cheung is also a Taekwondo expert who has a won a championship at the Hong Kong Police Force's Taekwondo tournament. Finally, conflicts launched the two into the Taekwondo finals where compete against each other. At the earlier rounds, Wah was at a disadvantage until he uses his Super Whirlwind Kick and wins the championship, while Cheung loses and is convinced. Afterwards, Wah opens a martial arts school which specializes in training the Whirlwind Kick to students, attracting many youths to register in order to learn from him.Actors
Andy Lau
(Yuen Ta-Hwa)
Maggie Cheung
(Lan)
Anthony Wong
(Saucer)
Roy Cheung
(Cheung Yeung)
Nick Cheung
(Policeman)
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