Stuntman

Action director Sam Lee (Stephen Tung) always prioritized making a good and memorable film over the well-being of his crew. In the 1980s, while filming a scene that required a stuntman to jump off a bridge onto a moving truck, Sam’s directing skills couldn’t save an accident from happening, and a stuntman was paralyzed.

In the modern day, Sam has turned to physical therapy and odd jobs to help out friends. He’s contacted by Cho (Yen To), a veteran director that Sam used to work with. Cho is making a film with international megastar Wai (Philip Ng), who began his career as a part of Sam’s stunt team.

For his final film, Cho is returning to his roots and wants to make an action film that is in the 1980s style. Despite Wai’s reluctance, Cho brings in Sam to be the film’s action director. Sam enlists a rookie stuntman named Lee Sai-long (Terrance Lau) to be his action coordinator. What transpires is not only a clashing of the classic and modern styles, but the difficulty of adapting to the times.

Long has been struggling to find work as a stuntman, even though it has been his dream. Long’s brother Kit (Max Cheung) wants him to stop wasting his life and start working with him in his delivery business. Sam’s daughter Cherry (Cecilia Choi) is getting married. Their relationship is strained because Sam always prioritized movies over Cherry and her mother, who ended up leaving Sam over his actions one fateful evening. Sam being included in Cherry’s wedding is a courtesy on her part, as she’s mostly waiting for him to blow it.

The opening action sequence of the film takes place in a mall and seems to be heavily inspired by Jackie Chan’s Police Story. The conversation where Cho convinces Sam to be a part of the film occurs while Sam stares at the famous bronze Bruce Lee statue in Hong Kong. Stephen Tung shared a scene with Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon, so this was the Leung Brothers (the directors), Albert and Herbert, way of honoring that.

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