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Born to Be King
🎬 Movie

Born to Be King

2000 · 118 min Action Crime Thriller
6.2 / 10 · TMDB

Triad member Chicken is designated by Taiwan's San Luen Gang to marry Nanako, the daughter of the fifth generation leader of the Yamada Gang in Japan. Later, the leader of the triad group gets murdered. Actually, all the San Luen Gang members suspect Chicken attacked their leader Liu, in order to make a chance for him to rule the Gang and thus have adopted an extremely hostile attitude towards him.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

The film doesn't pretend to be about anything other than action — and that's an honest position. The director constructs scenes with a feel for space, pace, and rhythm.

If you love the genre — this is a solid specimen. If you're indifferent to action — there's nothing extraordinary here to convert you.

Good choice for group viewing when you want to watch rather than think.

Director: Andrew Lau Wai-Keung

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: Big screen, decent sound. This is cinema that should sound loud and fill the room.

🎭 Cast

Ekin Cheng

Ekin Cheng

Chan Ho Nam

Jordan Chan Siu-Chun

Jordan Chan Siu-Chun

Chicken / Saan Gai

Shu Qi

Shu Qi

Mei Ling

Gigi Lai Chi

Gigi Lai Chi

Tuan Mu Rong Yu

Sonny Chiba

Sonny Chiba

Ichiro Kusakari

Roy Cheung Yiu-Yeung

Roy Cheung Yiu-Yeung

Akira Kusakari

Anya

Anya

Nanako Kusakari

Chin Ka-Lok

Chin Ka-Lok

Big Head

Michael Tse Tin-Wah

Michael Tse Tin-Wah

Michael

Jerry Lamb Hiu-Fung

Jerry Lamb Hiu-Fung

Bau Pei / Foreskin

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