Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Legacy of Rage - Brandon Lee (1986) - Various views from the Opening Titles

Next up is Brandon Lee's sole foray into Hong Kong action cinema, Legacy of Rage, and he did a pretty good job. It's quite hard to believe this was made only 13 years after his dad died (he was 21 at the time the film was made), and yet it's now been 30 years since Brandon himself passed away!

Anyway, the story revolves around Brandon (you guessed it, played by Brandon Lee), his girlfriend, May (Regina Kent), and their friend Michael (erm...Michael Wong). Michael is a gangster's son (dad played by Chan Wai Man) and gets Brandon implicated in one of his gangster hit jobs, ending up with Brandon going to prison for a crime he didn't commit.

The opening titles do the usual thing by including a sort of montage of Hong Kong scenes, so for the sake of brevity I have taken a few and identified where they are.
 
View across the Wanchai waterfront looking west
Showing where Des Voeux Rd W becomes Kennedy Town Praya, before reclamation.
The harbour end of Western Street
Central Market after the Fire Station was demolished but before the Hang Seng Bldg was built
Jardine House and Exchange Square
Statue Square
Wanchai with the (now demolished) Excelsior Hotel in the foreground
Victoria Park in the upper part of the frame

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