Past form on this blog has shown that when a film (specifically John Woo ones) uses a property for explosive shootouts (see Hard Boiled, The Killer), it was because the place was about to be demolished so no one cared what happened to it. It seems that this was also the case for this property as well until someone offered to buy it and extended a lifeline, at least for a few years, by former model, Sally Mount and her investor husband, Duncan.
I have a book in my hand that claims the property was built in 1940 for Sir Run Run Shaw, but the timeline feels off for me as I don't believe Sir Run Run was in Hong Kong at that time, but I could be wrong. However, it does confirm some rumours I heard previously that Shaw owned a property in Deepwater Bay. This also ties in with the fact that this film was made to raise money for Chang Cheh, one of Shaw's most prolific directors. Someone mentioned on Gwulo that Lee Kuan Yew, the former leader of Singapore, used to stay here when he visited Hong Kong. Knowing Shaw's ties with Singapore this doesn't surprise me.
Sadly, the lifeline was only for a few more years as the Mounts sold up in 1996, following five or six years of renovations, and set a territory sales record for the property at HK$163million. Looking at aerial images, it looks like the property remained until circa 2000 before finally getting demolished and redeveloped into a row of much more valuable but aesthetically underwhelming luxury townhouses.
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