Godzilla vs. Destroyah - Takuro Tatsumi (1995) - Wanchai, Hong Kong

A quick hop, skip and jump over to Wanchai as Godzilla then stomps past Central Plaza whilst continuing to wreak devastation to the surrounding area before popping across the harbour to give Kowloon some grief.

Les Anges Gardiens - Gerard Depardieu (1995) - Central Plaza, Wanchai

Depardieu heads to the "Bank of Shanghai" to find out what is in his dead friend's safety deposit box. The bank though is not a real bank but was in fact Central Plaza - once Hong Kong's tallest building when it was built. In fact at the time this film was made it was the tallest building in the whole of Asia! Not anymore.

Detonator II: Night Watch - Pierce Brosnan (1995) - Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Seeing as we are all in a Pierce Brosnan kind of mood at the moment, here is a made-for-TV movie that he was contractually bound to back in the mid-90's. A follow up to Detonator (aka Death Train), Brosnan's original co-star, Patrick Stewart, had managed to wangle his way out of his re-appearance for this sequel and so Brosnan tried to do the same to no effect. It didn't help that he was about to become the new James Bond at the time. In some sort of silent protest he decided to grow his hair long and sport a - sort of - porno-style moustache.

Anyway, the first part of the film is set in the Netherlands with some Amsterdam scenes thrown in before the action moves over to Hong Kong and Macau. The opening scene in Hong Kong is a nice view over the Causeway Bay part of Wanchai District.

Actually, the second picture appears a little later on in the film but shows a larger section of the same area including the typhoon shelter - currently being partially reclaimed for the Wanchai bypass work. It's interesting to note that despite being filmed mid-90's there doesn't seem to be any sign of the Exhibition and Convention Centre that now takes a fairly central place in modern harbour views.

Chinese Box - Jeremy Irons (1997) - Tai Wong Street West, Wanchai

The small lane that Gong Li walks along as she is out searching for Irons is located in Wanchai. It's the southern end of Tai Wong Street West where it pops out onto Queen's Road East. It's not a difficult one to find given the angle of Central Plaza in the background.

The current Streetview image is below. It hasn't really changed much, in fact it's probably the very same newspaper hawker stand at the end.