Election - Simon Yam (2005) - Cha Kwo Ling Kai Fong Building, Cha Kwo Ling

Cha Kwo Ling is an old village located at the far eastern end of Kowloon - not far from the entrance to the Eastern harbour tunnel (in fact, Double Impact fans may recall this scene which was filmed just around the corner). The kai fong hall (sort of a community centre) appears to be where a meeting is held by the triad elders where they make the decision to elect Simon Yam as the new chairman and prevent Big D from retrieving the society baton. It's a very quick establishing shot of the outside of the building and I have no idea if the interior was used at all.

Double Impact - Jean Claude Van Damme (1991) - Cha Kwo Ling Road Service Rd, Yau Tong

Classic JCVD this time with an opening that is supposed to show the inauguration ceremony for the cross harbour tunnel. The film crew did a fairly good job with a mock up of the entrance but the tunnel itself was fairly obviously a matte painting stuck behind it.

Anyway, some clues in the background tell us where the film set was created. The first being the distinctive shape of Mt Parker on HK island behind and the second is the nearby rockface that looks to have been blasted to create space for the road. Here are a few grabs.

Anyway, the road we can see is still around although understandably a little bit more built up than it was in 1991. The giveaway is in fact the rocky face behind the camera man - it's a bit dirtier than it was back then but the shame shape can still be made out.

Little known fact: Although Sheldon Lettich is credited as the director of this film, it was in fact action master Vic Armstrong who was in charge as he showed Sheldon the "ropes". Also, Vic's brother Andy - another leading light in today's stunt industry - who played JCVD's gunned down father.