Awarapan - Emraan Hashmi (2007) - Queen's Road Central

Kabir, now in charge of Shivam's part of the business/responsibilities, has been tasked with tracking down Reema's boyfriend, Bilal, and tracks him down on Queen's Road Central next to the old Queen's Theatre. More or less the same location as in this post. He runs to Duddell Street when they finally catch up with him in the car.

Mad Mission 3: Our Man from Bond Street - Sam Hui (1984) - Duddell Street, Central

After some bits I can't identify, we next see Kingkong as he skateboards over a bunch of cars parked along Duddell Street. At the end of the road, in the top image, you can just make out the words 置地廣場 which is the Chinese name for the Landmark Building. The last image shows Queen's Road Central with Ice House Street just at the back. I believe most of Duddell Street has been redeveloped since this time. Citibank Tower was a replacement to the original National City Bank of New York Building, a rather grand structure with large columns that fronted onto Queen's Road Central.

Legacy of Rage - Brandon Lee (1986) - Duddell Street, Central

After doing the swap, the rollerskating courier stops at a phone box at the bottom of the Duddell Street steps to check in with his boss, Michael (Michael Wong). He then decides to check the bag and help himself to some of the proceeds. Unbeknownst to him he is being filmed by another of the boss's men at the top of the steps and is rumbled.

Les Nuits Rouges du Bourreau de Jade - Carrie Ng (2010) - Duddell Street, Central

Moving on to a new film for the blog and this time it is another French production starring Carrie Ng as a sadistic killer who covets a legendary poison for the sensory effects it causes just before death. Sadly, I don't speak any French so much of the film's plot escapes me but it boils around this poison, kept in a jade skull, and everyone is after it. There are actually quite a few new locations (in terms of this blog) in this film and although some still allude me I figured I may as well make a start with the ones that I have been able to identify already. The official title for the film is Les Nuits Rouges du Bourreau de Jade but it seems to often be referred to as just Les Nuits Rouges or just Red Nights in English.

The film starts on a roof top bar somewhere (I still haven't found it yet and suspect it may have been a set) as Carrie Ng meets up with a girl. She obviously has something of an experience on offer and the pair get into Carrie's car and head off for their gruesome shenanigans. The location where they get into the car is Duddell Street in Central. You can see the famous stone steps in the background.

Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong - Jamie Chung (2015) - Duddell Street, Central

Next up is a little trip down the famous and historical stone steps at the southern end of Duddell Street. Even Josh gets into the touristic nature of their epic walk by describing how the steps are home to the (supposedly) last remaining gas lit lamps in Hong Kong. I have no idea if it's actually really true but everything here took a bit of a major battering last year when Typhoon Mangkhut blew through and caused a fair bit of damage. Anyway, this is where they have their photo taken which becomes a small plot point later in the film.

Cracker: White Ghost - Robbie Coltrane (1996) - Duddell Street, Central

The first murder is supposedly committed in an office block situated along Duddell St in Central. The building on screen below (on the right) is called the Printing House but I can't make out if that is the one they go into or the one further up the street (behind camera) which is the HK Diamond Exchange. The presence of Ruttonjee House in view on the left makes me think the latter.

I guess Duddell Street is more famous for the original gas street lights and the steps at the end of the street than it is for the buildings along there.