Election - Simon Yam (2005) - Kowloon Reservoir, Shatin

Here is the last post for this film and the location for the final scenes in the movie as it reaches its denouement. Lok and his son go fishing with Big D and his wife and the partnership between the two men finally ends. The location in question is Kowloon Reservoir which, despite its name, is actually located within the boundaries of Shatin District along the Tai Po Road. Although the reservoir itself is a new one for the blog, its dam wall - over the top of which runs Golden Hill Road - has been seen a couple of times before (A Lotus Blossom for Miss Quon, A Queen's Ransom). You can see it in the last image as Lok and his son drive away.

A Lotus for Miss Quon - Lang Jeffries (1967) - Golden Hill Road, Kowloon Reservoir

One of the key actions sequences of the film occurs when Jason and his girlfriend (Miss Quon played by Francesca Tu) tries to hot foot it over the "border". Seeing as this story is set in Vietnam I am unsure which border it is (take your pick from China, Laos, Cambodia) but the plan is foiled by guerrillas who launch an attack on them and the border police as they just manage to cross. They're targeted because they are driving a US Embassy diplomatic vehicle, not because the attackers knew who they were. Anyway, this scene was shot around the main dam wall at Kowloon Reservoir (we had some similar action here for A Queen's Ransom).

They approach the border from Tai Po Road end, but then are filmed driving the opposite way over the dam wall (i.e. back towards the section they were on in the first two images).

Police hut (it gets blown up by guerrillas) at the eastern end of the dam

Policeman is shot by guerrilla (Yuen Siu-tin)

Jojo (Sal Borgese) watches it all from back up the hill near Tai Po Road

A Queen's Ransom - George Lazenby (1976) - Golden Hill Road, Kowloon Reservoir

One of the key scenes of the film takes place along the dam wall that separates Kowloon Reservoir from Kowloon Byewash Reservoir. It's actually still possible to drive across the top of the dam wall even though it was built in 1910. Despite its name, it's actually in Shatin District which makes it part of the New Territories.