Hafen der Düfte - Veronica Ferres (2013) - Stonecutters Bridge

As Victoria makes her way from the airport into town we are treated to a view of the Stonecutters Bridge connecting West Kowloon with Tsing Yi Island. It's a view we come back to later in the film as well. The dark edge at the bottom of image 3 indicates that the cameraman was most likely positioned looking out from a floor of the Goodman Interlink building, next to the bridge.

Something Good - Luca Barbareschi (2013) - Container Terminal 8, Stonecutters Island

The film finale takes place in the container terminal on the northern side of the expanded-by-reclamation Stonecutters Island with Stonecutters Bridge in the background.

6 Underground - Ryan Reynolds (2019) - Stonecutters Bridge, Kowloon

Next up is another film from Michael Bay. You may recall that Bay was in Hong Kong circa 2014 to film scenes for Transformers: Age of Extinction. The filming caused a fair bit of controversy thanks to his merging a national park in China with the Hong Kong Island geography (which led to complaints from the Chinese park authorities) and also due to the extortion incidents that occurred in two major filming locations (Quarry Bay and Sham Shui Po).

The events here seem to have put Bay off from returning (and who could blame him?) because the Hong Kong scenes used in this film are a combination of brief establishing shots and the main set (which was actually in Italy) having a variety of locations, including Hong Kong, inserted into the background.

It looks as though Bay has basically reused footage he shot for Transformers and included some small shots that maybe were not originally included in that film but kept in store for such a purpose. My theory appears to be correct when you compare these opening HK shots for 6 Underground with a similar scene in Transformers: Age of Extinction. The opening shot is a view along the Stonecutter's Bridge that links Kowloon and Stonecutter Island with Tsing Yi Island.

Man of Tai Chi - Keanu Reeves (2013) - Stonecutters Bridge, Kowloon

No longer Hong Kong's newest bridge, Stonecutters Bridge has been featured in a few films since it was opened at the tail end of 2009. In this scene it is the route that Tiger's car takes when he is brought to Hong Kong to meet Reeves for the first time.

Blackhat - Chris Hemsworth (2015) - Stonecutters Bridge, Kowloon

An overhead shot at the beginning of the film shows the Chinese policeman's car as he heads into work. Note that the car is driving on the right hand carriageway. I guess they achieved this by either closing the road down for filming (possible, it does happen) or by flipping the film (much more cost effective I suspect). I have a feeling that in this case the film has been flipped, but I'm only guessing.

You can also see the bridge in this rather nice sunset picture looking north from HK Island towards Tsuen Wan. Stonecutters Bridge is bottom left.

Transformers: Age of Extinction - Mark Wahlberg (2014) - Stonecutters Bridge, Kowloon

Hong Kong's newest suspension bridge also gets some air time in this film. We last saw it (or at least the road that it carries) during our Largo Winch posts, but this time we see it from above as various cars/bots race over it.

A very typical hazy view for this time of year (winter).