Vengeance - Johnny Hallyday (2009) - Macau Bus Stop C664 - Estrada de Cheoc Van, Coloane

Although I enjoyed this film, my familiarity with many of the locations made it hard for me to determine if the action was supposed to be taking part in Hong Kong or Macau - confusing because many of the supposedly Macau-set scenes were filmed in HK.

The only reason I know the last post is supposed to be set in Macau is because it ends with Anthony Wong and Co catching a bus to their final showdown from a bus stop in Cheoc Van on Coloane Island in Macau. In the grab below, Wong is supposedly looking back at the beach where he has left Hallyday in the care of Wong's girlfriend (played by Michelle Ye).

Anyway, for the exact location of this bus stop you can click on the location link at the bottom of the post.

Vengeance - Johnny Hallyday (2009) - To Tau Village, Wu Kai Sha

After escaping the hit squad the team head back to what is supposed to be Macau but is actually the beach at To Tau village in Wu Kai Sha. John Woo fans will recognise the location as the very same one used in The Killer all those years ago.

Vengeance - Johnny Hallyday (2009) - Sai Yeung Choi Street South, Mongkok

When the team's hideout is discovered and the triad squad attack them, Hallyday gets lost in the confusion and wanders around trying to remember what he is doing and who he was with. The location is Sai Yeung Choi Street South just outside the Hollywood Shopping Centre.

Vengeance - Johnny Hallyday (2009) - Tung Choi Street, Mongkok

Convalescing from their gun battle with the gang that killed Hallyday's family, the team hole up in a flat that appears to be somewhere along Tung Choi Street. Well, at least it is an image of that place used as an establishing shot when Hallyday takes a peek out of the apartment window. In reality it looks as though the shot was achieved by putting a camera on the walkway that runs above Mongkok Road.

Vengeance - Johnny Hallyday (2009) - Bride's Pool Road, Tai Po

From Sai Kung, our heroic assassins (for want of a better word) follow the hitmen to a BBQ site. On the way they drive along Bride's Pool Road (the road that links Tai Mei Tuk in Tai Po to Luk Keng by Starling Inlet). This road is a favourite for cyclists, car drivers and bikers (I've been down there several times myself on my trusty old Kawasaki Ninja). The exact spot we see in the top screen grab is not far past the Chung Pui campsite heading towards Luk Keng direction.

The second grab actually shows us heading back the other way (towards Tai Mei Tuk) just past the aforementioned campsite.

Vengeance - Johnny Hallyday (2009) - Sai Kung Town, Sai Kung

Once in HK, the team go looking for a man with an injured ear (Hallyday's daughter managed to shoot his ear off during the initial gun battle) and find a fisherman at the Sai Kung waterfront with a bandage over his left ear. They sit and wait for him and his buddy to finish work and head home.

Vengeance - Johnny Hallyday (2009) - Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong

The team enter into Hong Kong illegally on a fishing boat as they start to track down the hit men responsible for the murders.

Vengeance - Johnny Hallyday (2009) - Former Kai Tak Airfield, Kowloon

One of the more surprising locations I've found in this film is a section of the old Kai Tak site that was the scrap yard where Anthony Wong's cousin kept all his guns and ammo. It's where they take Hallyday to give him a gun and some target practice only to find out he is a fairly good shot. It's also the same location where the three heroic hit men have their last stand against Simon Yam's triad henchmen as they shoot at each other whilst hiding behind big square stacks of paper. You can see the old runway in the centre left background of the two lower images.

Vengeance - Johnny Hallyday (2009) - Penha Hill, Macau

Hallyday's daughter and her family supposedly live in a big house on Penha Hill in Macau - we are given a rather nice establishing shot to set up this little detail. However, I can't find the house yet and it may take some time (because I think it was more likely filmed in HK) but until I can track it down, here is that nice shot with Penha Church sitting at the top of the hill.

Vengeance - Johnny Hallyday (2009) - Tap Seac Square, Macau

Hallyday follows the hit man (played by Gordon Lam) all the way from Western Street in HK to Tap Seac Square in Macau, quite an impressive feat I think you'll agree. The large columned building in the background is the Cultural Institute and the curved wall on the right belongs to the Central Library.