United We Stand (film)

United We Stand (Chinese: 飛躍羚羊; pinyin: fēi yuè líng yáng) is a 1986 Hong Kong teen motivational film directed by Kent Cheng, it stars Olivia Cheng, Fennie Yuen, Gigi Lai and Bonnie Law.The film ran in theaters from 10 October 1986 to 16 October 1986.

United We Stand
Theatrical poster
Traditional Chinese飞跃羚羊
Simplified Chinese飛躍羚羊
Hanyu Pinyinfēi yuè líng yáng
Jyutpingfei1 joek3 ling4 joeng4
Directed byKent Cheng
Produced byRaymond Wong Pak-Ming
StarringOlivia Cheng
Fennie Yuen
Gigi Lai
Bonnie Law
CinematographyJames Chan Hau-Ming
Edited byWong Ming-Lam
Production
company
Release date
  • 10 October 1986 (1986-10-10) (Hong Kong)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK $4,073,886.00

Plot

Sports in Hong Kong is declining, pressures of an international track and field competition is almost too much for ten young athletes to bear, famous athlete Chi Cheng (Chi Cheng (athlete)) hires trainer Cheung (Olivia Cheng), who leg was hurt badly due to an unfortunate incident, to help them as they train for the competition. Polly (Gigi Lai) and Lam (Fennie Yuen) are rivals on the same team, they challenged trainer Cheung to a race, they realize trainer Cheung outpaced them a lot, which made them respect trainer Cheung a lot more. During their training, they entered a small competition and got great results, because of this, they became careless and lost to the Singapore national track and field team in the final. Trainer Cheung was furious and almost quit her job because of this. After this competition, they realize the important of unity and hard work. Their hard work paid off in the end as they won the international track and field competition, giving sports in Hong Kong some hope.

Cast
  • Olivia Cheng as Trainer Cheng - Hard working, has a broken leg
  • Fennie Yuen as Lam Kit (林傑) - Hates his family, hurt her own leg during the international competition
  • Gigi Lai as Polly Ho (何寶兒) - Has a rich but unhappy life
  • Bonnie Law as Ginger Lee (李明珠) - Emotional, energetic
  • Lam Wing-Han as Bella - Leaves the training camp before the international competition
  • Chiao Chiao as Polly's mother - Have high expectations for her daughter, forces her to succeed
  • Kent Cheng as Canteen Boss - Grumpy, greedy
  • Wellington Fung as Polly's father
  • Chui Wai-Yee as Athletic trainee
  • Lee Git-Liu as Athletic trainee
  • Miu Hung as Athletic trainee
  • Chung Pui-Pui as Athletic trainee
  • Leung Sam-Yee as Meryle Ma ''Monkey''
  • Wong Chi-Ling as Cybel Mak ''Sleepy''
  • Fofo Seung-Ngok Ma as Fatty
  • Ken Boyle as Athletic Official
  • Ka-Kui Wong as Athletic Official
  • Ann Bridgewater as Ann Bridgewater (cameo)
  • Charine Chan as Chan Siu Ling (cameo)
  • Billy Lau as Billy (cameo)
  • Stephen Chang Gwong-Chin as Tsang Kwong Chin (cameo)
  • Fofo Seung-Ngok Ma as Fatty (Cameo)

Critical response

On IMDb, it received an average rating of 6.8 out of 10 based on 17 reviews.[1]

On the Chinese movie review website, Douban, it received an average rating of 7.1 out of 10 based on 378 user reviews.[2]

References
  1. Fei yue ling yang, retrieved 1 December 2019
  2. "飞跃羚羊 (豆瓣)". movie.douban.com. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
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