Fire of Conscience
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| Fire of Conscience | |
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| Directed by | Dante Lam |
| Screenplay by | Jack Ng |
| Story by | Dante Lam |
| Produced by | Dante Lam Candy Leung |
| Starring | Leon Lai Richie Jen Wang Baoqiang Vivian Hsu Liu Kai-chi Michelle Ye Wilfred Lau |
| Cinematography | Charlie Lam Tse Chung-to |
| Edited by | Chan Kei-hop |
| Music by | Henry Lai Wan-man |
Production companies | Media Asia Films China Film Media Asia Audio Video Distribution |
| Distributed by | Media Asia Distribution |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Countries | Hong Kong China[1][2] |
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Fire of Conscience (Chinese: 火龍; lit. 'Fire Dragon') is a 2010 action film directed by Dante Lam and starring Leon Lai and Richie Jen. A Hong Kong-Chinese co-production, the film was released in Hong Kong on 1 April 2010.
- Leon Lai as Detective Manfred
- Richie Jen as Inspector Kee
- Wang Baoqiang as Xiao Yong
- Vivian Hsu as Ellen
- Liu Kai-chi as Cheung On
- Michelle Ye as May
- Charles Ying as Sam
- Wilfred Lau as Hoi
Production
Director Dante Lam explained that the title of the film originates from the traditional fire dragon dance that Hong Kong residents used to practice to drive off pestilence and that he believes that there is pestilence in every human's soul that must be beaten out.[citation needed] To prepare for the action scenes, Leon Lai prepared for these scenes by exercising, jogging and swimming. Richie Jen stated that Lam wanted him to "lose weight to add more shadiness to my character. But before making any extra effort, I found myself thinner thanks to the hot weather and so many fighting scenes to shoot."[citation needed] Lai suggested that both Jen and he should sing as a duet for the theme song for the film. Jen stated that he "felt strange. But I liked the song instantly when Mark Lui finished it. We hope the song can lead the audience into a deeper understanding about the movie."[citation needed]
Release
Fire of Conscience premiered at the Hong Kong Film Festival on March 23, 2010. It received wide release in China and Hong Kong on April 1, 2010.[2] Fire of Conscience's debuted at fourth place at the Hong Kong box office and charted in Singapore, Malaysia, and New Zealand. The film stayed in the charts for four weeks in Hong Kong. The film grossed a total of US$526,017 in Hong Kong and US$806,708 world-wide.[3]