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Chinese Midnight Express

6.2 100 mins Crime   Drama   Thriller   1997
Director(s): Billy Tang

The setting is 1960s Hong Kong, and righteous reporter Ching On (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai) publishes an article exposing corruption in the police force. Unfortunately, he's framed for drug distribution and confesses to the charges when the corrupt cops threaten his family. Forced to undergo the rigorous hazing rites of all new inmates, On struggles to regain hope and rise above his situation. Meanwhile, On's loyal girlfriend (Pinky Cheung Man-Chi) is terrorized by the cops who put him away, and On faces new challenges, and even finds new allies, while stuck in prison.

Casts of Chinese Midnight Express

Tony Leung

as Ching On

Ben Lam Kwok-Bun

as Miu Yan Sing

Ben Ng Ngai-Cheung

as Insp. Cheung Yiu Jo

Elvis Tsui Kam-Kong

as Three-Legs

Vincent Wan Yeung-Ming

as Wan Chi Hoe

Lee Siu-Kay

as Brother Nan

Frankie Ng Chi-Hung

as Brother Doggie

John Ching Tung

as Brother Bill

Raven Choi Yip-San

as Brother Wai

Law Kar-Ying

as Guard

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