Dante Lam

Dante Lam

Nascimento : 1965-05-11, Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]

História

Dante Lam Chiu-Yin (simplified Chinese: 林超贤; traditional Chinese: 林超賢; pinyin: Lín Chāoxián) is a film director, writer and actor who is a major figure in Hong Kong action cinema. He was trained in the tradition of John Woo as an assistant director and worked as an actor and producer. He often writes and supervises his own choreography.

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Dante Lam

Filmes

Bursting Point
Director
Bursting Point
Writer
Bursting Point
Producer
The Battle at Lake Changjin: Water Gate Bridge
Producer
In the follow-up to "The Battle At Lake Changjin", brothers Wu Qianli and Wu Wanli undertake a new task for the People's Volunteer Army, defending a bridge part of the American troops' escape route from the advancing Chinese.
The Battle at Lake Changjin
Executive Producer
Guerra da Coreia, Inverno de 1950. Na área congelada e coberta de neve do Lago Changjin, está prestes a começar uma sangrenta batalha entre as tropas de elite dos Estados Unidos e da China.
The Battle at Lake Changjin
Director
Guerra da Coreia, Inverno de 1950. Na área congelada e coberta de neve do Lago Changjin, está prestes a começar uma sangrenta batalha entre as tropas de elite dos Estados Unidos e da China.
Guarding Our City
Director
Short film commissioned by the Hong Kong Police Force.
The Rescue
Director
A rescue unit within the Chinese Coast Guard are forced to overcome their personal differences to resolve a crisis.
Sequestro no Mar Vermelho
Writer
Durante uma operação de rotina no Mar Vermelho, a P.L.A. Navy (Peoples Liberation Army) Chinesa é avisada de que um navio foi sequestrado por piratas locais, onde turistas e marinheiros chineses foram feitos reféns. Enquanto as frotas principais e fortemente armadas não cheguem, um grupo de marinheiros menos preparados precisa tomar o controle da situação e iniciar o resgate dos passageiros, no entanto, a operação improvisada não sai como o esperado e uma terrível batalha sangrenta é iniciada em alto mar e em terra.
Sequestro no Mar Vermelho
Director
Durante uma operação de rotina no Mar Vermelho, a P.L.A. Navy (Peoples Liberation Army) Chinesa é avisada de que um navio foi sequestrado por piratas locais, onde turistas e marinheiros chineses foram feitos reféns. Enquanto as frotas principais e fortemente armadas não cheguem, um grupo de marinheiros menos preparados precisa tomar o controle da situação e iniciar o resgate dos passageiros, no entanto, a operação improvisada não sai como o esperado e uma terrível batalha sangrenta é iniciada em alto mar e em terra.
Operação Mekong
Screenplay
Inspirado pela história verdadeira conhecida como o massacre do Mekong – dois navios comerciais chineses são emboscados enquanto viajavam pelo rio Mekong nas águas do Triângulo Dourado, uma das maiores regiões de fabricação de drogas do mundo. 13 marinheiros são executados e 900.000 comprimidos de metanfetamina são recuperados no local. Após a descoberta, o governo chinês envia imediatamente umgrupo de elite liderados pelo Capitão Gao Gang para descobrir a verdade por trás dos assassinatos. O dono do campo de chá e o oficial de inteligência baseado em Triângulo Dourado, Fang Xinwu se junta à investigação. Depois que descobriu que as drogas apreendidas nos navios chineses tinham sido plantadas pelo capanga de um notório líder de cartel de drogas chamado Naw Khar, os governos da Tailândia, Laos, Mianmar e China lançaram uma força-tarefa conjunta para prender o criminoso. O caminho para a justiça é, no entanto, pavimentado com perigosos e mortíferos obstáculos...
Operação Mekong
Director
Inspirado pela história verdadeira conhecida como o massacre do Mekong – dois navios comerciais chineses são emboscados enquanto viajavam pelo rio Mekong nas águas do Triângulo Dourado, uma das maiores regiões de fabricação de drogas do mundo. 13 marinheiros são executados e 900.000 comprimidos de metanfetamina são recuperados no local. Após a descoberta, o governo chinês envia imediatamente umgrupo de elite liderados pelo Capitão Gao Gang para descobrir a verdade por trás dos assassinatos. O dono do campo de chá e o oficial de inteligência baseado em Triângulo Dourado, Fang Xinwu se junta à investigação. Depois que descobriu que as drogas apreendidas nos navios chineses tinham sido plantadas pelo capanga de um notório líder de cartel de drogas chamado Naw Khar, os governos da Tailândia, Laos, Mianmar e China lançaram uma força-tarefa conjunta para prender o criminoso. O caminho para a justiça é, no entanto, pavimentado com perigosos e mortíferos obstáculos...
To the Fore
Writer
Três ciclistas ambiciosos percorrem o mundo competitivo do ciclismo e ficam divididos entre a ambição pessoal e a lealdade à equipe.
To the Fore
Director
Três ciclistas ambiciosos percorrem o mundo competitivo do ciclismo e ficam divididos entre a ambição pessoal e a lealdade à equipe.
That Demon Within
Writer
Um policial salva um homem agonizante, mas é perseguido por alucinações violentas e mortais ao descobrir que salvou um assassino cruel destinado a matar novamente.
That Demon Within
Director
Um policial salva um homem agonizante, mas é perseguido por alucinações violentas e mortais ao descobrir que salvou um assassino cruel destinado a matar novamente.
Imbatível
Story
Fai, once a world champion in boxing, escapes to Macau from the loan sharks and unexpectedly encounters Qi, a young chap who is determined to win a boxing match. Fai becomes Qi's mentor and rediscovers his passion to fight not only in the ring but for his life and the cares.
Imbatível
Writer
Fai, once a world champion in boxing, escapes to Macau from the loan sharks and unexpectedly encounters Qi, a young chap who is determined to win a boxing match. Fai becomes Qi's mentor and rediscovers his passion to fight not only in the ring but for his life and the cares.
Imbatível
Director
Fai, once a world champion in boxing, escapes to Macau from the loan sharks and unexpectedly encounters Qi, a young chap who is determined to win a boxing match. Fai becomes Qi's mentor and rediscovers his passion to fight not only in the ring but for his life and the cares.
Vírus Letal
Director
Na trama, Jay Chou ( Kato de “O Besouro Verde” ) interpreta o irmão do astro chinês Nicholas Tse (“O Tempo e a Maré”). Eles estão em lados opostos num enredo que envolve a liberação de um vírus geneticamente modificado no mundo. Filme de ação do diretor Dante Lam (“Fire of Conscience”), um dos novos mestres do cinema policial de Hong Kong…
O Dedo Duro
Writer
Um policial terá que confiar em um ladrão de carros que deverá se infiltrar em uma quadrilha cruel se quiser salvar sua irmã da prostituição.
O Dedo Duro
Director
Um policial terá que confiar em um ladrão de carros que deverá se infiltrar em uma quadrilha cruel se quiser salvar sua irmã da prostituição.
Fire of Conscience
Producer
A police detective must solve a brutal murder to prove his partner's innocence and unearth the truth behind Hong Kong's police force. The investigation brings him to an unlikely collaboration with an inspector from the Narcotics Bureau, whose motives may not be what they seem.
Fire of Conscience
Story
A police detective must solve a brutal murder to prove his partner's innocence and unearth the truth behind Hong Kong's police force. The investigation brings him to an unlikely collaboration with an inspector from the Narcotics Bureau, whose motives may not be what they seem.
Fire of Conscience
Director
A police detective must solve a brutal murder to prove his partner's innocence and unearth the truth behind Hong Kong's police force. The investigation brings him to an unlikely collaboration with an inspector from the Narcotics Bureau, whose motives may not be what they seem.
The Sniper
Screenplay
A police sniper teams up with a hot-headed rookie to take down his former friend and teammate, who is exacting revenge on the police force.
The Sniper
Story
A police sniper teams up with a hot-headed rookie to take down his former friend and teammate, who is exacting revenge on the police force.
The Sniper
Director
A police sniper teams up with a hot-headed rookie to take down his former friend and teammate, who is exacting revenge on the police force.
Caçada Perversa
Story
Enquanto persegue um criminoso, um detetive mata involuntariamente uma menina. Agora, a vida da irmã gêmea da garota está em perigo e o criminoso continua solto. O detetive precisa intervir se quiser redimir seus erros.
Caçada Perversa
Writer
Enquanto persegue um criminoso, um detetive mata involuntariamente uma menina. Agora, a vida da irmã gêmea da garota está em perigo e o criminoso continua solto. O detetive precisa intervir se quiser redimir seus erros.
Caçada Perversa
Director
Enquanto persegue um criminoso, um detetive mata involuntariamente uma menina. Agora, a vida da irmã gêmea da garota está em perigo e o criminoso continua solto. O detetive precisa intervir se quiser redimir seus erros.
Storm Rider: Clash of the Evils
Director
The film is a spinoff of the original story and the two protagonists Wind and Cloud. The residents of Sword-Worshipping Manor, which houses the best sword-smiths in the world, are brutally massacred after they are alleged to be plotting a rebellion against the government. The young master of the manor, Ngou Kuet, is the only survivor. Ngou Kuet vows to finish forging the "Kuet" Sword, a task passed down by generations of his family which has yet to be completed. Ngou Kuet attacks Tin Ha Wui and battles with Wind and Cloud to obtain the blood of the Fire Kirin which can unleash the power of the sword. As the blood of the Fire Kirin runs in Wind's veins, he becomes Ngou Kuet's primary target.
Sparkling Red Star
Director
An animated remake of the 1974 children's movie "Shan shan de hong xing"
Undercover Hidden Dragon
Director
Fat (Ronald Cheng) is a loser in work, and even in the triad gang. Ordered by another gangster (Timmy Hung), Fat attempts to assassinate the leader of the opposite gang. His mission, undoubtedly, ends in a fiasco. Yet this failed attempt hooks him up with his former puppy love (Pace Wu), who is now the wife of mysterious gangster Wind. Meanwhile, when Fat is working at a cyber cafe with his buddy Chu (Lam Tze Chung), three young and hot policewomen arrive and think that Fat is a missing undercover cop who suffers from amnesia...
Heat Team
Director
Eason Chan is K.C, Chan and Y.T. Lee is Aaron Kwok, both are very smart cop, who both were assign to interpol. The only thing that make them different is woman. K.C Chan is known for courting with a lot of woman and Y.T. Lee get nervous around woman. The case for this movie is about a international thief who come to Hong Kong to steal, a diamond necklace worth over 10 million US. Anyway, Yumiko Cheng who is engage with a fertilizer mogul, soon for in love with KC Chan.
Love on the Rocks
Director
Wong is shocked to learn from his girlfriend Annie (Leung) that she wants to break up. He decides to go online and seek help from love experts on the net. He finds Crystal, a 19-year old self-proclaimed love advisor who has never been actually involved in a relationship. As she assists Wong by telling him to revisit all of his ex-girlfriends in order to find out the root of his problems, the two of them also find themselves falling for one another.
1:99 Shorts
Director
Shorts made by 11 directors in order to fight against the SARS epidemy that occurred in China and Hong Kong in 2003. The shorts were produced by the Information Service Departement of the Government of HK SAR. The aim was to bring back confidence to the HK popuation. The running-time is 1 to 2 minutes for each short.12 Short films: 1-"Rhapsody", director: Johnny To and Wai Ka-fai; 2-"My Sow Is Not Feeling Well", director: Fruit Chan; 3-"Smile", director: Teddy Chen; 4-"Of a Cause" (Animation) director: Tsui Hark; 5-"Hong Kong - A Winner", director: Stephen Chow; 6-"Who's Miss Hong Kong?", director: Joe Ma; 7-"Family of Heroes", director: Alex Law and Mabel Cheung; 8-"Until Then", director: Gordon Chan and Dante Lam; 9- "McDull 1:99" director: Brian Tse; 10-"Spring, 2003", director: Peter Chan; 11-"A Glorious Future", director: Andrew Lau and Alan Mak; 12-"Making of 1:99", director: Wong Shou-Ping.
Naked Ambition
Director
John and Andy, comic section editors of a magazine, become unemployed because of the winding-up of the publisher. Together with three other colleagues, they publish their own porn magazine, which turns out to be very well-received in the market. Their sexual fantasies are realized, and on the other hand, they become the tycoons in the porn circle. Yet, with a change in their moral values and a seducing environment surrounding them, challenges await their love...
A Liga Contra o Mal
Director
A misteriosa Hong-Kong é o cenário perfeito para um violento conflito entre diferentes etnias de vampiros. Entre os labirintos de néon das suas ruas, Kazaf, único sobrevivente de um atentado a cinco príncipes vampiros, é perseguido pelo Duque Dekotes, um poderoso vampiro que está disposto a tudo para conseguir o poder. No meio do conflito, o detective e caça-vampiros Reeve, tenta evitar que a destruição provocada por estas forças do mal se abatam sobre vítimas inocentes. Para tudo isto, ele vai contar com a preciosa ajuda de Jackie, onde as turbulentas lutas das noites da cidade se transformam em cenas eletrizantes.
Tiramisu
Director
Is the story of a man, Fung, in his early twenties living his life as a mail-man during the day and a janitor at night. One day, through fate and destiny, he manages to meet a beautiful girl, Jane, on a subway train while delivering a package. From this moment on his life will change forever.
U-Man
Producer
This could be good–the undercover cops are a blond Anthony Wong, posing as a priest, and the usually-entertaining Sam Lee, trying to pass himself off as a teacher. Also in the cast are Gillian Chung (of the musical group Twins), and Rachel Fu Tin Wing (also a singer, formerly known as Skinny Girl), who plays a character with a black belt in karate.
Runaway
Director
Dan and King are small-time Triad members in Hong Kong. After an incident in which their practical joke ends up losing their Boss a huge sum of money, AND in which they steal hundreds of thousands of HK dollars from a rival boss, the two are forced to flee to Phuket, Thailand (because the alternate hideout, China, would be "too boring"). They live the high life in Thailand with their stolen money, partying and falling for two local girls. Soon, the two comically inept Triad bosses come after them, the two girls turn out to be a mute assassin and the girlfriend of one of the Bosses, they escape from organ-harvesting Thais, in typical HK screwball fashion.
Hit Team
Producer
An undercover cop badly injured in a raid is blamed for the raid's failure and thrown out of the police department. His injuries result in his being paralyzed form the waist down, and doctors tell him that if he doesn't have an operation within a few months, the paralysis will be permanent. His friends in the police department decide that, since the underworld was responsible for their friend's injuries, the money for the operation should come from them, and they set out to get it.
Hit Team
Director
An undercover cop badly injured in a raid is blamed for the raid's failure and thrown out of the police department. His injuries result in his being paralyzed form the waist down, and doctors tell him that if he doesn't have an operation within a few months, the paralysis will be permanent. His friends in the police department decide that, since the underworld was responsible for their friend's injuries, the money for the operation should come from them, and they set out to get it.
La Brassiere
Barman
A Hong Kong bra company breaks tradition by hiring two men, Johnny and Wayne, to design an "ultimate bra" in 3 months.
Jiang Hu: The Triad Zone
Director
Gang leader Jim Yam has ascended nearly to the pinnacle of power in the underworld, but it brings him few satisfactions. As he watches his peers drop dead around him - many of them amazingly from natural causes - he finds himself more and more soldiering on because that's just what bosses do. Reflecting back on his younger days in London, it is sad to contrast his current lavish - but empty - life as a crime lord in Hong Kong with the joys he experienced as a petty thief in England. These flashbacks and voice overs give us insights not only into Yam himself, but also his closest associates, whom we discover he in truth barely knows.
When I Look Upon the Stars
Director
Kei (Leo Koo) has just wrapped up a big contract for his company (though it's never clear what kind of work he does). He decides to take a well deserved vacation, to go and visit his girlfriend June (Anita Chan) in Japan. He hasn't seen her in a while.
Beast Cops
Director
Ruthlessly realistic, and vivid and unremitting in its uncompromising brutality and honesty, Beast Cops is a visceral and hard-hitting exploration of the dichotomous existence of two cops charged with upholding the law, while balancing on a moral knife-edge. Compelling and controversial, with a breakout performance of startling intensity from leading man Anthony Wong, this raw and enticing action-thriller has mesmerized audiences worldwide with its disturbing examination of the subjective and marginal morality, which inhabits the uncertain and ambiguous world of law enforcement.
Option Zero
Director
With the retreat of the British government from Hong Kong, the S.B. Team, an elite secret police force, is also on its way out. However, this team of highly trained cops have one final mission together and they are in for the fight of their lives!
The Final Option
A look at the SDU in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force - how members are selected, how they are trained, their lives, what they think, the relationships between SDU members and their friends and the pressures they face.
Small Potato
An aspiring Hong Kong actor slowly realizes he must pay his dues before achieving success.