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I Love Maria    (1988)

 
 
 
Director :
David Chung Chi Man

Producer :
John Sham Kein, Tsui Hark

Action Director :
Tony Ching Siu Tung

 
Other titles : 铁甲无敌玛利亚 (HK Title)
Tie jia wu di Ma Li A (HK Title)
Roboforce (French Title)
Country : Hong Kong
Film Company : Film Workshop, Golden Princess Film Production Limited
Genre : Comedy / Sci-Fi
HK Category : I I
Runtime : 96 min.
Alt. Runtime :
- 80
Video : Colour
Audio : Speaking (Cantonese)
HK Gross : 5.2 M. HK$
 
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 Cast :  
Sally Yeh Tse Man
John Sham Kein
Tsui Hark
Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Lam Ching Ying
Ben Lam Kwok Bun
Paul Chun Pui
Dennis Chan Kwok San
David Wu Tai Wai
     
  
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A group of terrorists used robots to dominate the world. An insane genius (John Sham) and an ex-member of the group Whisky (Tsui Hark) would succeed in taking the control of Maria, a robot who looks like Whisky childhood friend (Sally Yeh). Together, they fight against the terrorists..
 
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The original idea, a tribute to Fritz Lang's Metropolis, and the theme of the doubles (man/machine) were very promising. But this first step into the SF movie world wasn't as good as it could have been. A slow-paced action and a not very tight plot suggest that there were a lot of production difficulties. An old-fashioned music score and very rough special effects didn't help either. But this witty movie was a kind of embodiment of another conception of moviemaking.
 
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Director :
David Chung Chi Man

Producer :
John Sham Kein

Producer :
Tsui Hark

Action Director :
Tony Ching Siu Tung
 
 Cast : (when available)  (Hide) (full cast & crew)

Sally Yeh Tse Man

John Sham Kein

Tsui Hark

Tony Leung Chiu Wai

Lam Ching Ying

Ben Lam Kwok Bun

Paul Chun Pui

Dennis Chan Kwok San

David Wu Tai Wai
 
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