Ridley Tsui Bo-Wah

Acting

Ridley Tsui Bo-Wah

Born

1970-01-01 (56)

Place of birth

Hong Kong, China

Known for

Acting

Credits

59 titles

Ridley Tsui Bo-Wah is an actor, director, and action choreographer of martial arts films, best known as Smoke in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.

Known for

The Killer poster
7.6

Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey chooses to retire after one last job to pay for his unintended victim's sight-restoring operation. But when Jeffrey is double-crossed, he reluctantly joins forces with a rogue policeman to make things right.

The Killer

1989

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation poster
4.6

A group of heroic warriors has only six days to save the planet in "Mortal Kombat Annihilation." To succeed they must survive the most spectacular series of challenges any human, or god, has ever encountered as they battle an evil warlord bent on taking control of Earth.

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

1997

God of Gamblers poster
7.2

Ko Chun, a renowned gambler, loses his memory in an accident and starts behaving like a child. Little Knife, an amateur gambler, offers him shelter and realizes that he has a penchant for gambling.

God of Gamblers

1989

God of Gamblers II poster
6.9

Sing finds Michael "Dagger" Chan in order to become Ko Chun's next disciple, but the two must put aside their differences when they discover that a gang boss is bent on ruining the God of Gamblers' name.

God of Gamblers II

1990

Fight Back to School poster
7.0

Chow Sing Sing is about to be kicked out of the Royal Hong Kong Police's elite Special Duties Unit. But a senior officer decides to give him one last chance: Star must go undercover as a student at the Edinburgh High School in Hong Kong to recover the senior officer's missing revolver.

Fight Back to School

1991

The Dragon Family poster
7.4

The Lung (Dragon) triad used to be one of Hong Kong's most powerful crime families, but its power has waned in recent years. The crime boss Lung Ying feels that their involvement in drug trafficking has resulted in costs that far outweigh the benefits, and he considers investing his wealth into relatively safe and legal industries. His second-in-command White Wolf and his frequent collaborator Tsui disagree with his anti-drug policies, and they plot to take over the triad. They assassinate Lung Ying, and they execute most members of the Lung family in a brutal massacre. Three members of the family survive the attack, and they start plotting their own brutal revenge. White Wolf is betrayed and assassinated by Tsui shortly after claiming power. Tsui is quite willing to kill or sacrifice all for his subordinates to secure power, but he might be weakening his own organization due to this mentality.

The Dragon Family

1988

Film credits

1990s · 33 titles

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation poster
4.6

A group of heroic warriors has only six days to save the planet in "Mortal Kombat Annihilation." To succeed they must survive the most spectacular series of challenges any human, or god, has ever encountered as they battle an evil warlord bent on taking control of Earth.

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

1997

God of Gamblers II poster
6.9

Sing finds Michael "Dagger" Chan in order to become Ko Chun's next disciple, but the two must put aside their differences when they discover that a gang boss is bent on ruining the God of Gamblers' name.

God of Gamblers II

1990

Fight Back to School poster
7.0

Chow Sing Sing is about to be kicked out of the Royal Hong Kong Police's elite Special Duties Unit. But a senior officer decides to give him one last chance: Star must go undercover as a student at the Edinburgh High School in Hong Kong to recover the senior officer's missing revolver.

Fight Back to School

1991

Pantyhose Hero poster
6.0

Two policemen must pretend to be a gay couple in order to investigate the murders of homosexuals in Hong Kong.

Pantyhose Hero

1990

Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon poster
6.6

Fatty and Baldy, a pair of undercover detectives, infiltrate a Triad drug syndicate but are put on a leave of absence after apprehending the kingpin, Tak, in the middle of the police commander's wedding. They return to find that Tak has been bailed out and has hired a team of assassins to exact revenge.

Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon

1990

Take Me poster
4.5

Milk's husband dies on their wedding night while having sex. He returns as a ghost as she attempts to get her life back on track whilst choosing between two new men in her life.

Take Me

1991

Final Target poster
NR

After protecting boss Ko from an assassination attempt, Ah Sing and Chung start working for Ko, but after several episodes, Chung begins to conspire against Ko, to get money and power, all of this will involve Yung Yung, Ko's girlfriend.

Final Target

1994

Lee Rock II poster
6.9

Lee Rock is now the most powerful person in the police force, but he chooses to retreat, because he knows the rules of the power struggle.

Lee Rock II

1991

No Risk, No Gain poster
7.6

As an advisor to a reknown U.S. casino and a prominent gambler, "Supreme" Ray has encountered many adventurous challenges in his career. When "Tiger Eye" Chiang challenges Ray to a gambling contest with him in Macau, Ray's adventures begins again. In Hong Kong, Ray's cousin introduces him to two friends, who end up cheating him and making off with all his money and belongings. The two swindlers then assume Ray's identity and travel to Macau to participate in the card competition on his behalf.

No Risk, No Gain

1990

Lee Rock poster
6.2

Lee Rock starts his career in the Hong Kong police force as an incorruptible officer. However, he becomes desperate for money and slowly starts to dive into corruption.

Lee Rock

1991

The Fortune Code poster
6.5

Set in China during the Japanese occupation. A young man breaks out of a POW camp to marry his sweetheart, but finds she is now a spy for the resistance, code-named "Number 3". With the help of "Number 2" he returns to the camp to find "Fortune", an agent who possesses the pass-code to a Swiss bank account with $500 billion intended for the Chinese army.

The Fortune Code

1990

Dances with Dragon poster
6.1

Aaron, a young, successful Chinese businessman, drifts on to a rural island after a scuba accident. Mistaken for an illegal immigrant, he is forced to take refuge in a small, family-run grocery store. Enjoying the riches to rags transition, he tells nobody his true identity, and falls in love with the grocery store owner's daughter, Yvonne. But while Aaron enjoys his life of anonymity, Yvonne covets the chance to escape her poverty. Meanwhile, in Aaron's absense, a plot has been hatched to take over his company. Are Aaron's and Yvonne's lives too different to find happiness together?

Dances with Dragon

1991

Tiger on the Beat 2 poster
6.5

Lam, a middle-aged cop on the verge of retirement, is asked by his sister to find his nephew, Buffalo, a suitable wife, but Buffalo already has designs on an escort, who becomes the target of a drug smuggling syndicate after she witnesses a murder.

Tiger on the Beat 2

1990

My Flying Wife poster
5.8

A woman who is in debt to loan sharks is about to commit suicide to escape her debts. Two ghosts are waiting to take her soul when she dies, but at the last moment she is rescued by a member of the loan shark gang who is in love with her. The ghosts, angry at being deprived of a soul, take their vengeance on the gang.

My Flying Wife

1991

Forbidden Arsenal poster
5.9

Hong Kong policewoman Yeung teams up with Taiwanese and Mainland officers to take down a gunrunning ring.

Forbidden Arsenal

1991

Tiger Cage III poster
5.3

Police officers John and James investigate the case of Lee, a businessman. They seek help of Suki, a friend who double-crosses them and the two officers regroup after a setback to solve the case.

Tiger Cage III

1991

Bullet for Hire poster
6.9

Two hitmen, both good friends who work for the Triad, get a new partner, a nervous young rookie who starts off badly by blowing an assignment, but soon becomes proficient at his bloody work. When one of them is blackmailed into helping the police, a Triad boss grows suspicious.

Bullet for Hire

1991

The Blue Jean Monster poster
6.7

A cop gets buried under steel rebars while pursuing triad bank robbers through a construction site. He gets reanimated supernaturally and becomes invulnerable, but needs electricity to remain alive, and goes after the gang who killed him.

The Blue Jean Monster

1991

Fatal Termination poster
6.6

A Hong Kong police detective investigating weapons smuggling through the airport runs into a corrupt customs officer. Things escalate to a ruthless munitions smuggler kidnapping two security officers' daughter.

Fatal Termination

1990

Once Upon a Time in Triad Society poster
6.4

Brother Kwan (Francis Ng) is a triad boss gunned down outside his home and rushed to the hospital where he recounts his life story and how he became such a horrible person. And then, after he's gained our sympathy, he tells us the real story.

Once Upon a Time in Triad Society

1996

Red and Black poster
6.5

In 1941, during the Japanese occupation of mainland China, a man is infected by a Japanese vampire soldier. He manages to climb in to an underground cavern where he impales himself with a wooden stake. 25 years later, after the Mao communist Revolution, he's inadvertently ressurected by his unsuspecting son and returns long enough to infect the people's leader.

Red and Black

1991

The Rapist Beckons poster
10.0

After being raped at a young age, May has an abortion. Later, she is attacked by two men but is saved by kung fu teachers Sam and Bing. She pretends to have lost her memory, and Sam takes her in. But after Bing rapes her, she is driven to desperation...

The Rapist Beckons

1992

In the Lap of God poster
6.2

A bungled heist a missing $2 million in diamonds and May, a pretty office executive who happens upon the missing diamonds. Action-packed adventure and romance in Southeast Asia's back country.

In the Lap of God

1991

Night Life Hero poster
7.0

Chung (Max Mok) and Peter (Chin Kar Lok) are two loyal friends who move from scrape to scrape with the latter often being saved by the former. When a loan shark (Shing Fui On) and his heavies start to put considerable pressure on Peter because of his copious debt, Chung devises a plan that puts the villains behind bars. This proves to be especially well-timed when Peter announces that he is getting married and Chung himself finds also falling in love. Unbeknownst to Chung though, his new love is in fact the daughter of a wealthy real-estate tycoon and all of his subsequent attempts to earn a living are all being orchestrated by his potential father-in-law. These tests are put into perspective when Chung's nemesis is freed from prison and immediately sets his sights on revenge...

Night Life Hero

1992

Gangland Odyssey poster
7.5

A retired cop is summoned by his former boss to save his kidnapped son from the hands of a deadly Japanese triad.

Gangland Odyssey

1990

The Big Score poster
8.7

A disillusioned cop and a swindler with a heart team up to destroy an evil triad boss.

The Big Score

1990

American Force 5: Mission Dynamo poster
NR

The Vietnam war and terrorists led by Torosky battle it out with South Vietnamese forces assisted by the American Army. For squad leader Merlin and PFC Bill, the war has become so meaningless that they don't care anymore. Seeing their friends die, they decide to desert and soon discover that there is no sanctuary in the jungle. It's only a matter of time before Torosky catches up with them. Hong Kong cut and paste edit of the 1986 Thai Film "ลูกสาวพระอาทิตย์" (Daughter of the Sun)

American Force 5: Mission Dynamo

1990

Bullet to Survive poster
3.0

A Hong Kong crime film from 1990 directed by Wilson Cheung Wing-Wa .

Bullet to Survive

1990

No Regret, No Return poster
5.4

In a plot of pre-adolescent scope, investigative reporter Sylvia Cheng (Vivian Chow) jumps on the trail of a mysterious young hit-man hired by an evil politico. It's hard to imagine ultra-fem Vivian Chow painting her nails without wincing, much less tailing ruthless killers.

No Regret, No Return

1993

Once Upon a Time in Triad Society 2 poster
5.2

The second spin-off film from the Young and Dangerous series.

Once Upon a Time in Triad Society 2

1996

Year of the Kingboxer poster
3.8

Ambitious uncle kidnaps her own niece so that she passes on her name to the business and estate of her late father. The problem is that the girl has a friend who is a champion of fights. And he's not willing to leave things at all.

Year of the Kingboxer

1990

Thunder Ninja Kids 3: Hunt For The Devil Boxer poster
5.8

All Satan needs to enslave the souls of all mankind is the Sacred Sword which is kept by Master William and his son Falcon. The Thunder Ninja Kids battle Satan and his ghouls, and with the help of Falcon's new master Samson, they avenge Master William's murder, vanquish Satan and save mankind.

Thunder Ninja Kids 3: Hunt For The Devil Boxer

1991

The Son of Dragon poster
7.0

Great modern day actioner from Hong Kong

The Son of Dragon

1992

1980s · 18 titles

The Killer poster
7.6

Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey chooses to retire after one last job to pay for his unintended victim's sight-restoring operation. But when Jeffrey is double-crossed, he reluctantly joins forces with a rogue policeman to make things right.

The Killer

1989

God of Gamblers poster
7.2

Ko Chun, a renowned gambler, loses his memory in an accident and starts behaving like a child. Little Knife, an amateur gambler, offers him shelter and realizes that he has a penchant for gambling.

God of Gamblers

1989

The Dragon Family poster
7.4

The Lung (Dragon) triad used to be one of Hong Kong's most powerful crime families, but its power has waned in recent years. The crime boss Lung Ying feels that their involvement in drug trafficking has resulted in costs that far outweigh the benefits, and he considers investing his wealth into relatively safe and legal industries. His second-in-command White Wolf and his frequent collaborator Tsui disagree with his anti-drug policies, and they plot to take over the triad. They assassinate Lung Ying, and they execute most members of the Lung family in a brutal massacre. Three members of the family survive the attack, and they start plotting their own brutal revenge. White Wolf is betrayed and assassinated by Tsui shortly after claiming power. Tsui is quite willing to kill or sacrifice all for his subordinates to secure power, but he might be weakening his own organization due to this mentality.

The Dragon Family

1988

Devil Hunters poster
6.8

A veteran mobster finds that not only are the police after him, but so are members of his own gang, led by a young gangster who wants to take over.

Devil Hunters

1989

Angel Enforcers poster
6.4

Female agents battle a gang of diamond thieves.

Angel Enforcers

1989

A Punch to Revenge poster
6.4

A crippled man with an invalid son, is so greedy that he forces his wife into prostitution. Then, he makes a deal with a crime boss to pull a big heist and invites his friends from China to help. Meanwhile, Miss Fan (Yukari Oshima), the social worker who attends to Eddy, takes a liking to police officer Peter Lee (Ben Lam). The heist goes awry, and the couple gets involved in bringing the bad guys to justice. A tale of betrayal and revenge, in which law prevails at a great personal cost of its agents.

A Punch to Revenge

1989

Return of the Lucky Stars poster
6.7

Hong Kong Police Supt. Walter Tso arrests Big Dai, the reformed leader of a criminal corporation. When Dai asked his brother Richard Mao to turn himself in to the police, he betrays him and decides to take over the corporation. Dai is imprisoned and an informant is murdered by one of Mao's men. With no evidence against Mao and the corporation, Tso coerced four of the "Five Lucky Stars" to go undercover in the prison, rescue Dai, and help nab Mao and bring down the corporation

Return of the Lucky Stars

1989

Bloody Brotherhood poster
7.7

Wah is the only one in his family lucky enough to survive the deadly boat passage from China to Hong Kong. Once in Hong Kong, he searches for opportunities he heard so much about. After struggling for months, he discovers that this is all but a myth.

Bloody Brotherhood

1989

City Cops poster
5.6

Cindy is an American FBI agent, who is currently in Hong Kong, seeking arch-criminal Kent Tong. In order to bring down Tong and his criminal organization, she teams up with local HK cops, David and Johnny.

City Cops

1989

Devil and the Ghostbuster poster
10.0

Beautiful Wan Wen Zheng plays a ghost bent on revenge. Originally killed while being raped, she gives supernatural fighting powers to a Kung Fu boxer in this atmospheric film.

Devil and the Ghostbuster

1988

Final Run poster
5.2

This is Midnight Angel without the female caped-crusaders. Once again, Yukari Oshima steals the show as she seeks revenge against the drug overlord who killed her fiancee.

Final Run

1989

Angel's Mission poster
5.8

An undercover Japanese cop tries to find some girls who have mysteriously disappeared in Hong Kong.

Angel's Mission

1989

Escape from Kingdom poster
NR

A low budget Hong Kong martial arts films.

Escape from Kingdom

1988

Who's the Crook poster
9.5

Ah Wah is an easygoing young man has three good friends. He works in an office, and his manager is the suspicious Shum, who one day asks Wah to carry eight million dollars cash for a business transaction. Wah gives in to temptation and hatches a plot to divert the cash. But his boss Shum is playing a much more tricky game.

Who's the Crook

1986

American Force: The Brave Platoon poster
NR

The Brave Platoon like the jungle best. Its darkness, its savage justice - Supreme commandos of The American Force, Randy Nolan, Billy 'The Kid' Lee and Edward 'Duke'Robertson, are The Brave Platoon. Their gun-blazing mission is to track down a KGB officer who has been supplying arms and training to rebel factions. Their true enemy may be the unscrupulous warlords who seek to gain advantage.

American Force: The Brave Platoon

1987

Carry On Yakuza poster
9.0

Charlie Chan is a boxer who goes to Japan to take on a local hotshot in the ring. A gang of yakuzas pressure him to take a dive, but Charlie beats his opponent senseless instead, resulting in a life-or-death chase in which Charlie and his coach try to escape from the angry gangsters. They are spared by the yakuza boss Yakoda, and their eagerness to impress him leads them to pretend that they are the leaders of an influential triad organization known as the Marlboro Gang. That gang doesn't really exist, and their ruse only leads them to further endangerment after Yakoda is murdered by one of his employees. Yakoda's widow sends their daughter (who speaks Cantonese) to Hong Kong so that she won't be next on the hit list, and Charlie -- still pretending to be a powerful triad gangster -- agrees to protect her. He and his friends must save the girl from assassination attempts and kidnapping along the way, as well as coming to the rescue of Yakoda's widow.

Carry On Yakuza

1989

Curse poster
7.5

A young woman named Tu married to a repulsively disgusting, wheel chair confined, old man. There is also a repugnant cousin who takes advantage of the situation and rapes her. But she is really in love with the gardener. When lust-driven cousin murders the gardener, Tu kills herself to join her boyfriend in the afterlife.

Curse

1985

Soldier Champion poster
NR

Escaping a maximum-security political prison was the easy part for resistance leader Larry Rourke, unaware that the ruthless warden engineered the breakout to track him straight to the rebels' secret headquarters. Now, allied with a mysterious, unpredictable cult, Rourke is forced into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse against an entire army. Can he outmaneuver the regime before leading them directly to the destruction of the underground resistance?

Soldier Champion

1989

Behind the camera