Robert Mak Tak-Law

Acting

Robert Mak Tak-Law

Born

1958-12-10 (67)

Place of birth

Hong Kong, China

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Known for

The Protector poster
5.9

Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura's father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate.

The Protector

1985

Kickboxer poster
6.8

If your enemy refuses to be humbled... Destroy him. Accompanied by his brother Kurt, American kickboxing champion Eric Sloane, arrives in Thailand to defeat the Eastern warriors at their own sport. His opponent: ruthless fighter and Thai champion, Tong Po. Tong not only defeats Eric, he paralyzes him for life. Crazed with anger, Kurt vows revenge.

Kickboxer

1989

Five Heroes from Shaolin poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Five Heroes from Shaolin

1986

Shaolin Temple poster
6.2

There is no place more hallowed in the martial art world than China's Shaolin Temple. This special place deserves a special epic, which is what the martial arts maestro delivers in this battle between a brave brand of Chinese boxers and literally thousands of Qing troops - complete with betrayals, intrigues, and such novel fighting machines as 108 wooden robots. The conflicts grow in complexity, intensity and even suspense as monks struggle to stay alive in the face of overwhelming odds.

Shaolin Temple

1976

Lan Kwai Fong 3 poster
4.8

Shin and Sara have been engaged for two years. They once had an argument and agree to have fun individually. Sara’s best friend Jeana who always has a soft spot on Shin, she then tried every means to seduce him. In the meanwhile, Jeana’s boyfriend Jacky is also getting close with Jolie who’s fun and wild. Lan Kwai Fong is as bustling as usual this weekend. The girls are all gathered to rock the clubs. Since Sara met the Korean hot guy Kim, the relationship between all of them started to change…

Lan Kwai Fong 3

2014

Port of Call poster
6.5

Based on a real murder case where a dismembered corpse of a murdered 16-year-old prostitute girl was found in Hong Kong in 2008.

Port of Call

2015

Film credits

2000s · 8 titles

1990s · 21 titles

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

The Holy Virgin Versus the Evil Dead poster
4.9

A teacher and his five female students are attacked by a monster with neon-green eyes. The teacher escapes but his students are completely dismembered. He soon discovers the monster is worshipped by a cult whose ambition is to rule the world and tear the clothes off young girls.

The Holy Virgin Versus the Evil Dead

1991

The World of Desire poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The World of Desire

1993

Goat Reborn poster
1.0

A Qing's wife A Yuhuai finally gave birth to a daughter, the child grew up with strange behavior, violent, and brings a lot of trouble at home. The daughter is possessed by a demon.

Goat Reborn

1990

Happy Partner poster
6.0

Yin lives with his uncle, a compulsive gambler who's piling up debts. Both love May. Yin chauffeurs for the shady Mr. Tanakawa who's selling a stolen missile guidance system. Two young thieves seem to know all Tanakawa's moves. Who's tipping them off? Meanwhile, a ghost whom Tanakawa raped and murdered 40 years before wants revenge and enlists the help of an apprentice Taoist priest. Yin, the ghost, the young thieves, and the apprentice must rescue the kidnaped May and face the forces of guns and magic that Tanakawa musters.

Happy Partner

1993

Snake Monster poster
7.0

The King of the Snake Monsters is attempting to revert back to human form but is opposed by the womanizing owner of a popular restaurant that specializes in medicinal snake soup.

Snake Monster

1994

Eternal Hatred poster
NR

Taiwan movie

Eternal Hatred

1996

Men Behind the Sun 3: A Narrow Escape poster
4.8

During the shut down and destruction of the Japanese test camp Squadron 731 in Manchuria, a soldier becomes infected with a virus developed during the camp's testing and risks spreading it into Japan on the train ride home.

Men Behind the Sun 3: A Narrow Escape

1994

Hitman Blues poster
8.0

Ting Sau-Ling (Jacqueline Ng) is kidnapped by a gang in Shenzhen but she's rescued by Lau Koon (Robert Mak Tak-Law). The two get to know each other--in order to survive Lau Koon resolutely sneaks into Hong Kong to kill the gang.Ting Kwok-Bo (Lau Dan), gang leader and acquaintance of Lau Koon, pleads to him and sends May (Isabel Leung Pooi-Woo) to be his lover. Tensions rise as the love triangle between Sau-Ling, Lau Koon, and May is complicated by the conspiracies of the gangs of Hong Kong.

Hitman Blues

1993

Kung Fu Mistress poster
NR

Kung Fu Mistress is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Kara Hui.

Kung Fu Mistress

1994

The Mighty Gambler poster
6.3

Shila and Feng have playing against each other since childhood. Shila grows up to run her family's casino and, for a time, seems not to be tough enough to make the grade. Feng gains control of her casino. Will there be revenge ? You can bet on it !

The Mighty Gambler

1992

Deadly Illusion poster
NR

Police officer Li Yuen-Wah (Carrie Ng) disguises herself as a musician and sneaks into a gang.

Deadly Illusion

1998

Angel the Kickboxer poster
NR

An FBI agent leads the rescue of her father, who's been kidnapped by the coveter of a nuclear device.

Angel the Kickboxer

1993

Power Connection poster
7.0

Ray is a Manila cop who travels to Hong Kong on assignment. He searches for his girl friend Lina, and finds her - addicted to drugs. Heung Lan, his ex-partner, is an undercover Hong Kong cop investigating weapons smuggling. She provokes the smugglers by intercepting several shipments in Hong Kong, leading to several good, although brief fights. The drug smuggler kills Lina, and Ray swears vengeance. The head of the gang then returns to the Philippines, and with him, the action shifts back to the Philippines. The lady cop gets more than what she hoped for.

Power Connection

1995

To Kiss Is Fatal poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

To Kiss Is Fatal

1998

Goodbye Captain poster
NR

The leader of the robbery Tai, Yip Tin Chiu and assistant Shing planned to get share of the sum of money. But Tai did not keep his promise and shot down Shing. Fortunately, Chiu fought against Tai and took away all the money. Hong Kong Inspector Fong Siu Man reported to her superior to follow a student Yip Siu Kong, son of Chiu. A female corpse was discovered in town. It was Shing's fiancee, and known that Tai had chased up. For saving his child, Chiu brought along the stolen money to see Tai. Chiu and Siu Kong fought with Tai. At this dangerous moment, Man appeared to save both of them, and a large group of Police arrived. Chiu was forced to keep Man as hostage, so Police let Chiu run away eventually.

Goodbye Captain

1998

Heroin Tunnel poster
NR

Hong Kong movie

Heroin Tunnel

1992

Step By Step poster
NR

Taiwanese action flick.

Step By Step

1996

Special Action Force poster
NR

Hong Kong movie

Special Action Force

1997

The Future Hero poster
NR

David and his lover, Donna, are teammates in the Thunderbolt Squad. During a raid on the crime syndicate headed by Andy, David is seriously wounded and falls into a coma.

The Future Hero

1997

Revenge of Scar Face poster
6.0

Hong Kong remake of Brian de Palma's Scarface.

Revenge of Scar Face

1992

1980s · 22 titles

The Protector poster
5.9

Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura's father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate.

The Protector

1985

Kickboxer poster
6.8

If your enemy refuses to be humbled... Destroy him. Accompanied by his brother Kurt, American kickboxing champion Eric Sloane, arrives in Thailand to defeat the Eastern warriors at their own sport. His opponent: ruthless fighter and Thai champion, Tong Po. Tong not only defeats Eric, he paralyzes him for life. Crazed with anger, Kurt vows revenge.

Kickboxer

1989

The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter poster
7.0

The Yangs are betrayed by a government official conspiring with the Mongols. All of the Yang family males except the 5th and 6th brother are killed. Fu Sheng loses his mind after the death of his family, while the other brother takes refuge in a Buddhist temple.

The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter

1984

My Young Auntie poster
6.5

Cheng Tai-nun is a young martial-arts champion. She marries an elderly landowner so that he can keep his estate from falling into the greedy and corrupt hands of his brother, Yu Yung-Sheng.

My Young Auntie

1981

The Wrong Couples poster
6.8

Upon returning home, sailor Yu (Richard Ng) is shock to discover that not only his wife left him, but the house has also been sub-letted to an old maid, May Wong (Josephine Siu). Both Yu and Wong have their own strange habits, and them living together under the same roof causes numerous hilarious incidents.

The Wrong Couples

1987

Opium and the Kung Fu Master poster
6.9

A small town is protected by one of the famous Ten Tigers of Kwangtung. The town is very safe as Ti Lung and his Kung Fu students patrol for criminals. Enter the rival Kung Fu school whom Ti Lung's students have beaten in a lion dance competition and then humiliated in a brawl. The rival school is joined by an opium dealing Kung Fu master who plans to turn the town into a community of addicts!

Opium and the Kung Fu Master

1984

City War poster
6.8

Two partnered cops who are also best friends find their friendship and their lives at stake when they try to take down a ruthless drug dealer.

City War

1988

Martial Club poster
6.6

Wong Fei Hung and his friend are constantly having contests to see who has the better martial arts skill. After getting in trouble with their fathers, Wong Fei Hung settles down and starts to train seriously, while his friend still horses around. After his friend is hurt by a rival school, Wong goes to the school for retribution. Instead his skill is tested through a series of events which climax with him taking on a Northern martial artist. In an excellent battle of skill, he earns the respect of the rival school. Also stars Mai Te Lo and Hui Ying Hung.

Martial Club

1981

The Goofy Gang poster
6.5

Wai is a waiter in a country club. One day at work he is humiliated by the wife of a millionaire Harry Tse; and in order to get even, he and his gang plan kidnap Mrs. Tse.

The Goofy Gang

1987

A Bride's Nightmare poster
NR

shaw production

A Bride's Nightmare

1981

Winner Takes All poster
6.7

Patrick Tse is the thief of thieves whose family is long retired from the robin hood lifestyle for 10 years. Recent robberies have occured who use the families calling card and the police forcefully want this mystery solved. They suspect smeone from there past but feel this cant not be him, then who is it?

Winner Takes All

1982

The 82 Tenants poster
NR

In “82 Tenants” the widow Zhang and Bing, her new young consort, want to sell an apartment house to a property developer but old man Zhang's will provided that the current tenants can stay there as long as they want or the building survives. So it is clear who the villains are—joining the greedy couple is Chao who has purchased all the land around the building but needs this final piece so he can know everything down and build a money spinning edifice. One the other side are the tenants, a disparate group whose grudgingly and occasionally antagonistically shared communal life, while not ideal, is certainly better than not having a place to live.

The 82 Tenants

1982

The Siamese Twins poster
8.0

The spirit of a deceased conjoined twin haunts her unknowing sister.

The Siamese Twins

1984

The Lady Is the Boss poster
6.4

Wong Hsia Yuan is an old-fashioned martial arts master who's so behind the times that he'd rather his school be destroyed than change its ways. He may get his wish, thanks to the young, beautiful, intelligent Chan Mei Ling, who arrives from the states to open a new branch of the school. Armed with an unfamiliar, modern way of thinking, Mei Ling goes about recruiting new students in strange, and sometimes questionably legal ways. Yuan is furious, but when the local triads enter the picture, the two put their differences aside to take back the neighborhood.

The Lady Is the Boss

1983

Return of the Demon poster
6.8

A group of treasure hunters accidentally unleash a malevolent demon who is attempting to obtain 49 souls in order to achieve immortality.

Return of the Demon

1987

One Way Only poster
6.8

Acclaimed actor Danny Lee, known for his role in john Woo’s The Killer, has his directing debut in One Way Only, a Hong Kong Easy Rider, where the road and motorbikes are symbols of freedom against government oppression, which Jack Kerouac’s sees as a way of discovering oneself. Li plays a motorbike workshop owner that although injured during an illegal motorcycle race, continues to race regardless of the physical consequences and the law, because the road rules all.

One Way Only

1981

Rolls, Rolls, I Love You poster
NR

A teenager and a tycoon gets into an early morning road altercation that eventually lead to a bet: if the teenager can steal his beloved Rolls Royce car from him, the youngster will get to keep it. However, if the teenager fails to do that in the alloted time given, he will need to pay the tycoon HK$40,000.

Rolls, Rolls, I Love You

1982

Let's Rage the Gangland poster
NR

Hong Kong movie

Let's Rage the Gangland

1988

The First Vampire in China poster
7.0

When the vampire comes back to life, hell breaks loose.

The First Vampire in China

1986

Thunderclap poster
10.0

A clever Shaw Brothers wuxia comedy about a young antihero (Tony Leung Siu Hung) getting himself and his friend (Max Mok) into all kinds of trouble and ultimate defeating the "Heavenly Demon" (Chen Kuan Tai). Lightning fast action, pleasant humor, great acting and a helpful modern-day narrator makes this an unusually enjoyable Shaw Brothers production.

Thunderclap

1984

Killers Must Die poster
10.0

During the transaction of weapons with another gang, Hong Kong triad boss Lu Gang was sold out by his henchmen Shui-Jin and Da-Ji, who work with Lord Gu and Japanese killer team and take Lu Gang’s life on the scene. The weapons and drugs worth 20 million US dollars are grasped with nothing left. So the mafia from Italy orders to hunt the two down. The police immediately start with investigation after learning the news…

Killers Must Die

1988

Disco Bumpkins poster
4.8

The film is about Fen, who hangs out with four total losers who are in "Macho Man" tank tops and what happens. Ching Li plays Selina, who is a commercial director who hires him.

Disco Bumpkins

1980

1970s · 6 titles

Shaolin Temple poster
6.2

There is no place more hallowed in the martial art world than China's Shaolin Temple. This special place deserves a special epic, which is what the martial arts maestro delivers in this battle between a brave brand of Chinese boxers and literally thousands of Qing troops - complete with betrayals, intrigues, and such novel fighting machines as 108 wooden robots. The conflicts grow in complexity, intensity and even suspense as monks struggle to stay alive in the face of overwhelming odds.

Shaolin Temple

1976

Crippled Avengers poster
6.8

A group of martial artists seek revenge after being crippled by Tu Tin-To, a martial arts master, and his son.

Crippled Avengers

1978

Ten Tigers of Kwangtung poster
6.2

Ming partisan Chu who is on the run from Manchu forces. Local merchant and kung fu enthusiast Li Chen-chau gives the fugitive shelter in his pawnshop and quietly recruits some of his fellow martial master associates to help protect the lad. When Li's professional rival rats him out, Manchu official Liang not only orchestras his army but fools a couple other kung fu masters including Beggar Su into helping his cause. After a heated battle, Li manages to convince Su to joining his cause, thus forming the Ten Tigers.

Ten Tigers of Kwangtung

1979

Kid with the Golden Arm poster
6.8

Jin bei tong opens with a group of escort guards preparing to move a shipment of gold from the local government to an area stricken by famine... one of the very few Venom films where all six Venom actors are present within a single film.

Kid with the Golden Arm

1979

The Deadly Breaking Sword poster
6.1

Leaving behind an inch of sword in the spent corpses of his opponents, Tuan Changqing is known as the Deadly Breaking Sword. After barely surviving a duel, one of his foes is treated by the diabolical Dr. Kuo, who uses his powers of mind control to transform the man into a somnambulistic killer. After Tuan Changqing teams up with Rabelaisian gambler Xiao Dao, the story proceeds as a comical kung fu buddy flick.

The Deadly Breaking Sword

1979

To Kill a Mastermind poster
7.0

The Chi Sha Clan is a vast network of deadly criminals proficient in martial arts. Growing in number at an alarming rate, the Imperial Court orders Yang Chen-yu and his followers to eliminate them. However, doing this proves difficult as no one knows the identity of the mastermind behind the Chi Sha, not even its own members. Spies infiltrate the organization in an effort to destroy from within. But then, no one knows who the spies are and after a few ambushes and security breaches, clan deputies begin suspecting one another of being traitors. With the Chi Sha dwindling in numbers, it's only a matter of time before the mastermind must reveal himself.

To Kill a Mastermind

1979

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