Newton Lai Hon-Chi

Acting

Newton Lai Hon-Chi

Born 1951-04-28 · Hong Kong, China

Acting credits

Future Cops poster
6.1

In the year 2043, an evil crime lord is trying to take over the world. Only one government official stands in his way, and plans to send him to prison, so The General and his minions Kent, Thai King, and Toyota travel to the year 1993 to kill the official before he has a chance to get into office. During a battle with The General's minions, the Future Cops Lung, Broom Man, Ti Man, and Ah-Sing hear of their evil plan and devise a plan of their own to travel back in time to protect the official.

Future Cops

1993

Royal Warriors poster
7.1

When a tough policewoman learns about a group of violent terrorists, she, along with her partner and a Japanese detective, does everything it takes to take them down.

Royal Warriors

1986

Tales from the Dark 2 poster
6.2

In "Haunted Pillow," TVB starlet Fala Chen is still obsessed with her lover (Gordon Lam) after their breakup and invariably suffers from insomnia. She gets hold of a Chinese herbal pillow that eventually helps her fall asleep again but it also draws her near something unexpected. "Hide And Seek" casts a group of young newcomers into an abandoned school campus where they meet longtime janitor Mr. Chan who takes shelter at the school. Playing hide-and-seek after midnight, the teenagers go missing, one after another. In his self-directed piece "Black Umbrella," Teddy Robin makes solving conflicts on the street at night his mission and marks each closed case with his signature black umbrella. Before he calls it a day, he meets a prostitute who forcefully pulls him upstairs for business and unfortunately things spiral out of control.

Tales from the Dark 2

2013

Casino Tycoon II poster
6.5

It is 20 years on and Ho Hsin is now the proud and powerful owner of a chain of casinos in Macau. Unfortunately, he is also the target of many enemies, some of whom are in dangerously close proximity to him. But Ho has faced adversity before and is not about to just roll over and die.

Casino Tycoon II

1992

Coolie Killer poster
7.1

Ko leads a team of Hong Kong assassins that are taken out one by one. Ko manages to flee to the countryside, where he aims to find out who's behind this and to gain the strength to fight back. Helping him is local girl Tong, whilst chasing Ko is the long arm of the law, represented by cop Chung.

Coolie Killer

1982

Queen's High poster
6.6

A Hong Kong mob boss is killed by a rival gang, leaving the business in the hands of his daughter, and when the gang commits more mayhem on her wedding day, she sets out for revenge.

Queen's High

1990

Justice Is Blind poster
NR

In December 1974, a 16-year-old girl was murdered after borrowing a phone at an ice cream shop. The next day, her naked body was found hidden in a TV box on the street. The only suspect in the case was the owner of the ice cream shop, Au-Yeung Wing Cheung.

Justice Is Blind

1993

Drugs Area poster
7.0

Action flick about illegal drug dealing in Hong Kong and the undercover cops who risk their lives and their relationship to capture the bad guys.

Drugs Area

1991

Today's Hero poster
5.3

Siu, who spends goofing off, finds out that he has Parkinson's Disease, and only one month to live. He decides to do something special before his death. He tries to help other, and accept challenges.

Today's Hero

1991

Beyond the Copline poster
3.8

A Hong Kong policewoman, Carmen, returns from England and goes undercover as a dancing girl to infiltrate a ruthless criminal group led by the mean-spirited Ma Liang and his fiery new recruit, Chiang. As she gains Chiang's trust, risking her life in intense hand-to-hand combat, he begins to suspect her true motives after a series of botched crimes.

Beyond the Copline

1994

Framed poster
7.3

Simon Yam plays a cop that has just been released from jail after serving some years there. He claims he is innocent of all charges, and was in fact "framed".

Framed

1989

City Kids 1989 poster
8.0

The pressures of the gang-ridden Hong Kong streets threaten to tear two teenage friends apart. A provocative look at misunderstood youth and juvenile delinquency on the urban streets of Hong Kong.

City Kids 1989

1989

Home at Hong Kong poster
6.5

Alan Wong is a Hong Kong youth who is bent to climb up the social ladder. With the help of a foreign businessman's mistress and mixed ethnicity woman Erica, he joins a real estate company and he knows how to grasp on to opportunities and gets into high position. Later he meets Cheung Ting Ting, a Mainland Chinese girl who illegally came to Hong Kong and sees her pities her and also falls in love in her.

Home at Hong Kong

1983

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

Interpol poster
NR

Interpol is a Hong Kong Crime-Drama directed by Chan Siu-Pang.

Interpol

1982

Fury in Red poster
4.4

A cop/gangster actioner involving seedy corporate dealings tied with ruthless Vietnamese gangs.

Fury in Red

1991

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

Spiritually a Cop poster
7.0

A young man wants to be a Hong Kong police officer but is too short to qualify. However, he doesn't let that stop him: he goes around impersonating an officer, investigating crimes and busting criminals. One day, he interrupts a bank robbery (by three men in drag), gets shot in the process and dies. When the case is assigned to a female investigator, he returns as a ghost to lend a hand at solving the robbery.

Spiritually a Cop

1989

Sketch poster
NR

The police investigate a series of murders by a probably serial killer. The inspector's wife is amongb those threatened by the killer, but no-one believes her, including her husband. Things are further confused by a gang of local punks who also terrorize the wife.

Sketch

1983

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

Fez: The Royal Scent poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Fez: The Royal Scent

1992

The Devil’s Box poster
9.0

Director Tong orders a box to be moved during a shoot. His only thought was move a mound of snow to make the scene look a little better. His crew warn him it's a devil's box, but move it anyway. The first guy to pick up the box dies shortly after, having accidentally fallen off a roof. Tong's work declines, as does his health. He is diagnosed with a brain tumor, and begins to be pursued by… something evil.

The Devil’s Box

1984

The Roar of the Vietnamese poster
7.3

A violent action drama about illegal immigrants manipulated by criminal gangs, forced to commit crimes in return for supposed passage to the U.S..

The Roar of the Vietnamese

1991

A Shot With No Choice poster
NR

Hong Kong movie

A Shot With No Choice

1994