Peter Mak Tai-Kit

Directing

Peter Mak Tai-Kit

Peter Mak Tai-Kit (1957 – 26 March 2023) was a Hong Kong film director and actor. The films he directed include The Wicked City, All Night Long, and Enemy Shadow. As an actor he appeared in China's Last Eunuch, Tiger Cage, and Twin Dragons.

Acting credits

Twin Dragons poster
6.9

Identical twins are separated at birth, one becoming a streetwise mechanic, and the other an acclaimed classical concert conductor. Finally meeting in adulthood, they're mistaken for the other and entangled in each other's worlds.

Twin Dragons

1992

Tiger Cage poster
6.5

Something fishy is going on in the anti-Drug Trafficking Unit of the HK Police, and only a few honest cops know that the corruption goes all the way to the top. However, they must prove their case quickly, and by unconventional means, after they are framed for murder and drug-trafficking themselves. Dodging bullets from cops and criminals alike, the race is on to clear their names, protect their loved ones, and bring their corrupt colleagues to justice.

Tiger Cage

1988

Gameboy Kids poster
5.9

A young genius with an 8-year-old mentality suddenly becomes head of a Hong Kong triad.

Gameboy Kids

1992

Last Eunuch In China poster
7.7

No synopsis available yet.

Last Eunuch In China

1987

Abracadabra poster
6.5

In 1980, a crack team of Taoists (garbed like ninjas!) successfully vanquish a mob of ghosts -- except for female demon Pinkish Red, who manages to escape. Six years later, Cici Shin (Charine Chan Kar-ling) and her cousin, Lily Li (Ann Bridgewater), open a boutique and need a mirror for their fitting room. The mall security guard finds one for them in the basement but, naturally, Pinkish Red resides inside it and, when Cici cleans the mirror’s surface, the ghost is able to enter back into the real world.

Abracadabra

1986

Split of the Spirit poster
6.3

A ghost takes over a dancer's body in order to find those who killed her, and thus her revenge.

Split of the Spirit

1987

Pretty Ghost poster
7.0

Building Inspector Tony (Tony Leung Ka Fai) investigates an old abandoned building in a deserted plant site and falls victim to a restless demon, who wants to resurrect into Tony's body. However, the spirit of a young woman (Rosamund Kwan) suddenly appears, saves Tony, and accidentally sucks some of his life force, thereby, sharing his feelings and emotions. The ghost falls in love with Tony, but he wants to use her to help him woo his gorgeous colleague (Ellen Chan).

Pretty Ghost

1991

Behind the camera

Wicked City poster
5.8

A peace treaty between the Earth and the Black World, a parallel universe of demons, is coming to an end. Two cops, Taki, a human male, and Maki, a female demon, are assigned to protect a diplomat who will help secure another treaty. A radical group of demons from the Black World are out to assassinate the diplomat and prevent the treaty; only the bond that forms between the two cops can save the Earth from destruction.

Wicked City

1992

To Spy with Love!! poster
6.4

Terry (Teddy Robin), a diminutive rock enthusiast and manager of all-girl band The Playgirls, finds himself caught up in a chaotic espionage caper. After two bumbling Japanese hitmen tear apart a rock bar in search of the spy Yap and a hidden treasure map, Terry is wrongly blamed and storms out. He soon discovers the dying Yap in his car, and with her last breath she conceals the map on one of his posters. As the police close in, Terry falls for Inspector Nina, convinced that she shares his feelings, while spy chief Mak and his incompetent assassins continue their frantic pursuit of the missing map.

To Spy with Love!!

1990

All Night Long poster
7.0

Kindergarten teacher Wang is being held hostage one night by a bank robber in an all-night shop. Shop attendant Ling-ling and Wang struggle with the badly wounded robber who dies in the fight. With two more accomplices, the four girls decide to destroy the body and split the $40 million loot.

All Night Long

1989

All Night Long poster
7.0

Kindergarten teacher Wang is being held hostage one night by a bank robber in an all-night shop. Shop attendant Ling-ling and Wang struggle with the badly wounded robber who dies in the fight. With two more accomplices, the four girls decide to destroy the body and split the $40 million loot.

All Night Long

1989

Abracadabra poster
6.5

In 1980, a crack team of Taoists (garbed like ninjas!) successfully vanquish a mob of ghosts -- except for female demon Pinkish Red, who manages to escape. Six years later, Cici Shin (Charine Chan Kar-ling) and her cousin, Lily Li (Ann Bridgewater), open a boutique and need a mirror for their fitting room. The mall security guard finds one for them in the basement but, naturally, Pinkish Red resides inside it and, when Cici cleans the mirror’s surface, the ghost is able to enter back into the real world.

Abracadabra

1986

The Loser, the Hero poster
7.0

A boy's disappointing scores on the college entrance exam bring shame down on his family.

The Loser, the Hero

1985

Sir, Tell Me Why? poster
6.0

The story of how a high school teacher overcomes all the problems and difficulties with problem students as well as other unfavorable circumstances in his teaching.

Sir, Tell Me Why?

1988

Enemy Shadow poster
7.0

A new cop gets baptized by fire when bank robbers kill her sweetheart and her senior in front of her and she fails to shoot back. She resolves to become hard and rough, then goes undercover.

Enemy Shadow

1995

Lantern poster
6.0

A reformed mob hitman opens a tea restaurant with his wife after prison. His daughter conceals his criminal past out of shame, while his son idolizes it and gets into trouble with a local gangster. When a violent clash leaves the wife hospitalized, he's drawn back into his old life, confronting the gangster to protect his family.

Lantern

1994

Ah Fu poster
NR

There are several anthology films at the beginning stage of Taiwan New Cinema. Ah Fu consists of three shorts, having directors from various backgrounds. The leading roles in the three films are all named Ah Fu. The stories are played by different actors and located in Hong Kong, China, and Taipei respectively.

Ah Fu

1984

No artwork available
NR

Through an abundance of 8mm stop-motion animation and montage, Hong Kong The Feeling documents the urban landscape of Hong Kong in the golden age of the 80s. With multiple angles, the camera travels through city blocks, the crowds and the traffic at peak hours. From symbolized graffiti to popular culture, all images vividly portray the era of economic prosperity.

Hong Kong the Feeling

1983