Roy Szeto Wai-Cheuk

Writing

Roy Szeto Wai-Cheuk

Born 1967-10-12 · Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong director

Acting credits

Black Mask poster
6.2

Super-soldier recruit Tsui Chik is forced to escape with his comrades after the project is canceled. Months later, he's trying to have a quiet life as a librarian with his best friend, Inspector Shek Wai-Ho. However, a string of vicious gangland murders begins that has all the markings of Tsui's former compatriots who seem to have turned to crime. Realizing that the police are helpless, he decides to take them on himself. With a disguise, Tsui becomes the mysterious superhero known only as Black Mask.

Black Mask

1996

Once Upon a Time in China II poster
7.2

Wong Fei-Hung faces the White Lotus Society, a fanatical cult seeking to drive the Europeans out of China through violence, even attacking Chinese who follow Western ways. Wong must also defend revolutionary Dr. Sun Yat Sen from the military.

Once Upon a Time in China II

1992

Kung Fu Jungle poster
6.8

A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.

Kung Fu Jungle

2014

The Chinese Feast poster
6.6

Within a few years, petty crook Chiu rises to gang leader. But his professional ambitions are actually quite different: he wants to leave illegality behind and make a career for himself and his lover in Canada... as a chef. However, this craft must first be learned and Chiu's talent in the field of cooking leaves much to be desired.

The Chinese Feast

1995

You Shoot, I Shoot poster
7.0

A hired killer pairs up with an amateur filmmaker to provide clients with satisfying footage of enemies getting whacked.

You Shoot, I Shoot

2001

SDU: Sex Duties Unit poster
6.3

The Special Duties Unit (SDU) is an elite paramilitary tactical unit of the Hong Kong Police Force and is considered one of the world's finest in its role. But being the best carries its own burdens. Like everyone else, they go through troubles with love, with family and with their jobs. And sometimes they get horny. This touching story is about Special Duties Unit Team B and their trip to Macau for a weekend of unadulterated debauchery.

SDU: Sex Duties Unit

2013

Love in the Buff poster
6.6

When old flames reunite, will it be second time's the charm or a case of once bitten twice shy? Jimmy and Cherie, two ex-lovers from Hong Kong, cross paths in Beijing and can't seem to forget each other, despite being involved with someone else. Torn between fidelity towards their new partners or following their hearts, they explore the struggles, doubts and fears that exist among modern young couples.

Love in the Buff

2012

The Phantom Lover poster
6.2

In 1936 China, a nearly bankrupt drama troupe starts performing in a burned-out theater where the great actor Song Danping was killed. One of the actors, Wei Qing, starts seeing strange apparitions that could revive his troupe and deliver him to the same fate as Song Danping.

The Phantom Lover

1995

The Empty Hands poster
6.0

Mari Hirakawa is a woman who inherits her father's karate dojo. However, she finds out that Chan Keung, her father's former student, is also its heir and they fight to determine its sole owner.

The Empty Hands

2017

Love Off the Cuff poster
6.9

Shawn Yue and Miriam Yeung reprise their popular roles as a star-crossed couple who strive to stay together happily ever after, only to find their already precarious relationship further strained, when Jimmy’s childhood friend asks him to donate sperm, and Cherie is troubled by the re-marriage of her father.

Love Off the Cuff

2017

Somebody Up There Likes Me poster
8.0

A young rebel falls for the sister of a local kickboxing champion. In order to stay out of jail, he is advised by his parole officer to begin training in the art of kickboxing. His romance with the girl blossoms but comes to a crashing halt when he is forced to face her brother in the ring. When the brother is accidentally killed, the romance ends and the young kickboxer participates in illegal street fights. When the kickboxer has a shot at the Golden Belt against the Japanese champ, he soon learns that this may be the final fight of his life. Written by Ninja01

Somebody Up There Likes Me

1996

Love in a Puff poster
7.0

When the Hong Kong government enacts a ban on smoking cigarettes indoors, hard-core smokers are driven outside and a budding romance develops between two co-workers.

Love in a Puff

2010

Horror Hotline... Big Head Monster poster
5.8

A reporter and the producer of "Horror Hotline", a popular radio call-in show, investigate a caller's tale about a terrifying mutant infant that caused several deaths in the 1960s and seems to be making people disappear today.

Horror Hotline... Big Head Monster

2001

Tri-Star poster
5.7

A priest hears a prostitute's confession, a tale which has a 200,000 HK$ debt as its centerpiece. The prostitute accidentally leaves behind an envelope with her address in the confessional. Concealing his true occupation, the priest rents a room in her apartment and begins to straighten out her life. But then she begins to fall in love with the priest...

Tri-Star

1996

Missbehavior poster
6.0

An employee with financial troubles asks her friends to help solve an office problem before her employer discovers her mistake. Having not seen each other in a long time, an accidental reunion ensues.

Missbehavior

2019

Shed Skin Papa poster
6.3

As a director faces a series of setbacks in life including debt and divorce, his elderly father suddenly regains his youth.

Shed Skin Papa

2016

Love in the Time of Twilight poster
7.3

Despite both their desires to meet a future partner, Yan and Kong develop an animosity toward one another after a troubled meeting during 'Affinity Day'. Soon after, Kong is murdered by gangsters. Two weeks later, Kong comes back in the form of a ghost to ask her to help him prevent his own murder by traveling back in time.

Love in the Time of Twilight

1995

Enjoy Yourself Tonight poster
4.8

A bizarre look at the many things happening at a Hong Kong nightclub in one night.

Enjoy Yourself Tonight

1997

My Sassy Boyfriend poster
1.0

No synopsis available yet.

My Sassy Boyfriend

2003

Behind the camera

A Chinese Ghost Story III poster
6.5

100 years after the events of the first film, Buddhist Bai Yun and his disciple Fong journey through a small town to transport a golden idol of Buddha. However, local thieves thwart their journey, forcing them to take shelter at the ghostly Orchid Temple.

A Chinese Ghost Story III

1991

The Twins Effect II poster
5.3

Set in Flower Capital, a land ruled by an Evil Queen. All men in the kingdom are slaves to women. However, a prophecy foretells that one day, the Star of Rex will find and wield a mythical sword, rise to power, overthrow the queen, and restore the balance of the two sexes.

The Twins Effect II

2004

Swordsman III: The East Is Red poster
6.0

A royal official accompanies a Portuguese warship to the Black Cliffs to see the site of the defeat of the evil Invincible Asia, who attained supernatural abilities by following the sacred scroll and castrating himself.

Swordsman III: The East Is Red

1993

The Blacksheep Affair poster
6.5

A patriotic Chinese cop is reposted to fictional East European country Lavernia as punishment for ignoring orders during a plane hijack operation. There he encounters his ex-girlfriend, who fled to Lavernia after Tiananmen Square. Their paths soon tangle with the charismatic but evil leader of the Japanese cult Aum Shinryuu

The Blacksheep Affair

1998

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

The Banquet poster
5.8

Developer Tsang Siu Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer Boss Hung has secured the other two. Both aim to buy all four so they can knock them down and build hotels.

The Banquet

1991

Septet: The Story of Hong Kong poster
6.9

A seven-part anthology film exploring the history of Hong Kong from the 1940s to present day.

Septet: The Story of Hong Kong

2022

The Assassin poster
6.2

A poor farmer who loves a woman he is forbidden to associate with becomes a hardened mercenary, and is hired by a local warlord as a professional assassin. Years later, he runs into his old love and begins to question his violent past

The Assassin

1993

Downtown Torpedoes poster
5.5

Jackal, Cash and Sam form the core of ATM (Available Tactical Mercenaries), an industrial espionage unit that utilizes high-tech gadgetry to steal technology and fence it on the black market. However, they're blackmailed by the Hong Kong government to snatch some counterfeit plates called SN2 from the British MI5. Naturally stuff goes wrong, our heroes are framed for SN2’s disappearance, and then they must set about clearing their names with whatever hi-tech gadgets they have leftover.

Downtown Torpedoes

1997

Beyond Hypothermia poster
6.2

A mysterious and highly successful hitwoman in Hong Kong is paid to assassinate top-level crime bosses. After beginning a relationship with a noodle vendor, she decides to travel to South Korea to complete one last job. Unfortunately, the dead man's bodyguard is out for revenge.

Beyond Hypothermia

1996

The Phantom Lover poster
6.2

In 1936 China, a nearly bankrupt drama troupe starts performing in a burned-out theater where the great actor Song Danping was killed. One of the actors, Wei Qing, starts seeing strange apparitions that could revive his troupe and deliver him to the same fate as Song Danping.

The Phantom Lover

1995

Master Q 2001 poster
4.4

"Master Q" is a popular comic book series character in Hong Kong. Each comic book is usually made up of many different situational stories, with 8 frmaes making up a story in 1 page. In short, it is like the newspaper comics that you see in America but in a book form. The movie is about how Master Q and his 2 friends Mr. Chung and Potato are out looking for jobs but accidentally cause an traffic accident for Mandy (Cecilia Cheung) and Fred (Nicholas Tse). As a result, both have lost their memories and due to circumstances, they have become enemies... but then, true love will eventually reunite (with a lot of help from Master Q and Potato).

Master Q 2001

2001

To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui poster
6.3

An undercover cop finds himself tortured by his life among the triads. He’s locked into his job with no way out, and he’s starting to find the triad guys more honorable than his supremely despicable superior officer.

To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui

1994

Teenage Master poster
5.8

A father and his son are named as the best in Kung Fu. One day, they receive distress signal from the predecessor, then they start their adventure in Hong Kong.

Teenage Master

1995

Modern Romance poster
5.8

Story 1: A superstitious girl who would only marry her 29th boyfriend. The 29th boyfriend is impotent. Story 2: A promisurous girl whose husband is in jail comes home one day. Story 3: A lesbian refusing to become straight Story 4: A beautiful woman who only likes men that belong to others for the challenge. Until she falls in love.

Modern Romance

1994

Shed Skin Papa poster
6.3

As a director faces a series of setbacks in life including debt and divorce, his elderly father suddenly regains his youth.

Shed Skin Papa

2016

Love in the Time of Twilight poster
7.3

Despite both their desires to meet a future partner, Yan and Kong develop an animosity toward one another after a troubled meeting during 'Affinity Day'. Soon after, Kong is murdered by gangsters. Two weeks later, Kong comes back in the form of a ghost to ask her to help him prevent his own murder by traveling back in time.

Love in the Time of Twilight

1995

High K poster
10.0

Coco, a 17-year-old who has lost her mother, has become withdrawn and unable to get along with her long-estranged divorced father. As an anti-black group, Uncle Blade neglects the way of communication and only takes strict control to make Coco more rebellious, drifting around nightclubs and sinking into the sea of poison. She knows Arrow, a justice figure rare in the underworld. Unfortunately, everyone in the world wants to break them up. They wanted to turn around but were chased by the new big man, Arrow was killed, Coco was gang raped. It's too late for the blade to know how to care for her daughter. Only with blood can she be taught to return to the right path.

High K

2000

Protégé de la Rose Noire poster
4.8

Gillian and Charlene, as usual, play a couple of mis-matched partners who come under the tutelage of the slightly nutty and love-sick Black Rose, a former kung fu-fighting super-hero who grooms them for a life of fighting crime. Ekin Cheng plays a dim-witted cab driver who wears a Robin costume and becomes Charlene's love interest. There is a bit of "comedy" as Rose confuses Ekin with her former lover and Gillian become jealous. A lot of time is wasted with this Three's Company-style shtick until eventually, some shred of a conflict comes forward, as the girls must battle a former protege of Rose who has taken to kidnapping to pay the bills.

Protégé de la Rose Noire

2004

Never Say Goodbye poster
9.0

Man has been dumped by his ex-girlfriend Jenny. When he meets Jean he is finally able to forget Jenny, quoting a line about how they met on Valentine's Day and that it fell on the same day in both the Chinese and Western calendars. Their relationship builds wonderfully, until Jean's best friend Joyce comes back into Man's life. Joyce had fallen for Man earlier when he was a senior at university, and still harbors feelings for him. As Joyce starts to hint at how she feels, it begins to cause ripples in Man and Jean's relationship.

Never Say Goodbye

2001

Moments of Love poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Moments of Love

2005