Writing

Szeto Kam-Yuen

Born — Died

1964-07-11 — 2012-10-13

Place of birth

British Hong Kong

Known for

Writing

Credits

25 titles

Known for

SPL: Kill Zone poster
7.0

Chan, an articulate senior detective nearing the end of his career, is taking care of the daughter of a witness killed by ruthless crime lord Po. Martial arts expert Ma is set to take over as head of the crime unit, replacing Chan who wants an early retirement.

SPL: Kill Zone

2005

The Monkey King poster
5.6

Sun Wukong is a monkey born from a heavenly stone who acquires supernatural powers. After rebelling against heaven and being imprisoned under a mountain for 500 years, he later accompanies the monk Xuanzang on a journey to India. Thus, according to legend, Buddhism is brought to ancient China.

The Monkey King

2014

Flash Point poster
7.0

Detective Sergeant Ma Jun, known for dispensing his own brand of justice during arrests, teams up with an undercover cop, Wilson, to try and bring down three merciless Vietnamese brothers running a smuggling ring in the months before mainland China's takeover of Hong Kong. Jun pursues the gang tirelessly, sometimes ignoring police protocols. A showdown is inevitable!

Flash Point

2007

Exiled poster
7.2

A friendship is formed between an ex-gangster, and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him.

Exiled

2006

Special ID poster
6.0

A career-long undercover Hong Kong cop is sent to Mainland China when his former protégé becomes the primary suspect in a murder.

Special ID

2013

The Longest Nite poster
6.9

A corrupt cop named Sam handles negotiations between two Triad leaders who plan to join forces. However, he meets a suspicious bald man named Tony, who keeps following him around and disrupting his personal business.

The Longest Nite

1998

Behind the camera

SPL: Kill Zone poster
7.0

Chan, an articulate senior detective nearing the end of his career, is taking care of the daughter of a witness killed by ruthless crime lord Po. Martial arts expert Ma is set to take over as head of the crime unit, replacing Chan who wants an early retirement.

SPL: Kill Zone

2005

The Monkey King poster
5.6

Sun Wukong is a monkey born from a heavenly stone who acquires supernatural powers. After rebelling against heaven and being imprisoned under a mountain for 500 years, he later accompanies the monk Xuanzang on a journey to India. Thus, according to legend, Buddhism is brought to ancient China.

The Monkey King

2014

Flash Point poster
7.0

Detective Sergeant Ma Jun, known for dispensing his own brand of justice during arrests, teams up with an undercover cop, Wilson, to try and bring down three merciless Vietnamese brothers running a smuggling ring in the months before mainland China's takeover of Hong Kong. Jun pursues the gang tirelessly, sometimes ignoring police protocols. A showdown is inevitable!

Flash Point

2007

Exiled poster
7.2

A friendship is formed between an ex-gangster, and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him.

Exiled

2006

Special ID poster
6.0

A career-long undercover Hong Kong cop is sent to Mainland China when his former protégé becomes the primary suspect in a murder.

Special ID

2013

The Longest Nite poster
6.9

A corrupt cop named Sam handles negotiations between two Triad leaders who plan to join forces. However, he meets a suspicious bald man named Tony, who keeps following him around and disrupting his personal business.

The Longest Nite

1998

Motorway poster
6.2

Two police pursuit drivers, a hothead rookie and his long-suffering, almost-retired mentor, face off against an escape car driver from the latter's past.

Motorway

2012

Accident poster
6.7

A self-styled accident choreographer, the Brain is a professional hitman who kills his victims by trapping them in well crafted accidents that look like unfortunate mishaps. When the team's next assignment goes disastrously wrong, Brain begins to suspect that someone else has planned an ‘accident’ on them.

Accident

2009

2002 poster
5.8

2002 is a special police force that fights against supernatural phenomena. The team is formed by one human, Chiu, and a spirit, Sam. When Sam reincarnates, a human rookie policeman Fung applies for the position.

2002

2001

Dog Bite Dog poster
6.6

A young Cambodian man who has been trained to fight for money in his country is hired to kill someone in Hong Kong. He performs the hit and then flees from Hong Kong police, who are wrestling with internal problems of a model cop and his son, who is also on the force and who was told by his dad not to become a police officer.

Dog Bite Dog

2006

A Hero Never Dies poster
6.9

Jack and Martin are gunmen who work for two rival kingpins. Jack and Martin have been fighting on their bosses behalf for close to a year. When a truce is made both Jack and Martin are cut loose. The two men then decide to join forces and take on the gangsters who used them.

A Hero Never Dies

1998

Out of Inferno poster
6.0

On the hottest day in 50 years, a serious fire incident happened to a busy commercial tower, a gaggle of fire fighters with an indestructible enthusiasm are going to save lives.

Out of Inferno

2013

Fairy Tale Killer poster
4.2

When a bloodied and incoherent Jun (Wang Baoqiang) confesses to five murders that have not occurred, the police assume that he's mentally unstable and ignore his claims. Police detective Han (Lau Ching-wan) is investigating a series of gruesome murders, but soon discovers that all is not as it seems and that not only are the murders connected, but that Jun is tied to them in some way.

Fairy Tale Killer

2012

Shamo poster
5.4

Ryo Narushima is a student who has served prison time for killing his parents. Once he is released, he trains to become a professional kick-boxer.

Shamo

2007

Tactical Unit - No Way Out poster
6.6

After a late-night triad dispute leads to the death of an innocent civilian, PTU officers take action by investigating triad activities in the area.

Tactical Unit - No Way Out

2008

Home Sweet Home poster
5.9

May moves into a new apartment with her husband Ray and son Chi-lo, only to find out that the building is erected over a squatter area, where some of the residents died in a riot when they refused to move out. The family decides to stay nevertheless, but soon, Chi-lo mysteriously disappears without a trace.

Home Sweet Home

2005

Love Battlefield poster
6.3

The story of a couple who break up one morning and proceed to find their love tested in unexpected and violent ways.

Love Battlefield

2004

Expect the Unexpected poster
6.4

Bumbling mainland crooks mess up a jewelry heist. Two cops serious Ken and jokey Sam investigate but mix up these amateurs with dangerous mainland robbers in the neighborhood.

Expect the Unexpected

1998

Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 poster
6.7

A small-time triad must make a fateful decision to discover who he is. With that decision, his life can diverge in two paths, each leading to an ultimate fate.

Too Many Ways to Be No. 1

1997

Skyline Cruisers poster
6.1

Action adventure in which the formula for a cancer-curing medicine is stolen, and a kung-fu fighting team must overcome rivals and doublecrosses in order to get it back.

Skyline Cruisers

2000

New Blood poster
4.2

A young couple engage in a suicide pact, and slit their wrists together. However, only the woman, who is already suffering from cancer, dies. Three donors give her lover a life-saving blood transfusion. Each of the three has a rare blood type, and each has his, or her, own secrets. The trio become a target for the girl's vengeful spirit. Before matters are set right, the three victims will have been forced to donate far more than their blood.

New Blood

2002

A Decade of Love poster
NR

A handful of Hong Kong filmmakers explore their feelings on the ten years since 1997 in A Decade of Love, an omnibus film premiering at the 2008 Hong Kong Summer International Film Festival. A Decade of Love crosses multiple genres for its nine segments, from comedy to drama to satire to fantasy, with each director utilizing different actors. Each segment runs roughly ten minutes, and each uses that time to share something unique, personal and precious about post-Handover Hong Kong life.

A Decade of Love

2008

A Decade of Love poster
NR

A handful of Hong Kong filmmakers explore their feelings on the ten years since 1997 in A Decade of Love, an omnibus film premiering at the 2008 Hong Kong Summer International Film Festival. A Decade of Love crosses multiple genres for its nine segments, from comedy to drama to satire to fantasy, with each director utilizing different actors. Each segment runs roughly ten minutes, and each uses that time to share something unique, personal and precious about post-Handover Hong Kong life.

A Decade of Love

2008

My Ex-Wife's Wedding poster
NR

Divorcé Ma Yong is in love with his new girlfriend Zhao Hui. However, he has a hang-up about his ex-wife, Xiaohong who puts obstacles in the way of him and his girlfriend. So he decides to introduce his best friend to his ex-wife.

My Ex-Wife's Wedding

2010

Mob Sister poster
5.1

In the macho triad world where heroes are molded from blood, brawn and brains, what place is there for a defenseless girl? The only exception to the rule is if you earn your respect as 'Ah Sou' - the big boss' wife. Ah Sou tells the extraordinary story of an innocent girl who becomes appointed successor to Hong Kong's ruling triad. This role becomes a double-edged sword for our young heroine, who is sucked into a maelstrom of vicious gang wars, hair-raising assassination attempts and ruthless power struggles and betrayals. Through numerous violent episodes and unexpected reversals, she discovers her own inner strength and re-writes the laws of the triad kingdom.

Mob Sister

2005