The Family Strikes Back is a 1986 Hong Kong action comedy film produced, directed by and starring Dean Shek.

The film focuses on a mad scientist who orders his assistants to kidnap victims for use in his experiments. When a martial artist and his assistant intervene in a kidnapping incident, a police inspector has the idea to employ the martial artist as an undercover agent for the police. The martial artist has to impersonate a Japanese ally of the villain.

Plot Professor Kiu (Roy Chiao) is a mad scientist who developed mental disorders from grieving the death of his son. Kiu orders his assistants to kidnap men to his lab, located in a private container on a vessel, for experiments. Police inspector Uncle Wah (Cho Tat-wah) had sent his subordinates to gather evidence in the vessel, but failed to find any.

Shek La-mai (Dean Shek), an acrobatic performer working in a nightclub, has practiced martial arts since childhood and was a former commander of the Special Duties Unit before he was dismissed by the police force due to accusations of sadism. Shek is currently a single father of three children living a happy life.

One night during his performance, Shek and his protege, Lam Hong (Gary Lam), witnessed and intervened in a kidnapping incident by Kiu's henchmen, and the two became targets of Kiu. On the other hand, Uncle Wah discovers Shek's resemblance to a Japanese scientist named Toyota, who colluded with Kiu. Wah formulates a plan for Shek to act undercover as Toyota in order to gather evidence from Kiu's lab.

Cast Dean Shek as Shek La-mai Angile Leung as Vennila Kwan Tak-hing as Shek Fei-hung Gigi Lai as Shek Lai-chi Gary Young Lim as Lam Jan Hong Lau Tat-sang as Sonny Roy Chiao as Professor Kiu Lee Heung-kam as Kiu's wife Cho Tat-wah as Uncle Wah Pomson Shi as Luk Helen Chan as Helen Kam Shan as thug Hoi Sang Lee as Kiu's Henchman Sai Gwa-Pau as So Liu Chun-hung Kingson Shek as Cop Hui Ying-ying Yiu Yau-hung Wellington Fung as Manager Teddy Chan as Police Inspector Lau Shung-fung Lo Wing Lo Hung Wong Lai-ching Fong Chow Wonh Kin-chow Pai Lan Wong On-tung Lim Chan Lee Yan-fai Robert Goodson as Police commissioner Barry Bullock as Inspector Kei Don Ferguson Jonathan Pine Roy Stanton Cliff Clark Chang Sing-kwong

Box office The film grossed HK$7,229,517 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 27 March to 9 April 1986.

References

External links

The Family Strikes Back at Hong Kong Cinemagic