Off Track
Off Track is a 1991 Hong Kong action drama film directed by Cha Chuen-yee and starring Jacky Cheung, Max Mok, Rachel Lee and Ellen Chan. The film was followed by a sequel in 1995, titled Highway Man, which featured a different storyline.
Plot
Lui (Jacky Cheung), a street racer and triad member, who owns an auto shop while also smuggling cocaine for his boss, Brother Bing (Lung Fong). Because of his life, he has been neglecting his girlfriend, Katy (Ellen Chan) and would let out his frustrations on her. An acquainted police officer Bad Breath (Billy Ching) informs Lui a rival named Chang-pau bets HK$40,000 against Lui in a race on Princess Margaret Road against one his racers Joe (Max Mok), who also owns an auto repair shop. Lui borrows HK$20,000 from Bad Breath. On the night of their duel, Lui and Joe taunt each other before proceeding to race, where Lui leads until near the end when Joe catches up and Lui rams Joe. The winner was undermined as a result and fight between Lui's and Chang-pau underlings breaks out until the police arrive and arrest Joe, Lui, and his younger sister, Ann (Rachel Lee) who fail to flee from the scene. At the police station, Lui's estranged father (Wu Ma), who is a seasoned officer, snacks and scolds Lui for his illegal activities and getting his sister involved. As his father detains him, Lui rants about how his father is a hypocrite for being a corrupt policeman before the establishment of the ICAC and blames his father as the cause of him becoming a criminal.
Cast
More details
| author | Rico Chung |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Hong Kong |
| director | Cha Chuen-yee |
| editor | Cheung Kwok-kuen |
| genre | action drama |
| keywords | attack beat car chase criminal record drug deal ellen chan end estranged father follow icac independent commission against corruption kill lung fong max mok morning parking lot pick up police officer police station rachel lee repair shop reward smuggle street race triad wu ma |
| musicBy | Lowell Lo |
| producer | Willie Chan |
| productionCompany | Rich Film |
| publisher | Newport Entertainment |
| theme | action drama gang melodrama race |