I have no idea about why this spot is called "Chemical Suzy's" by Hong Kong street artists, but it is. It certainly looks a lot cleaner and less filled with construction materials than when I last visited (photos, along with a load of other Hong Kong street art here). Any how, I like that a location which is an almost secret gallery of Hong Kong graffiti was included in the film, as it is something which I think is very important to Hong Kong. As some graf on one of the buildings where I work used to read; "blank walls, blank minds".
This is the spot where Wong Cho-Nam hands over money to Jess Sum. The alley way is not on Street View, but you can see the tail end of the graffiti, before it disappears to the stretch where this was shot.
Showing posts with label Eric Tsang. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eric Tsang. Show all posts
I Love Hong Kong - Sai Yeung Choi Street South
A bit further up the street from the earlier location, this is where Tony Leung starts trying to sell his toys.
I Love Hong Kong - Kai Fai House
Well, the opening shots of the film suggest that Ching Pak House, in the Cheung Ching Estate on Tsing Yi, is the main location for the film and Stanley Fung's flat. This, however, is a fib. When Eric Tsang first shows up and is let into the apartments by Sandra Ng and Clorinda Chan, the Kai Fai House signage is clearly visible. It also makes sense, when you take into account that almost all other locations are in the Choi Wan Estate too. There isn't a Street View of the entrance to the block, but this Street View image should give you a hint of what you're looking at...
I Love Hong Kong - Choi Wan Market
This is where Sandra Ng and Clorinda Chan do their veggie shopping. Well, I assume it is; Street View doesn't cover the market as it's indoors, but they emerge into the rest garden area on its roof (?), which is very recognisable. The Street View image here shows the view from the opposite side of the rest area.
I Love Hong Kong - Shing Fat Restaurant
Where Eric Tsang and Tony Leung go for buns. The restaurant is in the Choi Wan Commercial Complex, so there's no Street View and the only image I can find which identifies the location is from OpenRice.com (thanks to 啡熊) and seems to be flagging up a disregard for workplace health and safety...
I have also included Open Rice's own image of the front of the restaurant.
I have also included Open Rice's own image of the front of the restaurant.
I Love Hong Kong - Lido Beach
The beach Mag Lam is rescued from exploitation by 6 Wing (?). Street View doesn't do the beach, but this Panoramio image which shows the view of the Ting Kau Bridge at same angle (thanks to uunghkg).
I Love Hong Kong - Sai Yeung Choi Street South
Where Sai Yeung Choi Street South meets Dundas Street, is where Mag Lam is doing her 'Lolita' modelling / promotions job.
I Love Hong Kong - Ching Pak House
Ching Pak House, in the Cheung Ching Estate is where Stanley Fung lives, and where Tony Leung, Sandra Ng and the rest of the clan move back to.
Aces Go Places - Tai Po Waterfront Park
I remember when all this was fields dust...
So, the spot where Sam Hui and Karl Maka chase (and are chased by) Robert Houston and employ exploding remote control cars. I'd already noticed buildings in the background which I was convinced were the beginnings of Tai Po Industrial Estate, but I couldn't quite work out where the road they were on was or what had been built on the vast expanse of dirt. Then, I rewatched it and saw this shot, where the hills over at Ma On Shan are clearly visible, along with the hill at Park Golf, the shoreline and the hill with The Lookout: this placed the scene firmly in Tai Po Waterfront Park.
The park isn't covered on Street View, but this Picasa image shows almost exactly the same panorama (thanks to johnny).
So, the spot where Sam Hui and Karl Maka chase (and are chased by) Robert Houston and employ exploding remote control cars. I'd already noticed buildings in the background which I was convinced were the beginnings of Tai Po Industrial Estate, but I couldn't quite work out where the road they were on was or what had been built on the vast expanse of dirt. Then, I rewatched it and saw this shot, where the hills over at Ma On Shan are clearly visible, along with the hill at Park Golf, the shoreline and the hill with The Lookout: this placed the scene firmly in Tai Po Waterfront Park.
The park isn't covered on Street View, but this Picasa image shows almost exactly the same panorama (thanks to johnny).
Aces Go Places - Sam Mun Tsai
The location for the film's final splash is the little pier at Sam Mun Tsai on the edge of Plover Cove. You can actually see my brother's village from here; the little white specks at the base of the hill, in the centre of the Google Maps image.
Aces Go Places - Pak Sha Wan Public Pier
The pier that Sam Hui and Karl Maka surface at, after looking for the diamonds (sorry, "peanuts")...
Aces Go Places - Empire Centre
Sam Hui stands on this roof and watches Dean Shek fall into a funnel, despite the fact that it's actually between the Regal Kowloon and the sea: movies, they're just full of lies. Oh, and this is where Sylvia Chang finally catches up with Sam too. There isn't a Street View of the roof, but you get the idea from ground level and you can actually see the track which runs around the roof of the building from the satellite image on Google Maps.
Aces Go Places - Regal Kowloon Hotel
The building that Dean Shek is suspended above and, subsequently, dropped from. He does very well to make it to one of the Star Ferry funnels...
Aces Go Places - Kin Fung Circle
Well, I said I was working on Tuen Mun locations and I wasn't fibbing. The post Chow Tai Fook robber chase ends with Karl Maka driving over a footbridge, before coming to a sudden halt in a multi-car pile-up, just outside the Kowloon Motor Bus Depot. As you can see from the map, the footbridge has gone and that stretch of river now runs underneath Tuen Mun Station. The (striped) Mego Industrial Building next to where the footbridge was, has now become the Tomei Industrial Building, but is still very recognisable.
Aces Go Places - Knight Street
This is the street where Sam Hui evades Sylvia Chang, with a bit of crafty bus hopping. Still, if they've run all the way from Tuen Mun (which is where I have placed Sam's apartment - still working on exact location, but I think it may have gone), then they must be knackered...
Aces Go Places - Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Co Ltd
The jewellers where Sylvia Chang attempts to stop a robbery, only for the robbers to make an escape with Karl Maka as their reluctant getaway driver. I don't think that' the same minivan, still there after thirty years...
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