From the Queen to the Chief Executive (2001)
In 1985, Cheung Yau-ming was one of five miscreants involved in the brutal murder of a white couple. As he was still a juvenile, the court ordered him to be "detained at Her Majesty's pleasure," a clause in British law allowing the government to imprison young offenders for an indefinite period. The film picks up in 1997, with Yau-ming (now 28) being paid a visit by a girl named Cheung Yue-ling. With only six months to go before the Handover, Yau-ming and 22 other prisoners hope to have their sentences determined soon, fearing what might happen should the decision about what to do with them become the province of incoming Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa.
Watch nowDrama, Crime
Cast
- Stephen Tang Shu-Wing — Councillor Leung Chung Ken
- Jing Ai — Cheung Yue Ling
- David Lee Wai-Sheung — Cheung Yau Ming
- Herman Yau — Guitar player
- Tony Chow Kwok-Chung — Legislative Council Chairman
- Eddie Chan Shu-chi — Councillor
- Yeung Kin-Chung — Leung Siu Chung
- Ursula Wong Yue-Si — Leung Sau Yee
- Tong Ka-Fai — 1985's news presenter
- Winnie Leung Man-yee — Reporter
- Tong Wai-Hung — 1985 convict
- Johnnie Guy — John's Father
More like this
- Special ID (2013)
- Siberian Education (2013)
- True Believer (1989)
- Trivisa (2016)
- Prison on Fire (1987)
- No One Would Tell (1996)
- The Goldfinger (2023)
- Violent Saturday (1955)
- American Murderer (2022)
- Òlòtūré (2019)
- Tiger Cage (1988)
- P Storm (2019)
- The Sparring Partner (2022)
- Island of Fire (1991)
- Winged Creatures (2009)
- Above the Rim (1994)
- One Nite in Mongkok (2004)
- Paradox (2017)
- The Parts You Lose (2019)
- A Crooked Somebody (2018)