The White Dragon (film)

The White Dragon

Film poster
Traditional 小白龍情海翻波 / 飛俠小白龍
Simplified 小白龙情海翻波 / 飞侠小白龙
Mandarin Xiǎobáilóng Qínghǎi Fānbō / Fēixiá Xiǎobáilóng
Directed by Wilson Yip
Produced by Joe Ma
Y.Y. Kong
Cao Biao
Written by Wilson Yip
Law Yiu-fai
Starring Cecilia Cheung
Francis Ng
Andy On
Benz Hui
Patrick Tang
Liu Lei
Music by Tommy Wai
Cinematography Cheung Man-po
Tony Miu
Edited by Cheung Ka-fai
Production
company
China Star Entertainment Group,
One Hundred Years of Film Company Ltd.,
China Film Co-Production Corp.,
Singing Horse Production Ltd.,
China Film Group Corporation
Distributed by China Star Entertainment Group,
China Film Group Corporation
Release dates
  • 28 October 2004 (2004-10-28)
Running time
 93 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese

The White Dragon is a 2004 Hong Kong wuxia comedy film directed by Wilson Yip and starring Cecilia Cheung and Francis Ng.

The White Dragon is directed by Wilson Yip, whose best known works to date are Bullets Over Summer, Juliet in Love and SPL: Sha Po Lang. It stars Cecilia Cheung as Phoenix Black, a pretty, young, and vain student who thinks she has what it takes to woo the most desirable eligible bachelor in the land, Second Prince Tian Yang (Andy On).

Plot

In a twist departing from the standard superhero formula, White Dragon is a narcissist, forever worried about her good looks, even as she's fighting with Feather, a blind assassin nicknamed "Chicken Feathers" because of his propensity for using chicken feathers as his calling card.

Chicken Feathers is first challenged by White Dragon, an elderly woman with proficient skills in martial arts to almost match his, but not quite enough. Thinking that she has been fatally wounded, White Dragon transfers her kung-fu knowledge into empty shell Black Phoenix, turning the young woman into the prettiest martial arts expert around. The downside to having these extraordinary powers, which she does not fully understand, is bad acne, which she manages to prevent only by doing "noble" deeds like robbing from the rich and giving to the poor.

Phoenix is reluctant to take on her new role at first, but soon becomes interested in tracking down Chicken Feathers when she learns that her love interest, Second Prince Tian Yang, might become his next target. Using her flute-playing as bait, White Dragon finally faces Chicken Feathers in an attempt to defeat him before he can carry out the assassination. Chicken Feathers proves to be too good for the new White Dragon, however. When White Dragon tries to exploit his "weak points," she ends up injured(breaking her leg while trying to kick Feathers in the nuts) and dependent on Feathers, who does nurse her back to health after their heated battle. While Chicken Feathers plays nurse, White Dragon seeks to find his true weak point to stop him once and for all. What she finds instead is that Chicken Feathers has fallen in love with her, and that he is growing on her as well.

After a while her leg healed and Chicken Feathers found a letter for Second Prince Tian Yang and had it read by the town's doctor. This letter made Chicken Feathers thinking that Black Phoenix already has a boyfriend, namely the Second Prince Tian Yang. Chicken Feathers confronted Phoenix Black with this and they ended up struggling. Accidentally the girl stabbed her flute into the back of Chicken Feathers, which gave him a moment of sight. She ran away.

The Third Prince, brother of the Second Prince, apparently hired Chicken Feathers to kill his brother, this was revealed at the very last scene.

Cast

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