My Father Is a Hero (1995)
My Father Is a Hero (released in the United States and United Kingdom as The Enforcer and Jet Li’s The Enforcer) is a 1995 Hong Kong action film starring Jet Li and Anita Mui, directed by Corey Yuen, who also co-stars in the film. The film was released in Hong Kong on 2 March 1995.
Plot:
Kung Wei, a police officer of the People’s Republic of China, is assigned to spy on a group of Hong Kong terrorists. Despite his worries about his sick wife, who suffers from severe asthma, and his eight-year-old son Ku Kung, a martial arts student, Wei’s duty interferes with his familial relationship. Wei is partnered with Darkie, a gang member who formerly worked for a gang leader named Po. Wei and Darkie escape from prison to meet with Po in Hong Kong. Wei is inducted into the gang and participates in an arms deal with foreign criminals.
Utilizing a ruse to steal the bombs and keep the money in Po’s hands, Wei volunteers to wear a bomb-laden vest to facilitate the operation. The recent operation attracts the attention of an off-duty Hong Kong detective Anne Fong, whose boyfriend, Inspector Cheng, was taken hostage. Fong volunteers herself as a hostage exchange and attempts to foil the operation with an attempted suicide, but Wei intervenes in disabling the vehicle and escaping the scene.
Cast:
Jet Li as Kung Wei
Anita Mui as Inspector Anne Fong Yat-wa
Xie Miao as Johnny Kung Ku
Yu Rongguang as Po Kwong
Sing Ngai as Thug
Low Houi-kang as Thug
Damian Lau as Inspector Cheng
Corey Yuen as Bartender
Blackie Ko as Darkie