The True Hero (1994)

★ 6.0 1h 37m IMDb

An ex-con has spent the last ten years of his life in prison for defending the lives of his best friend and his best friend's sister. While in jail he learns to become a teacher's aide. In school he comes across these troubled teens who start hanging around a sleazy low-level triad that runs a video arcade, luring kids by exchanging games for drug running. He eventually befriends the kids pissing off the triad who gets him fired by digging up dirt on his past. But he doesn't care, he proposes to his girlfriend and she says yes but a student is still held under the grasp of the triad. So he goes back into action to try and free the kid and ridding the neighborhood of the sleazy scumbag. Can he reach the kid and change the kid's ways? Will the ex-con and his girl live happily ever after?

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Simon Yam
Simon Yam as Cheung Chi-Wing Age 71 · Hong Kong, China Simon Yam Tat-Wah (Chinese: 任達華) was born 19 March, 1955, is a veteran Hong Kong-based actor and film producer. He started off as a supermodel before becoming an actor in the mid 1970s. He then signed...
Anita Yuen Wing-Yee
Anita Yuen Wing-Yee as Hung Age 54 · Hong Kong, China Anita Yuen Wing-Yee (Chinese: 袁詠儀) is a Hong Kong film and television actress. She was the winner of the 1990 Miss Hong Kong Pageant. She is married to Julian Cheung Chi-Lam..
John Tang Yat-Kwan
John Tang Yat-Kwan as Kit Age 49 · Hong Kong, British Crown Colony John Tang Yat-Kwan was born on 24 October 1976. He is an actor, known for Yesteryou, Yesterme, Yesterday, The True Hero.
Derek Yee
Derek Yee as Principal Chun Age 68 · Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China] Derek Yee Tung-sing (Chinese: 爾冬陞, born 28 December 1957), is a former Shaw Brothers actor from Hong Kong, currently a film director and screenwriter, who has achieved fame and respect in Hong Kong an...
Lawrence Cheng Tan-Shui
Lawrence Cheng Tan-Shui as Joe Age 71 · Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China] Lawrence Cheng Tan-Shui (Chinese:鄭丹瑞 , born 27 November 1954) is a Hong Kong film actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and master of ceremonies. He was a Hong Kong DJ and radio channel executive....
Austin Wai Tin-Chi
Austin Wai Tin-Chi as Brother Four Died 2012 · Weihai, Shandong Province, China Austin Wai Tin-chi (13 August 1957 – 4 October 2012) was a Hong Kong actor and choreographer. He was the elder brother of actress Kara Wai. He had notable roles in the martial arts films like The 36th...

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