Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words"

Dr. Wai in "The Scripture With No Words"
Dr. Wai in "The Scripture With No Words"
	Film poster
Directed by	Ching Siu-tung
Written by	Lam Wai-lun; Sandy Shaw Lai-king;
Produced by	Tsai Mu-ho
Starring	Jet Li; Rosamund Kwan; Charlie Yeung; Takeshi Kaneshiro;
Cinematography	Tom Lau
Edited by	Angie Lam; Marco Mak;
Music by	Frankie Chan
Production; companies	Win's Entertainment; Eastern Production;
Distributed by	Win's Entertainment
Release date	14 March 1996;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$13,847,368

Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words" (Chinese: 冒險王; Cantonese Yale: Mo him wong; lit. 'Adventure King'; released in the Philippines as Adventurer from China) is a 1996 Hong Kong action film directed by Ching Siu-tung and starring Jet Li.

It won the Golden Horse Award for Best Visual Effects^[1] and was nominated at the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Action Choreography.

During the production, a fire destroyed HK$10 million worth of sets, resulting in severe budget problems. In an attempt to limit the damage, a special export version was cut (which omitted parts that seemed too Chinese) to attract international audiences.

Plot[]

A pulp serial author with numerous personal problems resulting in a serious case of writer's block, temporarily escapes reality by living vicariously through one of his lead characters in a story about a quest for a mythical scripture. This story within a story has Jet Li up against an enormous mutant rat, Japanese sumo wrestlers and ninjas, although the pen is mightier than the sword (or metal grill, as it were) in this film by famed director Ching Siu-tung.(Note the beginning description of the plot given here seems to be different from the English dubbed version).

Cast[]

Jet Li as Chow Si-kit/Dr. Wai, the "Adventure King"
Rosamund Kwan as Monica Kwan/Cammy
Charlie Yeung as Yvonne/Yan-yan/Pansy
Takeshi Kaneshiro as Shing
Billy Chow as Chan/Japanese Embassy Guard
Collin Chou as Hung-hung Sing-sing
Johnny Kong as Mr. Lo
Law Kar-ying as Headmaster

Release[]

The Scripture with No Words was released in Hong Kong on 14 March 1996. In the Philippines, the film was released by Solar Films as Adventurer from China on 24 July 1996.^[2]

References[]

^ "33rd Golden Horse Awards". Golden Horse. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
^ "Grand Opening Today!!!". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. 24 July 1996. p. 31B. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

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[GoldenHorse-1] "33rd Golden Horse Awards". Golden Horse. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

[2] "Grand Opening Today!!!". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. 24 July 1996. p. 31B. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

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