Fight Back to School

1991 Hong Kong film

July 18, 1991 (July 18, 1991)

Running time

100 minutesCountryHong KongLanguageCantoneseBox office$43,829,449

Fight Back To School (simplified Chinese: 逃学威龙; traditional Chinese: 逃學威龍) is a 1991 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Gordon Chan and starring Stephen Chow. This film is set in Shatin College, Hong Kong.

It was highest-grossing film of all-time in Hong Kong.^[1]^[2] It was followed by sequels Fight Back to School II (1992) and Fight Back to School III (1993).

Plot

Chow Sing-Sing is about to be disqualified from the Royal Hong Kong Police's elite Special Duties Unit (SDU) because of his complete disregard for his teammates during a drill. However, a senior officer, Wong Sir, who has taken to Sing's youthful demeanour, instead deploys him as an undercover student into Edinburgh College to recover a stolen revolver. Sing, who turned to the Police Academy because of his dislike for schooling, struggles to fit in academically. The undercover operation is made complicated when Star is partnered with Tat—an ageing, incompetent police detective.

Star still manages to fall in love with Ms Ho, the school's guidance counsellor, as well as disrupting a gang involved in arms-dealing.

Cast

Cast and roles include:^[3]^[4]

Stephen Chow - Star Chow / Chow Sing-Sing, undercover police
Sharla Cheung - Miss Ho
Ng Man-tat - Tso Tat-Wah / 'Uncle' Tat, undercover police
Roy Cheung - Brother Teddy Big
Barry Wong - Wong Sir, Chief Superintendent of Police, Chow and Uncle Tat's superior
Gabriel Wong - Turtle Wong
Paul Chun - Lam
Dennis Chan
Peter Lai (Chinese: 黎彼得, Lai Bei-Dak)
Nicholas Laletin
Roger Thomas
Tsang Kan-Wing
Karel Ng
Kingdom Yuen - Miss Leung

Award nominations

Accolades
Ceremony	Category	Recipient	Outcome
11th Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Director	Gordon Chan	Nominated
	Best Screenplay	Barry Wong & Gordon Chan	Nominated
	Best Actor	Stephen Chow	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Ng Man-tat	Nominated

References

^ "1991". HKBO. Hong Kong Box Office Ltd. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
^ "All-time top grossing films to Sept 93". Screen International. 8 October 1993. p. 28.
^ "Fight Back to School". imdb.com. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
^ "Fight Back to School". chinesemov.com. Retrieved 29 June 2010.

External links

Fight Back to School at IMDb

Fight Back to School

Fight Back to School (1991)
Fight Back to School II (1992)
Fight Back to School III (1993)

v t e Works by Gordon Chan
Films directed	18 Golden Destroyers (1985) The Yuppie Fantasia (1989) Brief Encounter in Shinjuku (1990, also writer) Fight Back to School (1991, also writer) Inspector Pink Dragon (1991) Fight Back to School II (1992, also writer) Gameboy Kids (1992, also writer) King of Beggars (1992, also writer) The Long and Winding Road (1994, also writer) The Final Option (1994, also writer) Fist of Legend (1994, also writer) Thunderbolt (1995, also writer) First Option (1996, also writer) Armageddon (1997, also writer and producer) Beast Cops (1998, also writer and producer) 2000 AD (2000, also writer) Okinawa Rendez-vous (2000, also writer and producer) Cat and Mouse (2003, also writer) The Medallion (2003, also writer) A-1 Headline (2004, also writer and producer) Kung Fu Master (2005) Mr. 3 Minutes (2006, also producer) Painted Skin (2008, also writer and producer) The King of Fighters (2010) Mural (2011, also writer and producer) The Four (2012, also writer and producer) The Four II (2013) The Four III (2014) The Treasure (2017) God of War (2017)
Films produced	The Vineyard (1989) Neverending Summer (1992) 1001 Nights (1995) Cause We Are So Young (1997) Option Zero (1997) Hitman (1998) When I Look Upon the Stars (1999) Heroes in Love (2001) Funeral March (2001) Every Dog Has His Date (2001) Time 4 Hope (2002) Curse of Lola (2005) Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010, also writer) Coming Back (2011, also writer)
Films written only	Behind the Yellow Line (1984) Dragons Forever (1988) Double Fattiness (1988) Heart to Hearts (1988) The Big Heat (1988) Diary of a Small Man (1989) The Cat (1991) Hard Boiled (1992) She Starts the Fire (1992) The Bodyguard from Beijing (1994) Daisy (2006) Undercover Hidden Dragon (2006)