The Scorpion King

The Scorpion King (released in Hong Kong as Operation Scorpio) is a 1992 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by David Lai, and starring Chin Kar-lok, Lau Kar-leung and Kim Won-jin. The film was released on 12 November 1992. Plot Budding comic book artist Yuk Su (Chin Kar-Lok) finds himself living out the fantasies of his alternate world when he saves a young girl from an illegal prostitution racket. After he was expelled from medical school his father took Yuk Su to one of his father's friends to help him keep up with his education. Soon he found a teacher (Lau Kar Leung) who can help him live on his dreams and be a legendary hero. With the aid of his fecund imagination and the help of an aging kung fu expert Yuk Su becomes something even he had never dared dream, a hero in real life. Cast Chin Kar-lok as Yuk Su / Yu Shu Lau Kar-leung as Master Yat / Master Lo May Lo as Jade Kim Won-jin as Sonny Wang Fung Woo as Uncle Chai Victor Hon as Mr. Wang Frankie Chin as Bull / Jean Pal Steven Yuen as Inspector Hua Tiffany Lau as Lan Lawrence Lau as Fatty Hsing Yuen Miu as Tallie Sai Gwa-pau as Waiter Wang Han-Chen as Uncle Jung James Lai as Inspector Hua's son Fung Yuen-chi as Loanshark in Su's dream Yuen Tak as Hua's Henchman Thomas Sin as Tien Release Fox released the DVD in the US on May 25, 2004.