The Sting

The Sting is a 1992 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Nico Wong and starring Andy Lau, Rosamund Kwan, Simon Lui and Bowie Lam. Plot Simon Tam (Andy Lau) is a righteous private detective who is working for free for 3 years and 8 months at the behest of his superstitious mentor. Simon has completed 3 years, 7 months, and 28 days as the backstory is completed. On the second to last day of that period, his assistant Joe (Simon Lui) accepts a case involving missing money and an advance down payment of HK$1,000,000. The next day, the client mysteriously dies; Simon decides to find the money for the client's wife, Yvonne (Rosamund Kwan). The missing money turns out to amount to ten thousand million (i.e., ten American billion) Hong Kong dollars of triad money; both Simon and the triads chase after it. Cast Andy Lau as Simon Tam Rosamund Kwan as Yvonne Simon Lui as Joe Bowie Lam as Inspector Michael Lee Chin Ho Shing Fui-On Wai Kei-shun Lo Hung Pau Fong as Simon's mentor Henry Fong Michael Dinga Mandy Chan as bald killer Tsang Kan-wing as Tsang Hon Ping Leung Biu-ching Raymond Tsang Bill Lung as Biu Tse Wai-kit as triad member Chun Kwai-po as monk Chow Kam-kong Chan Sek Ng Kwok-kin as policeman Jacky Cheung Chun-hung Wong Chi-keung Choi Kwok-keung as granny assassin So Wai-nam Lam Kwok-kit Leung Kei-hei as thug Lee Chuen-hau as thug Lui Siu-ming Huang Kai-sen