The Family Strikes Back

The Family Strikes Back is a 1986 Hong Kong action comedy film produced, directed by and starring Dean Shek.

The film focuses on a mad scientist who orders his assistants to kidnap victims for use in his experiments. When a martial artist and his assistant intervene in a kidnapping incident, a police inspector has the idea to employ the martial artist as an undercover agent for the police. The martial artist has to impersonate a Japanese ally of the villain.

Plot
Professor Kiu (Roy Chiao) is a mad scientist who developed mental disorders from grieving the death of his son. Kiu orders his assistants to kidnap men to his lab, located in a private container on a vessel, for experiments. Police inspector Uncle Wah (Cho Tat-wah) had sent his subordinates to gather evidence in the vessel, but failed to find any.

Shek La-mai (Dean Shek), an acrobatic performer working in a nightclub, has practiced martial arts since childhood and was a former commander of the Special Duties Unit before he was dismissed by the police force due to accusations of sadism. Shek is currently a single father of three children living a happy life.

One night during his performance, Shek and his protege, Lam Hong (Gary Lam), witnessed and intervened in a kidnapping incident by Kiu's henchmen, and the two became targets of Kiu. On the other hand, Uncle Wah discovers Shek's resemblance to a Japanese scientist named Toyota, who colluded with Kiu. Wah formulates a plan for Shek to act undercover as Toyota in order to gather evidence from Kiu's lab.

Cast

 * Dean Shek as Shek La-mai
 * Angile Leung as Vennila
 * Kwan Tak-hing as Shek Fei-hung
 * Gigi Lai as Shek Lai-chi
 * Gary Young Lim as Lam Jan Hong
 * Lau Tat-sang as Sonny
 * Roy Chiao as Professor Kiu
 * Lee Heung-kam as Kiu's wife
 * Cho Tat-wah as Uncle Wah
 * Pomson Shi as Luk
 * Helen Chan as Helen
 * Kam Shan as thug
 * Hoi Sang Lee as Kiu's Henchman
 * Sai Gwa-Pau as So
 * Liu Chun-hung
 * Kingson Shek as Cop
 * Hui Ying-ying
 * Yiu Yau-hung
 * Wellington Fung as Manager
 * Teddy Chan as Police Inspector
 * Lau Shung-fung
 * Lo Wing
 * Lo Hung
 * Wong Lai-ching
 * Fong Chow
 * Wonh Kin-chow
 * Pai Lan
 * Wong On-tung
 * Lim Chan
 * Lee Yan-fai
 * Robert Goodson as Police commissioner
 * Barry Bullock as Inspector Kei
 * Don Ferguson
 * Jonathan Pine
 * Roy Stanton
 * Cliff Clark
 * Chang Sing-kwong

Box office
The film grossed HK$7,229,517 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 27 March to 9 April 1986.