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I Love Maria
AKA
Roboforce
Cantonese Title: Tit Gaap Miu Dik Lut Lei A
Mandarin Title: Tie3 Jia3 Wu2 Di2 Ma3 Li4 Ya3

(1988)
[Actor]

Producer: Tsui Hark, John Shum Kin-Fun
Director: David Chung Chi-Man, John Shum Kin-Fun (?)
Action Director: Ching Siu-Tung
Cast: John Shum Kin-fun, Tsui Hark, Sally Yeh(Yip) Sin-Man, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Lam Ching-Ying, Paul Chun Pui, Ben Lam Kwok-Bun, Dennis Chan Kwok-San, Victor Wong Chi-Keung, Leung Chi-On

Lam Ching-Ying plays a too cool hero with a badass rocket bike. Not a major amount of screen time, but a cool role.

This Tsui Hark production is light SciFi fun, with more than a slight tip of the hat to Fritz Lang's Metropolis. If you think gangs are a problem now, wait until the future when they've got big robots to back them up. Of course, this leads to the robot Maria, as you might guess from the Metropolis reference. John Shum gets a leading role for a change, as a weapons developer for the police who winds up entangled in a friendship with Tsui Hark (in one of his biggest on-screen roles), on the other side of the law. Both find nothing but trouble as they wind up in the middle of opposing forces with no hope except Maria. Very enjoyable with good performances and the strong visual style that made Tsui Hark famous. -gg-

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I Love Maria - Main Theme Music