[2022.07.19] RAGING FIRE'S 4 HONG KONG FILM AWARDS LEAVE DONNIE YEN AND NICHOLAS TSE WITH MIXED EMOTIONS

RAGING FIRE won 4 Hong Kong Film Awards, proving the effort of the cast and the crew has been recognized.
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RAGING FIRE has box office and word of mouth success, as well as industry recognition

Benny Chan was unable to personally witness RAGING FIRE's success, which left the whole thing somewhat imperfect

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Donnie Yen laments that Benny Chan was unable to personally accept the Best Director Award
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Director Benny Chan Muk Sing's final film RAGING FIRE (NO FOR) not only performed well at the box office, but also received many film industry award recognition! In the just past Hong Kong Film award the film won 4 major awards. After learning that Benny received the Best Director award, both lead actors Donnie Yen Chi Tan and Nicholas Tse Ting Fung had endless lament. Ting Fung even thanked Director Chan for his contribution to the film industry over the years!

The Benny directed Emperor Motion Picture RAGING FIRE landed the "heroic duo" Nicholas Tse Ting Fung and Donnie Yen Chi Tan as its stars. Since its production to release it won the attention and word of mouth form viewers. Its Mainland box office reached 1.3 billion yuan RMB. Aside from critical and commercial success, it also won the industry recognition.

After winning the 28th Hong Kong Film Critic Society Best Director and Recommended Film, and the 2021 Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild Award Best Film and Best Director, two nights ago at the 40th Hong Kong Film Award it even swept up 4 awards in one breath, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Action Choreography and Best Editing.

When Benny was announced as the Best Director recipient, the guest presenter read the thank you speech from Mrs. Chan as the entire audience rose to the foot to salute Benny in a touching scene. The lead actor Donnie Yen Chi Tan was busy at work in the Mainland and unable to return to Hong Kong to attend the event. However when he learned about RAGING FIRE's performance, he could not help but sentimentally said, "Again I am reminded of working with Chan Muk sing, the feeling really is very mixed. I regret that he was unable to personally accept this honor that he truly deserved."

The other lead actor Ting Fung after finishing his new film CUSTOMS FRONTLINE (HOIT GUAN JIN SIN) already returned to the Mainland to keep working, thus was unable to attend the event. As for RAGING FIRE's voter recognition, he was pleased but full of sentiment. "RAGING FIRE won 4 major awards including Best Film and Best Director", of course it's extra sentimental because Benny already left us. However I believe that he definitely would know in Heaven, again thank you for giving us so many exciting movies over the years!"

As for Papa Patrick Tse Yin's Best Actor award for TIME, Ting Fung naturally was exceptionally happy. Aside from being happy for Papa on social media, yesterday he again responded, "Daddy won Best Actor, I of course am very happy for him. Thank you to all the fans for their love and support over the past 60 some years. Two years ago he received the Lifetime Achievement Award, this year he again won the Best Actor. I believe he is very happy!"