The White Dragon (film)

Infobox_Film
name = The White Dragon


director = Wilson Yip
producer = Joe Ma
Y.Y. Kong
Cao Biao
writer = Wilson Yip
Law Yiu-Fai
starring = Cecilia Cheung
Francis Ng
Andy On
Hui Shiu Hung
Patrick Tang
Lei Liu
distributor = flagicon|Hong Kong China Star Entertainment Group
flagicon|China China Film Group
flagicon|USASony Pictures Home Entertainment (DVD)
released = 2004
runtime = 93 min
country = flagicon|Hong Kong Hong Kong
language = Cantonese
imdb_id = 0441263
music = Tommy Wai
awards =
budget =

"The White Dragon" (zh-tcy|t=小白龍情海翻波|cy="Fei Hap Siu Baak Lung"; Literal Title: "The Flying Heroine: Little White Dragon") is a 2004 Hong Kong wuxia/comedy film, directed by Wilson Yip and starring Cecilia Cheung and Francis Ng.

"The White Dragon" is directed by Wilson Yip, whose best known movies to date are "Bullets Over Summer", "Juliet in Love" and "". It stars Cecilia Cheung as Black Phoenix, a pretty, young, and vain student who thinks she has what it takes to woo the most desirable eligible bachelor in the land, Second Prince Tian Yang (Andy On).

Plot

In a twist departing from the standard superhero formula, White Dragon is a narcissist, forever worried about her good looks, even as she's fighting with Feather (Francis Ng), a blind assassin nicknamed "Chicken Feathers" because of his propensity for using chicken feathers as his calling card.

Chicken Feathers is first challenged by White Dragon, an elderly woman with proficient skills in martial arts to almost match his, but not quite enough. Thinking that she has been fatally wounded, White Dragon transfers her kung-fu knowledge into empty shell Black Phoenix, turning the young woman into the prettiest martial arts expert around. The downside to having these extraordinary powers, which she does not fully understand, is bad acne, which she manages to prevent only by doing "noble" deeds like robbing from the rich and giving to the poor.

Phoenix is reluctant to take on her new role at first, but soon becomes interested in tracking down Chicken Feathers when she learns that her love interest, Second Prince Tian Yang, might become his next target. Using her flute-playing as bait, White Dragon finally faces Chicken Feathers in an attempt to defeat him before he can carry out the assassination. Chicken Feathers proves to be too good for the new White Dragon, however. When White Dragon tries to exploit his "weak points," she ends up injured and dependent on Feathers, who does nurse her back to health after their heated battle. While Chicken Feathers plays nurse, White Dragon seeks to find his true weak point to stop him once and for all. What she finds instead is that Chicken Feathers has fallen in love with her, and that he is growing on her as well.

Cast

* Cecilia Cheung
* Francis Ng
* Andy On
* Hui Shiu Hung
* Patrick Tang
* Lei Liu