As the Light Goes Out (Chinese: 救火英雄) is a 2014 Hong Kong-Chinese disaster film directed by Derek Kwok and starring Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Simon Yam and Hu Jun.[3]

As the Light Goes Out
Hong Kong poster
Directed by	Derek Kwok
Written by	Derek Kwok Jill Leung Philip Yung[1]
Produced by	Albert Lee David Chan Zhao Jun[1]
Starring	Nicholas Tse Shawn Yue Simon Yam Hu Jun
Cinematography	Jason Kwan[1]
Edited by	Wong Hoi Matthew Hui[1]
Music by	Teddy Robin Tommy Wai
Production companies	Emperor Motion Pictures Media Asia Films Zhujiang Film Group
Distributed by	Emperor Motion Pictures Huaxia Film Distribution
Release dates	January 2, 2014 (2014-01-02) (Hong Kong) January 3, 2014 (2014-01-03) (China)
Running time	116 minutes[1]
Countries	Hong Kong China[1]
Languages	Cantonese Mandarin English
Box office	US$15,973,348[2]

Cast

• Nicholas Tse as Sam Ho Wing-sam (何永森)
• Shawn Yue as Yau Pong-chiu (游邦潮)
• Simon Yam as Lee Pui-to (李培道)
• Hu Jun as Hai Yang (海洋)
• Michelle Bai as Yang Lin (楊琳)
• William Chan as Cheung Man-kin (張文健)
• Andy On as Yip Chi-fai (葉志輝)
• Patrick Tam as Mr. Man (萬先生)
• Liu Kai-chi as Tam Sir (譚Sir)
• Deep Ng as Ben Sir (斌Sir)
• Michelle Wai as Power plant employee
• Kenny Kwan as Siu-kiu (小僑)
• Alice Li as Emily
• Jackie Chan as Himself (cameo)[1]
• Andrew Lau as Director of Fire Services (cameo)[1]
• Siu Yam-yam as Wife of wine brewer owner (cameo)[1]

Release

As the Light Goes Out was released in Hong Kong on January 2, 2014 and in China on January 3, 2014.[1] At the end of the run, the film has grossed $11.92 million in China.[4]

Reception

Derek Elley of Film Business Asia gave the film a six out of ten rating, stating that the film "lacks human drama and real scope" and that "isn't especially bad as a genre movie, it's also not especially good, and is certainly no threat to Johnnie To's Lifeline (1997) as the premier Hong Kong firefighting film."[1]

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• As the Light Goes Out at IMDb
• As the Light Goes Out at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase