{ "id": "ep6vja3a2p", "slug": "silver-hawk", "title": "Silver Hawk (飞鹰)", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.science-fiction-fantasy", "label": "Science fiction and fantasy films (individual works)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.science-fiction-fantasy" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.science-fiction-fantasy.science-fiction-and-fantasy-films-of-the-4", "label": "Science fiction and fantasy films of the 2000s", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.science-fiction-fantasy.science-fiction-and-fantasy-films-of-the-4" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.science-fiction-fantasy.science-fiction-and-fantasy-films-of-the-4.fantasy-films-of-the-2000s", "label": "Fantasy films of the 2000s", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.science-fiction-fantasy.science-fiction-and-fantasy-films-of-the-4.fantasy-films-of-the-2000s" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.science-fiction-fantasy", "label": "China · 2001 to 2020: Science fiction and fantasy films (individual works)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.science-fiction-fantasy", "path": [ { "id": "geo.chn", "label": "China", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001", "label": "China · 2001 to 2020", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.science-fiction-fantasy", "label": "Science fiction and fantasy films (individual works)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.science-fiction-fantasy" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Silver Hawk (飞鹰, Fei Ying) is a 2004 Hong Kong sci-fi action film directed by Jingle Ma, produced by and starring Michelle Yeoh as masked vigilante Lulu Wong, with Richie Jen and Luke Goss; a Lunar New Year release that flopped in Hong Kong but won a Huabiao co-production award.", "snippet": "Silver Hawk (飞鹰, Fei Ying) is a 2004 Hong Kong sci-fi action film directed by Jingle Ma, produced by and starring Michelle Yeoh as masked vigilante Lulu Wong, with Richie Jen and Luke Goss; a Lunar New Year release that flopped in Hong Kong but won a Huabiao co-production award.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.science-fiction-fantasy.science-fiction-and-fantasy-films-of-the-4.fantasy-films-of-the-2000s", "markdown": "# Silver Hawk (飞鹰)\n\n**Silver Hawk** (飞鹰; also released as *Fei Ying* and 飛鷹) is a 2004 Hong Kong science fiction action film directed by Jingle Ma and starring [Michelle Yeoh](https://www.edgepedia.org/michelle-yeoh) as a masked motorcycle-riding heroine who fights crime in the futuristic Polaris City while concealing her identity as the wealthy socialite Lulu Wong.[1](https://www.silverhawkmovie.com/) • [2](https://asianwiki.com/Silver_Hawk) Yeoh also produced the film through her own company, and the cast includes Richie Jen, Luke Goss, Brandon Chang, Li Bingbing, and [Michael Jai White](https://www.edgepedia.org/michael-jai-white).[3](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/documents/6.-Research-and-Publication/06-02-Filmmakers-Search/English/Michelle-YEOH_e.pdf) • [1](https://www.silverhawkmovie.com/) The film premiered in China on 15 January 2004 and received the Outstanding Co-Production Film award at the 10th China Film Huabiao Awards, but it performed poorly in Hong Kong and, despite a production budget of 15 million US dollars, earned a reported worldwide gross of 429,328 dollars.[4](https://www.kinoafisha.info/en/movies/5578/) • [5](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/298934/info/) • [6](https://www.cinespot.com/hkmreviews/%E9%A3%9B%E9%B7%B9)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Original title | 飛鷹 / 飞鹰 (*Fei Ying*); international title Silver Hawk[2](https://asianwiki.com/Silver_Hawk) |\n| Director and writers | Jingle Ma; screenplay by Susan Chan and Jingle Ma[2](https://asianwiki.com/Silver_Hawk) |\n| Producer | Michelle Yeoh (with Thomas Chung), through her company Mythical Films Production[7](https://www.mediaasia.com/En/Movies/Info/82/) • [3](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/documents/6.-Research-and-Publication/06-02-Filmmakers-Search/English/Michelle-YEOH_e.pdf) |\n| Release | Premiered 15 January 2004 in China; Hong Kong release 19 January 2004; runtime 99 minutes[4](https://www.kinoafisha.info/en/movies/5578/) • [5](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/298934/info/) • [2](https://asianwiki.com/Silver_Hawk) |\n| Budget and gross | Budget 15,000,000 US dollars; worldwide gross 429,328 US dollars[4](https://www.kinoafisha.info/en/movies/5578/) |\n| Award | Outstanding Co-Production Film, 10th China Film Huabiao Awards (2004)[5](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/298934/info/) |\n| Languages | Mandarin, English, and Cantonese; shot simultaneously in English and Cantonese[5](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/298934/info/) • [8](https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/17949) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Plot and characters\n\nThe film opens at a remote section of the Great Wall, where a masked woman in black leather on a turbocharged motorcycle leaps over the Wall in pursuit of a jeep carrying panda poachers.[7](https://www.mediaasia.com/En/Movies/Info/82/) The rider is Lulu Wong (Michelle Yeoh), a wealthy, much-idolized celebrity and philanthropist who was adopted by a rich family as a child; by night she is the vigilante Silver Hawk, beloved by the public and a persistent embarrassment to the police, who always seem to arrive after she has caught the criminals.[7](https://www.mediaasia.com/En/Movies/Info/82/) • [9](https://china-underground.com/wp/movies/silver-hawk/)\n\nHer chief critic is Superintendent Rich Man (Richie Jen), the new head of the police department of Polaris City, who as a child trained alongside Lulu at a Shaolin temple without realizing that his childhood friend and the vigilante are the same person.[7](https://www.mediaasia.com/En/Movies/Info/82/) Man is determined to arrest Silver Hawk, but the investigation of a kidnapping forces the two to cooperate.[10](https://fareastfilms.com/review/silver-hawk/) The kidnappers work for the industrialist Alexander Wolfe ([Luke Goss](https://www.edgepedia.org/luke-goss)), who wants the AI microchip developed by Professor Ho Chung (Chen Da-ming); attached to a human, the chip can monitor the body and predict the wearer's needs, and Wolfe intends to use it as a mind-control device to enslave the world.[8](https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/17949) Wolfe's enforcers are Morris (Michael Jai White) and Jane ([Li Bingbing](https://www.edgepedia.org/li-bingbing)).[8](https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/17949) • [2](https://asianwiki.com/Silver_Hawk) The supporting cast includes Brandon Chang as Kit, the professor's assistant, Koichi Iwaki as Akira Shiraishi, and [Lisa S.](https://www.edgepedia.org/lisa-s) as Lisa Hayashi.[2](https://asianwiki.com/Silver_Hawk)\n\n## Production\n\n**Yeoh's own production.** Michelle Yeoh founded Mythical Films Production (HK) Ltd in 2001, and Silver Hawk was the company's second feature after *The Touch* (2002); on both films she served as producer as well as lead actor.[3](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/documents/6.-Research-and-Publication/06-02-Filmmakers-Search/English/Michelle-YEOH_e.pdf) The film was shot on location in Beijing, Shanghai, and Tokyo, and cost its distributor Han Entertainment and the Tianjin Film Studios 150 million yuan to make, according to the *South China Morning Post* at the time of the Hong Kong premiere.[11](https://www.scmp.com/article/441134/yeoh-adds-silver-lining-premiere) The production companies listed for the film include Media Asia Films, Tianjin Film Studio, and Han Entertainment.[4](https://www.kinoafisha.info/en/movies/5578/) • [5](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/298934/info/)\n\nThe film was made as a deliberately international, Hollywood-style production. It was shot simultaneously in English and [Cantonese](https://www.edgepedia.org/cantonese), and the American DVD combines the two, with most of the film in English and the flashback scenes in Cantonese with English subtitles.[8](https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/17949) Its visual design is dominated by silver, gray, blue, black, and white, with futuristic glass-and-steel sets.[8](https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/17949) The action, directed by Ailen Sit, combines martial arts with motorcycle chases and gadgetry; the opening sequence has Yeoh jumping the Great Wall on a BMW motorcycle.[10](https://fareastfilms.com/review/silver-hawk/) • [12](https://m.atmovies.com.tw/app2/film.cfm?action=filmdata&filmid=fsen40357894)\n\nThe character has older roots. According to a US–China People's Friendship Association film list, the heroine is based on a series of stories popular in the late 1940s and early 1950s that inspired a number of Hong Kong movies and television shows during the 1960s and 1970s.[13](https://www.uscpfa.org/images/documents/FILMLIST-041312.pdf)\n\n## Release and box office\n\nSilver Hawk premiered in China on 15 January 2004 and opened in Hong Kong on 19 January, over the [Lunar New Year](https://www.edgepedia.org/lunar-new-year) holiday; it later reached Taiwan (19 March 2004), France (15 May 2004), Italy (31 August 2005), and the United States (27 September 2005), among other territories.[4](https://www.kinoafisha.info/en/movies/5578/) • [5](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/298934/info/) The Taiwanese trade press reported that it was the box-office champion during the Lunar New Year period across mainland China, Singapore, and Malaysia.[12](https://m.atmovies.com.tw/app2/film.cfm?action=filmdata&filmid=fsen40357894)\n\nIn Hong Kong the result was different. The film faced competition from *Fantasia* and *Magic Kitchen* in the same holiday slot and, despite Yeoh's international profile and Jen's popularity, it lost to its rivals and its box office fell far short of expectations, in the judgment of the Hong Kong review site Cinespot.[6](https://www.cinespot.com/hkmreviews/%E9%A3%9B%E9%B7%B9) Kinoafisha records a worldwide gross of 429,328 US dollars against a budget of 15,000,000.[4](https://www.kinoafisha.info/en/movies/5578/) In the United States, Screen Media Films released the film on DVD on 27 September 2005, rated PG-13.[8](https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/17949)\n\n## Reception\n\nCritical reception was largely negative, with reviewers converging on the same weaknesses. DVD Talk's Mike Long wrote that there was not a single original idea in the film and that the hackneyed story stymied its slick look, though he credited director Jingle Ma, a former cinematographer for [Jackie Chan](https://www.edgepedia.org/jackie-chan), with knowing how to shoot an action scene even if he could not pace one.[8](https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/17949) Far East Films gave the film three stars out of five, judging it more competent than *The Touch* but criticizing its cliché-ridden plot, its villains' lack of menace, and fight scenes built from quick blurred cuts and slow motion rather than the long-take choreography of earlier Hong Kong cinema.[10](https://fareastfilms.com/review/silver-hawk/) The Cinespot review made a similar point in Chinese, calling the story dated and the action typical Hong Kong fare of chases, fights, and explosions, comparable to 1980s Jackie Chan films.[6](https://www.cinespot.com/hkmreviews/%E9%A3%9B%E9%B7%B9) On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds a Tomatometer score of 35 percent from one review, with more than 2,500 audience ratings on the Popcornmeter.[14](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/silver_hawk)\n\nReviewers consistently identified the film as a female counterpart to Batman: a rich protagonist with high-tech gadgets who chooses vigilantism, with DVD Talk calling the character essentially a female version of Batman and Rotten Tomatoes' synopsis comparing her to [Iron Man](https://www.edgepedia.org/iron-man), a person with money who fights crime in a nifty suit.[8](https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/17949) • [14](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/silver_hawk) The bungee-cord fight, in which Silver Hawk battles attackers suspended on elastic cords, was singled out on both sides of the ledger, praised by Far East Films as one of the film's better moments and dismissed by DVD Talk as a centerpiece that goes on far too long.[10](https://fareastfilms.com/review/silver-hawk/) • [8](https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/17949)\n\n## Assessment\n\nSilver Hawk occupies a specific moment in Hong Kong cinema: a big-budget, English-friendly superhero film made by a local industry trying to compete with Hollywood genre pictures while drawing on its own masked-heroine tradition.[10](https://fareastfilms.com/review/silver-hawk/) • [13](https://www.uscpfa.org/images/documents/FILMLIST-041312.pdf) Its commercial failure in Hong Kong and modest worldwide gross contrasted with its Lunar New Year success in mainland China, Singapore, and Malaysia and with its Huabiao Award for co-production, a split that reflects the film's position between two markets.[6](https://www.cinespot.com/hkmreviews/%E9%A3%9B%E9%B7%B9) • [12](https://m.atmovies.com.tw/app2/film.cfm?action=filmdata&filmid=fsen40357894) • [5](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/298934/info/) In later years the film has retained a small cult following among fans of Michelle Yeoh and of its early-2000s futurist aesthetic, and it remains one of the few superhero films led by a Hong Kong action star of Yeoh's standing.[1](https://www.silverhawkmovie.com/)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Silver Hawk The Movie: SilverHawkMovie.com (archived official site)](https://www.silverhawkmovie.com/)\n2. [Silver Hawk, AsianWiki](https://asianwiki.com/Silver_Hawk)\n3. [Hong Kong Filmmakers Search: Michelle YEOH, Hong Kong Film Archive](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/documents/6.-Research-and-Publication/06-02-Filmmakers-Search/English/Michelle-YEOH_e.pdf)\n4. [Silver Hawk 2004, Kinoafisha](https://www.kinoafisha.info/en/movies/5578/)\n5. [飞鹰 详细资料, 1905电影网](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/298934/info/)\n6. [飛鷹 Silver Hawk review, Cinespot 動映地帶](https://www.cinespot.com/hkmreviews/%E9%A3%9B%E9%B7%B9)\n7. [Silver Hawk, Media Asia Films](https://www.mediaasia.com/En/Movies/Info/82/)\n8. [Silver Hawk DVD review by Mike Long, DVD Talk (2005)](https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/17949)\n9. [Silver Hawk, China-Underground Movie Database](https://china-underground.com/wp/movies/silver-hawk/)\n10. [Silver Hawk (2004) Review by Andrew Saroch, Far East Films](https://fareastfilms.com/review/silver-hawk/)\n11. [Yeoh adds silver lining to premiere, South China Morning Post (14 January 2004)](https://www.scmp.com/article/441134/yeoh-adds-silver-lining-premiere)\n12. [飛鷹 Silver Hawk, 開眼電影網](https://m.atmovies.com.tw/app2/film.cfm?action=filmdata&filmid=fsen40357894)\n13. [Silver Hawk 飞鹰 Fei ying entry, USCPFA film list](https://www.uscpfa.org/images/documents/FILMLIST-041312.pdf)\n14. 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