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name.[1](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/1926416/) • [2](https://www.litv.tv/movie/watch/VOD00213868) • [3](https://fmdb.mov/en/movie/48942-young-and-dangerous-4) It was released in Hong Kong on 28 March 1997, before the handover of Hong Kong that July, and earned HK$15,793,320, ranking tenth among Hong Kong films at the 1997 box office.[1](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/1926416/) • [4](https://k.sina.com.cn/article_5666186629_151bb2585019001f02.html) • [5](https://www.newton.com.tw/wiki/%E6%88%B0%E7%84%A1%E4%B8%8D%E5%8B%9D)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Chinese title | 97古惑仔之战无不胜 (traditional: 97古惑仔之战无不胜); English title *Young and Dangerous 4*[1](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/1926416/) |\n| Release | 28 March 1997, Hong Kong; produced by Everwide (永展有限公司)[1](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/1926416/) • [5](https://www.newton.com.tw/wiki/%E6%88%B0%E7%84%A1%E4%B8%8D%E5%8B%9D) • [3](https://fmdb.mov/en/movie/48942-young-and-dangerous-4) |\n| Director and writers | Andrew Lau (刘伟强); screenplay by Manfred Wong (文隽) and Kong Xiangdong (巩向东)[1](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/1926416/) |\n| Running time | 106 minutes per the 1905 and LiTV listings; 109 minutes per Sogou Baike and Newton[1](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/1926416/) • [2](https://www.litv.tv/movie/watch/VOD00213868) • [6](https://baike.sogou.com/m/v6782599.htm) |\n| Box office | HK$15,793,320, tenth of the 1997 Hong Kong year, down from the earlier entries[4](https://k.sina.com.cn/article_5666186629_151bb2585019001f02.html) • [7](https://www.ourchinastory.com/cn/amp/8649) |\n| Lead cast | Ekin Cheng (郑伊健) as Chan Ho Nam, Jordan Chan (陈小春) as Chicken, Michelle Reis (李嘉欣) as Yan Yan, Karen Mok (莫文蔚), Alex Man (万梓良) as Chiang Tin-yeung, Roy Cheung (张耀扬) as Lui Yiu-yeung[8](https://m.1905.com/m/film/starlist/1926416.shtml) |\n| Recognition | Nominated for Best Original Film Song at the 17th Hong Kong Film Awards (1998)[9](https://moviecool.asia/film/y188Qvu1HRV) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Plot\n\nThe story opens with a power vacuum inside the Hung Hing (洪兴) triad society. Dinosaur (恐龙), the branch leader of the [Tuen Mun](https://www.edgepedia.org/tuen-mun) district, is killed by Lui Yiu-yeung (雷耀扬, played by Roy Cheung) of the rival East Star (东星) society. The new Hung Hing chairman Chiang Tin-yeung (蒋天养, Alex Man) decides to fill the vacancy by choosing between Chicken (山鸡, Jordan Chan) and [Barbarian](https://www.edgepedia.org/barbarian) (生蕃, Chan Chi-fai 陈志辉).[10](https://www.tvmao.com/movie/JTRP) • [5](https://www.newton.com.tw/wiki/%E6%88%B0%E7%84%A1%E4%B8%8D%E5%8B%9D)\n\nChan Ho Nam (陈浩南, [Ekin Cheng](https://www.edgepedia.org/ekin-cheng)), the branch leader of [Causeway Bay](https://www.edgepedia.org/causeway-bay), understands the pressures of the position and tries hard to persuade Chicken to give up the contest, but the persuasion fails.[10](https://www.tvmao.com/movie/JTRP) To beat Chicken, Barbarian conspires with Lui Yiu-yeung and sets a trap that costs the life of Chicken's friend Dai Tin-yee (大天二, Michael Tse 谢天华).[10](https://www.tvmao.com/movie/JTRP) A grieving Ho Nam blames Chicken for dragging his brothers into the fight, and the episode also reveals Ho Nam's triad identity to Yan Yan (欣欣, [Michelle Reis](https://www.edgepedia.org/michelle-reis)), a secondary school teacher in Tuen Mun.[2](https://www.litv.tv/movie/watch/VOD00213868)\n\nA parallel romance runs through the film. Yan Yan has always disliked triad figures, but after meeting Chan Ho Nam her impression of them changes, and she quickly develops feelings for him; the two become involved. Because they live in entirely different worlds, and because Ho Nam cannot forget his former girlfriend (played by Gigi Lai 黎姿), the relationship ends without result.[10](https://www.tvmao.com/movie/JTRP) In the contest itself, the schemes of Lui Yiu-yeung and Barbarian are exposed on election day, a fight breaks out, Lui Yiu-yeung is killed, Barbarian is expelled from Hung Hing, and Chicken takes the Tuen Mun branch leadership.[5](https://www.newton.com.tw/wiki/%E6%88%B0%E7%84%A1%E4%B8%8D%E5%8B%9D)\n\n## Place in the series\n\nThe film is the fourth of the six mainline *Young and Dangerous* pictures released between 1996 and 2000, following *Young and Dangerous* (1996), *Young and Dangerous 2* (1996), and *Young and Dangerous 3* (1996), and preceding *[Young and Dangerous 5](https://www.edgepedia.org/young-and-dangerous-5)* (1998) and *Born to Be King* (2000).[3](https://fmdb.mov/en/movie/48942-young-and-dangerous-4) • [11](https://ipsas.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/20170802102946ICYOUTH2013.pdf) The first three films had been made at the pace the Hong Kong industry was famous for: three installments in 1996 with an average box office of about HK$20 million each.[4](https://k.sina.com.cn/article_5666186629_151bb2585019001f02.html)\n\n**A change of tone.** Commentators mark this installment as the point where the series lost the simplicity and romance of the first three films. From *Young and Dangerous 4* onward the Hung Hing versus East Star structure comes to the foreground, the society's internal hierarchy of branch leaders appears on screen for the first time, and friction between the brothers becomes a central theme.[12](https://www.gq.com.tw/entertainment/content-37503) The title itself changed: the first three films were titled 古惑仔之XXXX, while this one inserted the year, 97古惑仔之战无不胜, a change readers have read as deliberately tying the film to 1997.[13](https://post.smzdm.com/p/a70k3g0l/)\n\nThe film's box office fell accordingly. Under the impact of many imitator triad films, *Young and Dangerous 4* earned HK$15.8 million, well below its predecessors.[7](https://www.ourchinastory.com/cn/amp/8649) Douban ratings also declined across the series, with this film at 7.4 in one listing of the franchise's scores, between *Young and Dangerous 3* (7.5) and *Young and Dangerous 5* (7.2); a separate Douban-based listing gives 7.6 from 85,869 votes.[14](https://www.jiemian.com/article/339996.html) • [15](https://www.kpkuang.fun/voddetail/62881/)\n\n## The 1997 context\n\nThe film was made and released in the months before the transfer of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty on 1 July 1997, and several sources read it against that background. Because production began while Hong Kong was holding its first election for Chief Executive, the film reflects political content, including a scene in which two candidates debate on stage.[5](https://www.newton.com.tw/wiki/%E6%88%B0%E7%84%A1%E4%B8%8D%E5%8B%9D) In the story, Chiang Tin-yeung selects the new Tuen Mun branch leader through a debate, creating a new order in the society and recasting the triad world with the imagery of corporations and politicians.[7](https://www.ourchinastory.com/cn/amp/8649) A retrospective review also notes the film's explicit moral turn: Chan Ho Nam, now shown teaching a classroom of delinquent youths to stay away from triad life, delivers a message that the gangster's path leads nowhere, an anti-heroic gesture aimed at the series' own audience.[16](https://ny.zdline.cn/h5/article/detail.do?artId=11148)\n\nThe film also broadened the series' geography, with scenes set in Pattaya, Thailand, and sharpened the contrast between the increasingly rational, big-picture Chan Ho Nam and the impulsive Chicken.[7](https://www.ourchinastory.com/cn/amp/8649)\n\n## Production notes\n\nThe screenplay is credited to Manfred Wong, with Kong Xiangdong as co-writer; Wong also served as producer, and Raymond Chow is credited as producer on the FMDb listing.[8](https://m.1905.com/m/film/starlist/1926416.shtml) • [3](https://fmdb.mov/en/movie/48942-young-and-dangerous-4) The supporting cast includes Anthony Wong (黄秋生) as Big Fly (大飞), Sandra Ng (吴君如) as Sister Thirteen, Jerry Lamb (林晓峰) as Pou-pan, Jason Chu (朱永棠) as Banana Skin, and Spencer Lam (林尚义) as Father Lam.[8](https://m.1905.com/m/film/starlist/1926416.shtml) • [9](https://moviecool.asia/film/y188Qvu1HRV) The film's theme song was nominated for Best Original Film Song at the 17th Hong Kong Film Awards, credited to Lam Chun-keung (林振强), Jordan Chan, Lau Cho-tak (刘祖德), and Ekin Cheng.[9](https://moviecool.asia/film/y188Qvu1HRV) • [2](https://www.litv.tv/movie/watch/VOD00213868)\n\n## References\n\n1. [97古惑仔之战无不胜 (1997), 1905电影网](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/1926416/)\n2. [97古惑仔戰無不勝 – Young and Dangerous 1997, LiTV 立視線上影視](https://www.litv.tv/movie/watch/VOD00213868)\n3. [97古惑仔：戰無不勝 (1997), FMDb](https://fmdb.mov/en/movie/48942-young-and-dangerous-4)\n4. [香港回归20年了，1997年的电影票房前十你看过几部？, 新浪新闻](https://k.sina.com.cn/article_5666186629_151bb2585019001f02.html)\n5. [97古惑仔之戰無不勝, 中文百科全書](https://www.newton.com.tw/wiki/%E6%88%B0%E7%84%A1%E4%B8%8D%E5%8B%9D)\n6. [97古惑仔之战无不胜, 搜狗百科](https://baike.sogou.com/m/v6782599.htm)\n7. [重温《古惑仔》电影正传系列 五位女神级别角色逐个数, 我们的故事](https://www.ourchinastory.com/cn/amp/8649)\n8. [97古惑仔之战无胜_演职员表, 1905电影网](https://m.1905.com/m/film/starlist/1926416.shtml)\n9. [《97古惑仔戰無不勝》, 華文影視數據平台](https://moviecool.asia/film/y188Qvu1HRV)\n10. [97古惑仔之战无不胜剧情简介, 电视猫](https://www.tvmao.com/movie/JTRP)\n11. [Youth, Crime and Rebellion in Hong Kong Cinema (film list), UPM](https://ipsas.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/20170802102946ICYOUTH2013.pdf)\n12. [回望三十載—港式警匪黑幫片, GQ Taiwan](https://www.gq.com.tw/entertainment/content-37503)\n13. [《古惑仔》正在被年轻人当历史剧看, 什么值得买](https://post.smzdm.com/p/a70k3g0l/)\n14. [为什么我们再也拍不出《古惑仔》, 界面新闻 JMedia](https://www.jiemian.com/article/339996.html)\n15. [97古惑仔战无不胜 (1997) 线上看, 看片狂人](https://www.kpkuang.fun/voddetail/62881/)\n16. 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