Undercover Underworld exhibition

This summer, Tai Kwun is running a special exhibition that explores the cinematic trope of the undercover agent, the duality of light and darkness in these movie characters, and what makes them so appealing to Hong Kong audiences. If you’re a film buff or a fan of the heroic bloodshed genre, you’ll enjoy walking through recreations of scenes from classic crime films, showing the process of covert operations from beginning undercover missions to eventually finding difficulties in re-entering society. 

We won’t spoil too much, but look out for the iconic tea house shoot out in Hard Boiled, the psychiatrist’s office in Infernal Affairs, a gun fight in a hideout in City on Fire, and most dramatically, a disastrous car chase breaking the fourth wall, where visitors can either play a role on set or pose from the director’s chair behind the camera.

See more details on this special exhibition here.