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Beach Spike
Beach Spike
Traditional Chinese	熱浪球愛戰
Simplified Chinese	热浪球爱战
Hanyu Pinyin	Rè Láng Qiú Ài Zhán
Jyutping	Jit6 Long6 Kau4 Ngoi3 Zin3
Directed by	Tony Tang
Screenplay by	Leung Mong Fung; Tony Tang; Chan Pak Nin
Story by	Charlie Wong
Produced by	Peggy Lee; Charlie Wong; Bey Logan
Starring	Chrissie Chau; Theresa Fu; Jessica C
Cinematography	Chan Chi Ying
Edited by	Yau Chi Wai
Music by	Noel Quinlan
Production; companies	Good Man Bond International; C & M Film Workshop; T-Films; Film Development Fund; BS Films Production
Distributed by	Edko Films
Release date	7 July 2011;
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Budget	US$1,800,000

Beach Spike (Yit long kau oi jin 熱浪球愛戰) is a 2011 Hong Kong film directed by Tony Tang. The film involves a female beach volleyball teams with martial arts skills. It has a proposed cast of veteran actors Bolo Yeung and Ronald Cheng along with the female leads of Theresa Fu, Chrissie Chau, Phoenix Chou and Ankie Beilke.^[1]

Plot

In Hong Kong's Paradise Cove Sharon (Chrissie Chau) and Rachel (Theresa Fu) work at a restaurant of their kung fu master uncle Tao (Lo Mang) while taking on rivals in beach volleyball matches. The wealthy Bu family has plans to have the beach made into a playground for the rich and getting rid of the youth at the beach. Mrs. Bu's two Eurasian daughters, Natalie (Jessica C) and Natasha (Phoenix Chou) challenge Sharon and Rachel to a volleyball match which Natalie and Natasha win. Natasha and Natalie give Rachel and Sharon a challenge: if the two local girls enter and win the upcoming All Hong Kong Women's Volleyball tournament, Mrs. Bu will revise her plans to further develop the area. Sharon and Rachel feel they don't have a chance to win the tournament. Their uncle then Tao teaches the girls kung fu skills that they apply to volleyball.^[2]

Cast

Chrissie Chau as Sharon
Theresa Fu as Rachel
Jessica C as Natalie
Him Law as Tim
Alex Lam as Water
Lam Suet as Water's father
Lo Mang as Uncle Tao
Sharon Yeung as Auntie Tao
Phoenix Chou as Natasha
Candice Yu as Mrs. Bro
Philip Ng as Coach
La Ying as SingSing

Production

Beach Spike is the live-action feature debut of animator Tony Tang, who previously directed the actress Chrissie Chau in a Slim Beauty television commercial in 2009, where she rips open her office outfit to reveal herself in a bikini.^[3] The film was set to shoot in Nanhai and Hong Kong.^[1] Beach Spike is the second film after The Blood Bond to come from producer Bey Logan's B&E Productions. The film was partially funded by the Hong Kong Film Development Fund who approved $2,799,836.00 for it in June 2010.^[4] Chau took three months of volleyball training to prepare for her role in Beach Spike.^[3] While working on Beach Spike during the day, Chau and Him Law were shooting the scenes for Marriage with a Liar by night.^[3] Production on Beach Spike ended in late September 2010.^[5]

Release

Beach Spike was released in Hong Kong on 7 July 2011. It was the fourth highest-grossing film in the Hong Kong box office on its opening week. In total, the film has grossed $191,748.^[6]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Frater, Patrick (1 March 2010). "Logan runs with expanding production role". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
^ "Beach Spike! 熱浪球愛戰". B&E Productions. Archived from the original on 29 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Chrissie Chau". Time Out. 6 July 2011. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
^ "What's New". Hong Kong Film Development Council. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
^ Frater, Patrick (1 October 2010). "Beach Spike puts on a wrap". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 4 October 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
^ "Beach Spike". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 July 2011.