| Life Express | |||||||||||||||
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| Director: | Blackie Ko | ||||||||||||||
| Producer: | Kerrick Wong | ||||||||||||||
| Screenplay: | Blackie Ko Raymond Wong Chai Hong-bing Kerrick Wong Lola Huo Kong Shui-chung Wang Ying-qing | ||||||||||||||
| Music: | Fang Tsun-per Lin Han | ||||||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Horace Wong | ||||||||||||||
| Editing: | Chan Kei-hop | ||||||||||||||
| Distributor: | Intercontinental Film Distribution (HK) | ||||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 90 minutes | ||||||||||||||
Life Express is a 2004 Hong Kong-Taiwanese action drama film directed by and co-starring Blackie Ko in his final film appearance before his death in 2003. The film also stars Richie Jen and Ruby Lin
The film revolves around a little boy who has leukemia and is waiting for a marrow transplant. While back in Taiwan, it concentrates on the story of a doctor, Kao Chi-yuen (Richie Jen) and a nurse, Suen Yan-yan (Ruby Lin), who is his girlfriend. Chi-yuen is a young doctor who stands for justice and does the best he can to help his patients.
They cannot find a willing bone marrow donor. They seek help from a prisoner, Ng Sung-yung (Blackie Ko). Ng is convinced to become a bone marrow donor for the little boy. The marrow must be transferred from Taiwan to Beijing in 24 hours, but an earthquake causes a power cut and also damages a bridge on the way to the airport. The car has to fly across the gap.
Luckily, they make it in time for the airplane. At the airport, Yan-yan accepts Chi-yuen's marriage proposal. The transplant operation is successful.