23rd New York Asian Film Festival

July 12-28, 2024

Photo: ©2024 Emperor Film Production Company Limited The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

World Premiere

Inexternal

裡應外合

Enter a world where the classic martial arts tropes you know and love are boosted up with a shot of 21st-century adrenaline. Our hero, a skilled fighter (Angus Yeung) with a six-pack that could cut glass, finds himself transported from the real world to an alternate universe where the fate of everything hangs in the balance. A wise old shifu takes him under his wing, training him in the ancient ways of a deadly form of kickboxing. But there's a catch: the master's former pupil, a ruthless renegade, has assembled a gang of lummox henchmen and a dragon-lady partner in crime who chews the scenery like it's her last meal. They're all after an artifact that could bring about the end of days. Luckily, our hero has an ally: the master's comely, badass daughter, who puts the "art" in martial arts. Director Yuen (Legally Declared Dead, NYAFF 2020) unleashes an old-school-meets-new-blood action extravaganza that harkens back to Chinatown's Saturday matinee glory days.

Director: Yuen Kim-Wai
Cast: Angus Yeung, Louis Cheung, Macy Ma
Languages: Cantonese with English subtitles
2024; 83 min.

SCHEDULE:

Monday July 15, 6:00pm
Film at Lincoln Center

Intro and Q&A with actor Angus Yeung

Angus Yeung
楊天宇

Hong Kong actor Angus Yeung graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Economics. A talented athlete, he was a member of the school's volleyball, rugby, and handball teams. After returning to Hong Kong, he began appearing in magazines, music videos, short films and his first web series, PTU. His movie career took off with Raging Fire (NYAFF 2021), Detective vs. Sleuths (2022), The Goldfinger (2023), Bursting Point (2023), and now Inexternal (NYAFF 2024) and Customs Frontline (NYAFF 2024).