Turning Point is a 2009 Hong Kong film directed by Herman Yau and starring Michael Tse in the title role of "Laughing Gor" and co-starring veteran actors Francis Ng and Anthony Wong. Released in Hong Kong on 13 August 2009, this is the first film to be produced by Shaw Brothers since 2003's Drunken Monkey. Michael Tse's performance as "Laughing Gor" in the TVB television serial E.U was well received, and due to his popularity, TVB general manager Stephen Chan Chi Wan, during an interview with Tse in Be My Guest on 1 April 2009, announced that a prequel/spin-off featuring "Laughing Gor" would... be made and presented Tse a contract for the film. The story takes place before the early year of 2000 when Laughing is an undercover cop, but because of a drug case, Inspector Poon has been trying to track him down. Laughing is supposedly an undercover cop who has infiltrated a triad organization. However, before he became a cop, Laughing was a member of the triads and worked for the triad leader Lai Tin Yat aka Brother One . Brother was very good to Laughing, and Laughing looked up to him as his elder brother.
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| Release date: | 2009 |
| Directed by: | Herman Yau |
| Runtime: | 89 Minutes |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action |