United We Stand (film)


United We Stand is a 1986 Hong Kong teen motivational film directed by Kent Cheng, it stars Olivia Cheng, Fennie Yuen, Gigi Lai and Bonnie Law.The film ran in theaters from 10 October 1986 to 16 October 1986.

Plot

Sports in Hong Kong is declining, pressures of an international track and field competition is almost too much for ten young athletes to bear, famous athlete Chi Cheng hires trainer Cheung, who leg was hurt badly due to an unfortunate incident, to help them as they train for the competition. Polly and Lam are rivals on the same team, they challenged trainer Cheung to a race, they realize trainer Cheung outpaced them a lot, which made them respect trainer Cheung a lot more. During their training, they entered a small competition and got great results, because of this, they became careless and lost to the Singapore national track and field team in the final. Trainer Cheung was furious and almost quit her job because of this. After this competition, they realize the important of unity and hard work. Their hard work paid off in the end as they won the international track and field competition, giving sports in Hong Kong some hope.

Cast

On IMDb, it received an average rating of 6.8 out of 10 based on 17 reviews.
On the Chinese movie review website, Douban, it received an average rating of 7.1 out of 10 based on 378 user reviews.