As the Light Goes Out (Chinese: 救火英雄) is a 2014 Hong Kong-Chinese disaster film directed by Derek Kwok and starring Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Simon Yam and Hu Jun.
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Cast
Nicholas Tse as Fire Senior Station Officer, Sam Ho Wing-sam (何永森)
Shawn Yue as Fire Station Officer, Yau Pong-chiu (游邦潮)
Simon Yam as Chief Fireman, Lee Pui-to (李培道)
Hu Jun as China fireman who migrate to Hong Kong and becomes Fireman, Hai Yang (海洋)
Michelle Bai as Yang Lin (楊琳), Power Plant Safety Officer
William Chan as rookie fireman, Cheung Man-kin (張文健)
Andy On as Assistant District Officer, Yip Chi-fai (葉志輝)
Patrick Tam as Mr. Man (萬先生), Hong Kong Power Plant Operation Manager
Liu Kai-chi as Tam Sir (譚Sir), assistant director of Fire Services
Deep Ng as Ben Sir (斌Sir), Station Officer
Michelle Wai as Power plant employee
Kenny Kwan as Siu-kiu (小僑)
Alice Li as Emily, Sam Ho Wing-sam's wife
Jackie Chan as himself (cameo)
Andrew Lau as Director of Fire Services (cameo)
Siu Yam-yam as Wife of wine brewer owner (cameo)
Release
As the Light Goes Out was released in Hong Kong on January 2, 2014, and in China on January 3, 2014. At the end of the run, the film has grossed $11.92 million in China.
Reception
Derek Elley of Film Business Asia gave the film a six out of ten rating, stating that the film "lacks human drama and real scope" and that "isn't especially bad as a genre movie, it's also not especially good, and is certainly no threat to Johnnie To's Lifeline (1997) as the premier Hong Kong firefighting film."