A Moment of Romance

Because of the film, Andy Lau was nicknamed "Wah Dee" (華Dee), the character he portrays in the film, while the film is also one of Lau's signature works.^[citation needed]

Plot

Wah Dee, a young triad gangster in Hong Kong, is the getaway driver in a jewelry store robbery. When the raid goes wrong, he takes a young woman named Jo-Jo hostage. A senior member of Wah Dee's gang, Trumpet, demands that she be killed, but Wah Dee resists and saves her. After Wah Dee is arrested, Jo-Jo refuses to identify him to the police. While Wah Dee tries to act coldly towards Jo-Jo, she expresses gratitude and affection towards him, who, on the other hand, also starts to fall in love with her. Wah Dee hides in his grandfather's home in Macau to protect Jo-Jo from the triads, but she finds him and they spend time together there.

After returning to Hong Kong, Jo-Jo is forced to move to

Nosebleeded and shocked, Wah Dee then decides to come to Jo-Jo's house and picks her up while she is on the verge of leaving. They arrive at a church to organize their own wedding with outfits stolen from a boutique. While Jo-Jo is praying, Wah Dee secretly leaves. He then follows Trumpet as well as two others out of a sauna with a knife, attempting to kill him. With the help of Rambo, Trumpet and one of his mates is killed yet Rambo and Wah Dee also dies on the street. Meanwhile, Jo-Jo is seen running on the highway in the wedding dress looking for Wah Dee.

Cast

• Andy Lau as Wah Dee (華Dee), an impulsive, abrasive, but honorable triad member and biker. He grew up as an orphan when his mother threw herself off a building when he was a child and was raised by his mother's three prostitute friends.
• Jacklyn Wu as Jo-Jo Huen, an innocent, pure-hearted rich heiress.
• Ng Man-tat as Rambo (太保), Wah Dee's loyal friend and fellow triad member who works as a car washer.
• Wong Kwong-leung as Trumpet (喇叭), a rival triad in Wah Dee's gang who is power-hungry to be the head of the gang.
• Chu Tit-wo as Brother Seven (七哥), Wah Dee's boss and Trumpet's main rival.
• Lau Kong as Inspector Kong (江Sir), a CID inspector who is bent on prosecuting Wah Dee.
• Lam Chung as Superintendent John Chan (陳Sir), Inspector Kong's superior officer who is an old classmate of Jo Jo's mother, Shirley.
• Sandra Lang as one of Wah Dee's foster mothers who often hums.
• Anna Ng as one of Wah Dee's foster mothers.
• Bonnie Wong as Lin (阿蓮), one of Wah Dee's foster mothers.
• Yuen Bun as Sing (阿成), Brother Seven's underling.
• Leung San as Shirley, Jo Jo's mother.
• Andi Setyawan as Bob, Inspector.
• Ng Wui as Wah Dee's grandfather who lives in Macau.^[2][3]

Crew

• Presenter: Wallace Chung
• Planning: Ringo Lam, Wong Jing, Ise Cheng
• Action Director: Yuen Bun
• Car Stunts: Bruce Law, Joe Chu
• Art Director: Ringo Chueng
• Costume Designer: Lee Yuk-shing, Yam Kam-jan
• Assistant Director: Chu Yat-hung, Law Sai-kuen, Bosco Lam
• Makeup: Wong Lai-kuen
• Hair Stylist: Chan Tat-ming^[4]

Songs

Theme song

• If the World Had Romance (天若有情) (Cantonese) / No Regrets of Youth (青春無悔) (Mandarin)
  • Composer:
    Lo Tayu
  • Lyricist: Lee Kin-tat (Cantonese), Lo Tayu (Mandarin)
  • Singer: Shirley Yuen (袁鳳瑛)

The theme song was later used as the ending theme for the 1991 television series,