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Ka-Fai Cheung

Ka-Fai Cheung

Editor · Hong Kong, China

Ip Man 4: The Finale Won Best Film Editing (2020) Big Bullet Won Best Film Editing (1997) Downtown Torpedoes Nominated Best Film Editing (1998) Gen-X Cops Nominated Best Film Editing (2000)

Biography from TMDB.

From
Hong Kong, China
Works as
Editor
Titles
74 on MovieCove · 114 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 9% in 30 days

What are Ka-Fai Cheung's films like?

Across their 61 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Action44 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
28%
Morality
28%
Self
19%
Survival
11%
Society
7%
Power
6%
Ideas
3%
Justice16 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love14 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds13 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival11 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption10 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity9 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty9 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age6 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 61 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 24 · Serious 19 · Dark 18

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 10 · Stylized 29 · Heightened 22

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 7 · Charged 19 · Intense 35

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 16 · Shifting 41 · Whiplash 4

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 34 · Some laughs 13 · Funny 14

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 26 · Relentless 23

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 24 · Engaged 32 · Full focus 5

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 26 · Affecting 24 · Heavy 11

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 54 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
39
Thrilling
29
Joyful
15
Melancholic
18
Warm
12
Other
48

How their films linger

Fun26 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Happy26
  • Bittersweet27
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ka-Fai Cheung's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 34 of their 74 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (25).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ka-Fai Cheung's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

114 credits, 74 with a MovieCove page.

  • Blades of the Guardians(2026)

    Supervising Editor

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Against All Odds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Editor

  • The River of Fury (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Editor

  • Promise of Decades (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Editorial Manager

  • Cesium Fallout(2024)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Tiger Wolf Rabbit(2024)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In(2024)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms(2023)

    Supervising Editor

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Flashover(2022)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Wandering Earth II(2023)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Table for Six(2022)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Wolf Pack(2022)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Anita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Editor

  • My Country, My Parents(2021)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Dynasty Warriors(2021)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Knock Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Editor

  • Caught in Time(2020)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Ip Man 4: The Finale(2019)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Bodies at Rest(2019)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Wandering Earth(2019)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Europe Raiders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Editor

  • Monster Hunt 2(2018)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Wolf Warrior 2(2017)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Lord of Shanghai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Editor

  • The Village of No Return(2017)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Insanity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Editorial Consultant

  • The Mermaid(2016)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Ip Man 3(2015)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Monster Hunt(2015)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Rise of the Legend(2014)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven's Palace(2014)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Kung Fu Jungle(2014)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Control (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Editor

  • Special ID(2013)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • My Lucky Star(2013)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Finding Mr. Right(2013)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Love Deposit(2013)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Sad Fairy Tale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Editor

  • Guns and Roses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Editor

  • All's Well, Ends Well 2012(2012)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Nightfall(2012)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Wu Dang(2012)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Magic to Win (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Editor

  • A Chinese Ghost Story(2011)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • All's Well, Ends Well 2011(2011)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Choyleefut: Speed of Light(2011)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Let's Go!(2011)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Reign of Assassins(2010)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Ip Man 2(2010)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • La comédie humaine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Editor

  • 14 Blades(2010)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Flirting Scholar 2(2010)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Revenge: A Love Story(2010)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Shinjuku Incident(2009)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Ip Man(2008)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Three Kingdoms(2008)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Secret(2007)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Flash Point(2007)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Simply Actors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Editor

  • Ming Ming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Editor

  • Silk(2006)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Men Suddenly in Black 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Editor

  • DOA: Dead or Alive(2006)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Dragon Tiger Gate(2006)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Kill Zone(2005)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • House of Fury(2005)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The White Dragon(2004)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • A-1 Headline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Editor

  • The Twins Effect II(2004)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • One Nite in Mongkok(2004)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Leaving Me Loving You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Editor

  • Explosive City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Editor

  • Golden Chicken 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Editor

  • Lost in Time(2003)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Naked Ambition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Editor

  • Golden Chicken(2002)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Demi-Haunted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Editor

  • So Close(2002)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Dry Wood, Fierce Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Editor

  • 2002 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Editor

  • A War Named Desire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Editor

  • Juliet in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Editor

  • Gen-Y Cops(2000)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Wan Chai Empress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Editor

  • The Mistress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Editor

  • Bullets Over Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Editor

  • Gen-X Cops(1999)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Gorgeous(1999)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Bio-Zombie(1998)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Hitman(1998)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • The Lucky Guy(1998)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Techno Warriors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Editor

  • Task Force (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Editor

  • Downtown Torpedoes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Editor

  • Black Mask(1996)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • On Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Editor

  • Big Bullet(1996)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • First Strike(1996)

    Assistant Editor

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The God of Cookery(1996)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Lost Boys in Wonderland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Editor

  • Thunderbolt(1995)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Let's Go Slam Dunk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Editor

  • Super Lady Cop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Editor

  • Supercop 2(1993)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • City Hunter(1993)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Inspector Wears Skirts IV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Actor

  • Police Story 3: Supercop(1992)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Center Stage(1991)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Mortuary Blues(1990)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Thunder Cops II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Editor

  • The First Time is the Last Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Editor

  • A Better Tomorrow II(1987)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • City on Fire(1987)

    Assistant Editor

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Evil Cat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Assistant Editor

Career shape

A full career of 95 titles from 1987 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Wolf Warrior 2 (2017)

$870M worldwide

Highest rated

Ip Man (2008)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 95: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleEditing89 of 95: 89 only editing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score57thOther crew5 of 95: 5 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1980s5 · crew1990s23 · 1 acting · 22 crew2000s27 · crew2010s25 · crew2020s15 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Ka-Fai Cheung's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 74; across their 61 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 61

Approval · how many liked their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 61

Reach · how many have seen their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 61

Midcredits score across 74 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up21
  • 50th to 74th21
  • 25th to 49th20
  • Below 25th12

Shape of the crowd

32 of their 74 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser32
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed31

Most divisive · editor

Wolf Pack (2022)

80th percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · editor

Ip Man (2008)

Midcredits 98th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 56 reviewed titles; fans 58, detractors 32. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Ka-Fai Cheung's work okay for kids?

Across up to 15 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore12 titles39–85 · median 68 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity15 titles2–36 · median 22 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity10 titles27–47 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs8 titles12–58 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense8 titles36–73 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Ka-Fai Cheung work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ka-Fai Cheung's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Donnie Yen shares the most, 13.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles