Abstract
In the 1980s, the New Wave Movement opened up new space for Hong Kong cinema, providing opportunities for innovation and transformation of action films. Diversified action movies and characters tend to appear at this time. As a type of character with highly localized characteristics in Hong Kong, the complexity of undercover images helps people examine society from different perspectives. This paper reviews the development of undercover films in Hong Kong by selecting representative undercover films, and reveals that undercover is actually a reflection of the collective situation of social identity. Based on the concept of marginalized individuals, this paper finds through literature analysis and case analysis that the diverse types of undercover identities that emerged after the New Wave Movement not only reflect the survival dilemma of undercover agents themselves but also a true portrayal of the identity recognitions dilemma among Hong Kong people in the rapidly changing political and social trends.
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