Lee is
the head inspector for the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau of Hong
Kong, a sort of swat team battling Chinese crime syndicates. Tung is
the leader of one of Hong Kong's most notorious robbery rings. Lee
puts on the pressure, forcing Tung to go on the lam , and all hell
breaks loose in trying to track him down.
Kirk Wong,
director of Jackie Chan's CRIME STORY and the American film THE BIG
HIT, also directed this competent crime actioner with deft style.
The film is in the mold of THE KILLER (John Woo) in that the story
has the duality of portraying both the cop and the baddie in a
sympathetic way and portraying them as two sides of the same coin.
Fully realized characters and terrific action sets this above the
derivative plot for some intriguing and intelligent filmmaking.
Recommended for the hard-boiled Hong Kong action crowd.
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