Formosa Betrayed Page #2

Synopsis: In the early 1980s, an FBI Agent is assigned to investigate the murder of a respected professor. Through his investigation, he unearths a spider web of international secrets that has been thriving within college campuses across America for decades. His investigation takes him across the Pacific to the island nation of Taiwan, where with the help of the outspoken widow and an unlikely spy, he learns that the Professor's killing was not a random act, but a desperate move by a scandalous government intent on keeping its nefarious activities under wraps. Our detective soon finds himself on a collision course against the U.S. State Department, the Chinese Mafia, and the Nationalist Chinese Government - in a land where the truth is not what it seems and the only people he can trust, cannot be trusted at all. Inspired by actual events.
Genre: Thriller
Director(s): Adam Kane
Production: Screen Media Ventures
  3 wins.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
34%
R
Year:
2009
103 min
Website
40 Views


spends more money on

fun than on defense.

Agent Kelly, excuse me.

Have you had time to see

something in our town?

Uh, unfortunately I was

resting at the hotel.

As you can imagine, I am

eager to start working.

Gentlemen, grab

their chairs!

I think we need dinner.

Hope you are hungry.

Dear friends ...

If you are not satisfied

with dinner tonight.

I apologize.

I have the honor

as representative

of our government

to give a warm welcome to our

asked the American FBI,

Agent Jake Kelly

Our esteemed President

remains committed

with the protection of our people

and China's sovereignty.

not only against

Communist infiltration,

but also to end

with organized crime.

Let's toast to the determination

of our Government

and our great President

Unlike the evil communists

with our utmost respect.

Hopefully soon

can reunify China

and free our brothers

the yoke of communism.

Also one million

Thanks

to our dearest

allies, the United States.

- Cheers.

- Drink!

Well, I should

feel honored.

- Oh, and there's more to come.

- I can not wait.

Sure, enjoy the night,

Agent Kelly.

It was a great success.

- Good evening.

- Thanks.

Good night.

FIND THE KILLERS

TEACHER'S WEN

THREE DAYS AFTER THE

MURDER OF WEN:

What symbolizes the bags?

A fashion of politics?

A political attitude.

Maybe you just do not want

be identified.

Oh yeah, maybe by the killers.

I could not identify these

staff in any way,

with or without the bags.

You're a jerk.

What does the money

Wen's throat?

The Chinese mafia puts money

after an execution

to pay the victim's spirit.

Very well thought out.

I can not see this guy

as some kind of gangster.

In this profession until he retired

becomes easier.

We have received calls.

We must go.

WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH

ON THE ASSASSINATION

We are in the surveys.

And you? Find anything?

Only one transfer

$ 1,000 dollars a month.

- Are you kidding me?

- I'm not funny, Jake.

Why do not you tell me

at the beginning of the conversation?

Because the recipient is Bishop

Episcopal Church in Taipei.

Sees conecxo with

Mafia on that thing?

- You sure can have a tenuous.

- Continue working on it.

I appreciate your

vast experience.

It's good Braxton is not here.

He hates Chinese.

You must be kidding?

How many calls do we have?

- Hundreds. Most worthless.

- Nothing stands out?

Maybe.

We have a connection to a

store owner

visited by two

Asian guys

he has

sure, but think

who were driving a

Cutlass Sierra brown.

- Right. Where was this?

- In Bringmar and Cicero.

Six blocks from the university.

Okay, I did

research

and found that the

more car rental

O'Hare Airport

is the Cutlass Sierra.

I made a list of

all the guys

at that time came from

Taiwan and China

they rented a

Cutlass Sierra.

Good job.

Want to see your animation

when you see the size of the list.

So what do we have?

I got a call from

a manager of a motel.

He said two Chinese

were brought there the other day,

not speak English well and

were driving a Sierra.

- It is the motel?

- Right.

- A convenience store?

- Uh-huh.

- The University?

- Near the expressway.

Worth checking out.

Hi, I'm Detective Gilbert

Chicago Police.

We are investigating

the two Chinese men.

- They are.

- David Lee and James Wo

- They stayed in room 36.

- A Cutlass Sierra.

Empty.

Take a look here.

I'll check the funds.

Lisa, have two bikes

back here.

Lisa, you know?

Lisa, you understand?

Freeze!

Police!

Stop!

FBI!

Is clean.

Is clean.

Kelly's agent, FBI.

Gunfire, police gunned down.

- Did you find something?

- It hurts a lot, actually.

- Yeah?

- Uh-huh.

They are in Taipei.

The car was Sierra

found this morning

a tire factory

abandoned on the south side.

- She was right.

- Who?

Lisa.

The car was rented

Airport O 'Hare

two days before Wen

be murdered.

By James Lee

the same James Lee

who bought a ticket

to Taipei, paid in cash.

They bought the tickets

and then flew.

So these guys

flew from O'Hare?

Passport control

had these drawings?

How did they leave?

Something in Taiwan?

They think they are

false identities.

- Interpol?

- The same.

I have a senator who

is glued on my ass.

It seems that this teacher

the project is his favorite.

Want to make a big

fanfare in the press

because the victim was a

U.S. citizen.

and mainly because

suspects crossed the border.

"Made in Taiwan".

Is.

But ... as we have

official relations with them more,

we can not extradite them

in any way.

Then the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs told me

we were allowed to send

an emissary to observe

and possibly

assist in the investigation.

Why are you

looking at me?

You're a senior.

When I left Vietnam, locked

the door of the helicopter.

You can send me

for Europe.

- How's your Chinese, Kelly?

- Um, no, sir.

Oh, bad thing

as you go.

And remember, you were

invited to assist.

- What does this mean?

- Do not be a cowboy.

Let them do

their work.

Yes, sir.

- Braxton.

- Hey, Jake.

Hey, how's it going?

Sick of food already?

I would say that people

is like drinking.

I think I would also

live in a state of repression.

Yeah, me too,

but do not tell anyone.

- So what you found?

- Nothing.

- I see the pictures tomorrow.

- Tomorrow?

These people do not see this case

with the same urgency as us.

- I'll call tomorrow after work.

- Okay, do not forget.

I'm worried about you.

- Bye, Tom

- Bye.

They will remove

Lee's body

and when the military police

back through that door,

will throw you in jail

or worse.

So, tell me right now.

Who gave you Lee?

You can

parole?

No.

There is no freedom

conditional here.

Then you'll get from me

just a name and number.

- Hello, do you speak English?

- Yes.

I want to talk to

Dr. Li Pei Huang.

- Who's calling?

- Mr. Jake Kelly.

Please tell Mrs. Wen

suggested me to call him.

- It's Huang.

- Dr. Huang?

I'm Agent Jake Kelly of the FBI.

I'm in Taipei,

assisting an investigation

the murder of Wen Ming Hwa.

A horrible tragedy.

Ms. Wen asked me

send their greetings.

- Are you hungry, Agent Kelly?

- Hungry?

You eat breakfast.

It does not take?

I can recommend a

excellent restaurant.

Near your hotel.

The five blocks.

The restaurant is

in your street on the right.

Thanks.

Dr. Huang?

I suppose not.

I'm sorry, I ...

Do you speak English?

No thanks.

Sure, coffee.

Caf Coffee?

Silence!

Silence!

Is there a communist here?

You must meet the requirement

and denounce the spies!

Get up!

No, no, please.

Get up now!

No, no, please.

No.

Wait!

Hey!

Hey!

- Do you speak English?

- Please sir, calm.

You know Dr. Huang?

He just asked me to

pay your bill.

Wanhua STATION,

First we show some

gang members in Taiwan.

Incidentally, we believe

Wen who was murdered

by a group called

Iron Blood of Patriots.

They are very well represented

in many cities

U.S.,

smuggling electronics

and dealing drugs.

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