Formosa Betrayed Page #3

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


And Professor Wen was well known

be the head of another gang:

- The Tigers Bamboo.

- Really?

Professor Wen was a

respectable academic

have trouble painting it

as a Mafia boss.

As you can imagine,

is easier for us

we infiltrated those groups

than for you.

Unless of course the FBI

has been specializing

tactics in Taiwanese

these days.

Please.

If you take a good look at

photos of these murderers,

I assure you that

find them here.

Someone once said:

"Be cautious

what you want. "

Well, when I want

a cup of coffee.

Provide for the agent Kelly

a cup of coffee.

Well, Agent Kelly ...

What new information

you have for us?

They are not here.

Neither James Lee, or David Wo.

That's impossible.

In these folders are all

gang members on the island.

All gang members

Taiwan are in these books.

Sorry.

I think you did

accurate identification.

He was so close to me

As you are now.

And I have no problem

to identify you.

Agent Kelly, as is

going on your first day?

Mr. Kuo.

Agent Kelly may be right.

Let's check

all over again

to ensure that

no one was forgotten.

Meanwhile, Agent Kelly

you need to rest.

I know a special place

where can I get it.

Really special.

- Come on.

- Looks good.

Good!

We will have a private room

for dinner.

Then I'll introduce you to

some important people.

You get companies

and exclusive agent Kelly.

Very few people

have access

this particular circle

party.

Only we and CIA

sit at these tables, uhm?

What an imagination you have.

I suppose in his profession,

is a hands-on, um?

Come on.

Only people of high

echelon come here.

Entrepreneurs, representatives

Boeing or Lockheed.

If you'll excuse me,

I'll check the kitchen.

They have a rib

very good here.

- Health!

- Health!

Thank God for

this guy, right?

You're here on business?

Is.

So, you know what

I mean.

Did you know

hundreds of missiles

are pointed at us

right now in China?

No, I did not know.

And for what?

Christ!

The Reds have already made

Hong Kong back

with the British in

command, that's for sure.

And this guy right here ...

This guy right here is that it guarantees

Taiwan a safe place

- To make money.

- And democracy.

It is ... too.

This, too, buddy.

- Health!

- Health!

Operator, I wanted to call

the United States, please.

Thanks.

- Braxton.

- It's me.

Hey!

How's it going?

- It seems tired.

- I am.

Is it?

Many party around?

They put him to work?

Yeah, but the files

are not complete.

No kidding.

- Now what will you do?

- Will show more pictures tomorrow.

- Looking more.

- Sounds like fun.

What is that noise?

Is someone knocking?

You got a girl

up or something?

Yes, several.

I'll call tomorrow.

Hello.

Can I help you?

I always wanted to know

an FBI agent.

See my friends

as a thank

of our president.

Please tell Mr. Kuo

thank you, but ...

No thanks.

- I do not find attractive?

- I find you very attractive.

You are very sick, Officer.

Do not use your phone.

Are listening.

- Who is listening?

- Get mad ...

and put me out.

Meet me in the alley

in ten minutes.

Exit.

- You do not like girls?

- I do not like prostitutes.

Come on.

Get out!

How the hell are you

thought it would take

Taiwanese aboard an unknown

an aircraft for the U.S.?

- That's why I called you.

- I do not work for you.

I do not have unlimited power.

Should have communicated

Ambassador.

- Nonsense!

- Should have led him to Beijing.

No, the government here

strongly depends on us.

No, the government here and we

if it matters,

only care for this island

not become a communist.

That's it!

Oh, come! I do not think even for a

second do you believe that.

You're not stupid

and is not naive.

How to stop will arrest me

a communist invasion, huh?

Where are you

going with this?

- Someone followed you?

- No.

- Are you sure?

- Yeah, sure.

Sure, it's dangerous here.

Who are you?

My name is Maysing.

Dr. Huang has sent me.

Right?

Come on.

Maysing, what are you afraid of?

What's happening?

Did you like dinner

tonight, Agent Kelly?

They kept

your cup full?

What do you mean?

They have a hint

on Wo Da Wei.

Known as David Wo

in your country.

They know where he

is hiding.

And they're going to arrest him.

Come, we are close.

He is in the last quarter

the first floor.

FBI!

FBI.

Why was not

informed about this?

Captain, I understand

that he interfered in

police matters.

He did not intend to commit

any disrespect.

I assure you it does not exceed

limits again.

What were you thinking?

They would arrest him.

They should have warned me.

Christ! You could

have been killed.

So I would have problems

in fact, would not you?

This morning, they had not

Wo idea who David was

and 24 hours take half of

Taiwanese army to kill him.

- This is not a conspiracy.

- No. It is the theory of the mafia.

Still pushing notes

through the canyons.

The gangs are here

very well connected.

Unfortunately we do not have

controlling corruption.

Henry Wen was not a gangster.

We are strangers here.

You have to act differently

or will not leave us

stay inside.

The military has a profile

very high here.

They are under martial law

since 1947.

I know it is very difficult

for us to understand

how is living with a

constant threat of invasion.

Threat of a

communist invasion.

Very difficult.

Reception.

Can I help you, Mr. Kelly?

Mr. Kelly?

Hello?

The phone has touched

continuously for three hours.

- Let me guess, Susan Kane?

- Washington.

- Washington?

- Is.

I do not know, but apparently

you created a storm there.

I'm telling you, they had

- And shot him.

- It's their show.

You take me to dinner and

after work.

You're just there

to advise.

How do you suppose that I give them technical

to kill suspects, Tom?

I'm telling you, there's something

great going on here

and I'll find out more

sooner than you think.

Well, when you discover

let us know.

I gotta go.

Why am I not surprised?

I'm happy not to have us

abandoned, Agent Kelly.

I'm Ming.

If Dr. Huang is here

I'll take you to him.

So, you know

Professor Wen?

No, never knew him.

Chicago is a big city.

- What you know about him?

- He seemed well liked.

The wife is very nice.

He had a big demonstration in

campus protesting his death.

And the demonstrators, which

were trying to say?

They were trying to link the death

him with his government.

That seems impossible to you?

I know he had a connection with

the gang Tigers Bamboo.

You need reamente

talk with Dr. Huang.

How to stop will arrest me

a communist invasion, huh?

- Where you going with this?

- What did that with Dr. Huang?

Wen's widow asked me

to say hi.

So you went to Kaohsiung

to say hi?

If I tell you, can you drop

Ming to my care?

I can speak with the Minister

Foreign Office.

It is not enough.

Let me tell you something:

This is not a

pure research

you can control

its field office.

I think you're not

understanding exactly

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