Formosa Betrayed Page #5

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


I was doing what

I was sent here to do.

I was watching.

Maybe they'll leave me

know the next time

that they hold some

of my suspects.

The suspects are no longer

their suspects.

It is our research and I

not need to report to you,

except by courtesy.

I'm sure we all

we want to find Lee Shin Shen.

I'm curious, though.

How do you know where it was?

I went for a walk,

I saw a police activity

and decided to follow them.

Then, perhaps,

you can tell me

what he was doing

in an illegal protest

in Kaohsiung yesterday?

Excuse me?

Surely you did not leave

just to walk, then?

No. I had a hint that

Lee was in Kaohsiung.

- And was he?

- I do not know.

I was hit in the head before

I could check.

Own initiative

can compromise

our research and

Inspector Chen.

The last thing I want to do

is to jeopardize this investigation.

What if I have done this,

I apologize to you

and the Inspector Chen.

Due to the riots did not fear

be safer to keep you here.

His advice was

much appreciated

but we have to ask you

leave the country until tomorrow afternoon.

- Mrs. Kane.

- Certainly.

I believe that with this

have enough time

to end all

their businesses here.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Agent Kelly.

- I can not leave yet.

- My hands are tied.

We have no relations

officers in this country.

You were lucky not to

were thrown in jail.

Lee is the key to this whole thing.

He can blow it all.

So want to get rid of me

and catch him first.

- It's their investigation.

- They will not investigate it.

- They will kill him.

- Enough.

What exactly is the

your goal here?

I think the Taiwanese government is

behind the assassination of Wen.

Listen, even if it were true,

you could never prove.

No.

Not without Lee

Listen to your

even saying.

You want to blame all

the Taiwanese government

for murdering a citizen

American on U.S. soil.

I'm sorry that this has

to end this way,

but you have to leave

this story it be.

Do not leave the hotel without me calling.

Wait a minute.

What is he doing?

Operator, I'd like to call

to the United States.

One moment, please.

- Hello?

- Tom

Jake, you've found

anything?

- Daltry's there?

- For Daltry wants to talk to?

He's gone.

- They sent me home.

- What?

Seems I'm not

most welcome.

- A bunch of crap.

- It's crap.

I said to keep

a low profile.

It's hard when you discover

that the Taiwanese government

Wen murdered.

What?

What are you telling me?

Now it makes sense to the Ministry

have called Daltry.

Wait, explain to me again.

What are you talking about?

Jake?

Jake!

Jake?

Damn!

Jake?

Huang is dead!

You're not safe.

They are behind you now.

Come on.

Come on.

I see you already know my sister.

She has contacts in

security police.

Apparently.

Victims of Torture.

- From Kaohsiung?

- Some, perhaps.

In this they used a blowtorch.

You saw for yourself

it said Dr. Huang.

It was nice to be on you

Kaosiung protest.

I think they started something

that can not be stopped.

I'm sorry, but the

Security Police

has information that Lee Shin Shen

fled to Hong Kong.

FBI!

This man is

in my custody.

If you are not hostile,

I remove his handcuffs.

You can take the sale.

Do not worry.

You're safe.

You're a lucky man,

Agent Kelly.

After his capture, I lost

his track for several hours.

I feared that some of my

subordinates execute you.

That would be unfortunate.

You certainly is not the goofy

that our government had hoped.

- Where is Ming?

- You will see him soon.

Change can come

from anywhere.

As my friend Huang

some prefer to work within.

Huang is dead.

Why should I

I trust you?

You have no reason.

What if I told you that

your suspect Wo Da Wei

Shin Shen and Lee were members

an organization called

Patriots Blood Iron

and that this organization

was hired to assassinate

Professor Wen?

This only confirms something

I already suspected.

Then the government

was involved.

- Military Command?

- Sure.

But the order came from above.

The Blood of Patriots head

Iron is the son of the president.

Wen then murdered

to save face?

Yes

Why risk the

relations with the U.S.?

That was a

stupid decision,

as many decisions

taken recently.

You knew about this?

Would you believe me

if I said "no"?

- I have my doubts.

- As you should.

It is a tricky business,

Agent Kelly.

We must be aware

Goal ... all the time.

They will not admit it,

but this government feels

backed into a corner.

Are pressed

by contracts

with several entrepreneurs

Americans ...

to fund and train

the Contras in Nicaragua

to combat

communist government.

In return, the U.S. will approve a

arms trade with Taiwan

exceeding 50 million dollars.

When President Nixon

decided to support China

took advantage of the continent.

The UN seat changed

Taipei to Beijing, but ...

the greatest threat to

our government,

is not the "red giant",

she's here in Taiwan!

What most Taiwanese

wants is a democratic government,

separate and independent from China.

Sounds reasonable to their ears

as an American?

China needs Taiwan.

Taiwan does not need China.

It is a fact that the U.S. and the rest

the world will never understand.

Henry Wen was Taiwanese. He was

murdered in their continent.

Now that Da Wei Wo is dead

Lee Shin Shen know is

being hunted by the employer

because it has become more

dangerous for the government

Henry Wen than it ever was.

And now he fled

to Hong Kong?

Take care with our

intelligence, agent Kelly.

We know exactly

where he is.

See, unlike Wo Da Wei

Lee Shin Shen is senior member

Patriots' therefore

he has some protection.

But its members are ready

to extradite him for a price.

We will extradite him tonight.

You want me to find

before they do that, do you?

How do I find it?

He is a club

managed by the Patriots.

Ming knows your friend.

Already released?

I arranged to stay

the vigilance of the guard.

You will not want to be late

for the last flight, Agent Kelly.

And I wish him luck during

his last hours in Taipei.

Ming!

Are you okay?

Ming ...

I know where Lee is.

You've got me

help you find it?

I will arrest him.

Enough already!

Who the hell are you?

What did he say?

He said he was

waiting for us.

He said he knows that

was betrayed by the party

and that he prefers a trial

in U.S. court.

Ask him why

Wen he murdered.

He said the party

offered a good deal

and that he did not realize who

were their partners.

Who hired him?

He said that once

custody outside of Taiwan

he'll tell you everything.

Come on.

- Where are you?

- The way to the airport.

We are two people

going out tonight.

- Impossible.

- Nothing is impossible.

I need your help

to spend on security.

I do not have that kind of power.

I know you have power

sufficient to exchange

a trade secret

weapons to Nicaragua.

We will meet in

security gate.

Take the left by

arrival gate.

Here is good.

Take care my friend.

- I go with you.

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