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Synopsis: A violent Hong Kong action film, this is the story of an assassin, Jeffrey Chow (aka Mickey Mouse) who takes one last job so he can retire and care for his girlfriend Jenny. When his employers betray him, he reluctantly joins forces with Inspector Lee (aka Dumbo), the cop who is pursuing him. Together, the new friends face the final confrontation of the gangsters out to kill them.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): John Woo
Production: Kino
  2 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
98%
R
Year:
1989
111 min
2,093 Views


4/6/92 D.G.. ii'.H. 37.

CHANG:

The dragon boat races commemorates the death of

Chu Yuan in 288 B.C. An honest minister of state...

The last one.

THE PUBLIC ADDRESS BLARES --

P.A. VOICE (ENGLISH)

Attention all competitors. Please report to the floating

platform for the opening ceremony.

CHANG:

This years honorary chairman is a respected local

businessman who is also the Colony s biggest drug

trafficker.

TONY WENG surrounded by police makes his way across the dock toward a

platform floating at water level.

He smiles and waves to the crowd...

LEE:

I see you're people are taking good care of him.

CHANG:

Police protection for this scum! His private army's

bigger than the police force!

LEE:

What's happens now?

CHANG:

He dots the eye of the dragon and the race starts.

ACROSS THE WATER

From behind a lar~e yacht --

A powerful speedboat appears.

Jeff at the wheel.

He takes out a pair of huge binoculars...

Focuses on the dock.

TONY WENG - JEFF'S POV

Through the binoculars --

Tony glad hands the crowd...

Walks down on to the floating platform.

JEFF:

Puts down the binoculars --

Takes the scarf from around his neck...

4/6/92 D.G.. ii'.H. 37.

CHANG:

The dragon boat races commemorates the death of

Chu Yuan in 288 B.C. An honest minister of state...

The last one.

THE PUBLIC ADDRESS BLARES --

P.A. VOICE (ENGLISH)

Attention all competitors. Please report to the floating

platform for the opening ceremony.

CHANG:

This years honorary chairman is a respected local

businessman who is also the Colony s biggest drug

trafficker.

TONY WENG surrounded by police makes his way across the dock toward a

platform floating at water level.

He smiles and waves to the crowd...

LEE:

I see you're people are taking good care of him.

CHANG:

Police protection for this scum! His private army's

bigger than the police force!

LEE:

What's happens now?

CHANG:

He dots the eye of the dragon and the race starts.

ACROSS THE WATER

From behind a lar~e yacht --

A powerful speedboat appears.

Jeff at the wheel.

He takes out a pair of huge binoculars...

Focuses on the dock.

TONY WENG - JEFF'S POV

Through the binoculars --

Tony glad hands the crowd...

Walks down on to the floating platform.

JEFF:

Puts down the binoculars --

Takes the scarf from around his neck...

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John Woo

John Woo SBS (Ng Yu-Sum; born 1 May 1946) is a Chinese-born Hong Kong film director, writer, and producer. He is considered a major influence on the action genre, known for his highly chaotic action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and frequent use of slow motion. Woo has directed several notable Hong Kong action films, among them, A Better Tomorrow (1986), The Killer (1989), Hard Boiled (1992), and Red Cliff (2008/2009). more…

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