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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
2,094 Views


4/6/92 D.G. . ~1'.I,'. 77.

LEE:

Who's that?

CHANG:

I don't know.

Jenny's car leaves.

Chang starts the car.

They begin to follow

EXT. STREET - HONG KONG - DAY

Sidney's car makes a turn.

Chang and Lee's car follows --

INT. CHANG 'S C.-KR - HONG KONG STREETS

CHANG:

Maybe she's going to the airport.

LEE:

How far does she think she's going to get without her

passport?

CHANG:

We better put the airport guys on alert, anyway.

Lee picks up the microphone to call in.

EXT. STREET - HONG KONG

Sidney's car makes another turn --

INT. CHANG'S CAR

Following Jenny's car.

CHANG:

She's not going to the airport. That's where you

turn... Maybe we should pull them over.

LEE:

Maybe she's going to meet our man -- They're not

trying to lose us.

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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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