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6.9Ko Chow is an undercover cop who is under pressure from all sides. His boss, Inspector Lau, wants him to infiltrate a gang of ruthless jewel thieves; his girlfriend wants him to commit to marriage or she will leave Hong Kong with another lover; and he is being pursued by other cops who are unaware that he is a colleague. Chow would rather quit the force, feeling guilty about betraying gang members who have become his friends.
Cast
- Chow Yun-Fat as Ko Chow
- Sun Yueh as Inspector Lau Ting-Kuang
- Danny Lee Sau-Yin as Fu / Tiger
- Carrie Ng Ka-Lai as Hung
- Roy Cheung Yiu-Yeung as Inspector John Chan
- Lau Kong as Commissioner Chow
Themes
- undercover cop
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
8,143 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
- Year
- 1987
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 wins & 9 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- Hong Kong
- Original language
- Cantonese
- Director
- Ringo Lam
- Screenwriter
- Ringo Lam
- Cast member
- Roy Cheung
- Composer
- Teddy Robin
- Producer
- Karl Maka
- Cinematographer
- Andrew Lau
- Narrative location
- Hong Kong
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 767704
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1991-03-02
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 85%
- capital cost
- 6000000
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