The Big Heat (1990)
Release Date: Sep 22, 1988 Wide
Release Date: Sep 22, 1988 Wide
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Not to be confused with Fritz Lang's 1953 classic, this film is a gritty two-fisted police drama directed by Johnny To Kei-fung and Andrew Kam Yeung-wah. John Wong (Waise Lee Chi-hung) is a grizzled cop faced with quitting the force after an injury impairs his reaction time with a gun. He changes his mind when his co-worker and buddy -- who once saved his life -- is killed in Malaysia. Aided by his partner Kam (Phillip Kwok Tsui) along with rookie Lun (Matthew Wong Hin-mung), John ventures to
Sep 22, 1988 Wide
Nov 14, 2000
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Philip Kwok
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Sai-Kit Yung
Ho Ka-nin
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(1988) The Big Heat
(In Chinese with English subtitles)
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A different action and revenge picture regarding corrupt cops, the mob and a tape recorder!! The action sequences are different because it is not "John Woo-ish" kind of action but instead of action it uses some gory scenes on some of the action sequences such as when a cop shoots a bad guy on the forehead and it pushes him back so hard that his head was able to come completely off once hitting a sticked out metal tray or the bad guy getting himself tangled onto the elevator lines- splitting his body in half. As soon as I saw this film I was hoping that a sequel would be made as result of this, but unfortunately the film didn't do too well upon it's release.
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