Anno di produzione: 1986

Stato del film: Catalogo

Paese d'origine: Hong Kong
Location del set: Hong Kong, China Taiwan
Versioni alternative: - German TV and Video-Versions are heavily cut for violence. The full uncut version was re-released by Astro-Video (Screenpower) and features all the violence. The Laserdisc-Release is also uncut
Genere: Action Crime Drama
Lingue: Cantonese
Plot: Ti-Lung is a gangster trying to go straight but caught between loyalty to his down-&-out partner (Chow Yun-Fat) & rookie cop brother (Leslie Cheung), & the ominous pressure of his former triad bosses. A ex-con just released from prison (Lung Ti) is forced to choose between his loyal gang-based best friend (Yun-Fat Chow) and join crime once again, or, turn himself and his former mob in and make remorse with his angry, betrayed policeman brother (Leslie Cheung). This John Woo film tells the tale of Mark and Ho, friends and couriers for a Hong Kong crime syndicate with a large counterfeiting operation. Ho is double-crossed during a set-up and turns himself in to the police and Mark is shot during the firefight of a retribution hit. The plot is complicated by the fact that Ho's younger brother, Kit, is a rookie cop whose reputation is tarnished by his gangster brother. When Ho gets out of prison, he wants to start a new life, free of crime. Unfortunately, he is haunted by his past, with the crime bosses leaning on him and Mark encouraging him to return to a life of crime as his partner. In typical Woo fashion, the various factions clash and our protagonists engage both the police and the gangsters in a bloody bullet-fest. This story is the tale of two brothers: one a successful counterfeiter and the younger a fledgling graduate of the HK police academy. The plot revolves around the split when the younger brother learns the other is a criminal and the efforts of the criminal brother to reform. Along the way are plenty of heists, double-crosses, and shoot outs.
Visti censura internazionale: France:-12 Norway:18 UK:18 New Zealand:RP13 Hong Kong:IIB Portugal:M/16 Australia:R Germany:18
Date di uscita internazionali: Dati tecnici: Suono: Durata: Movielink - film simili: guerre stellari
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