Directed by:
John WooScreenplay:
Janet ChunCast:
Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee, Simon Yam, Yolinda Yam, Hang-Suen So, Nina Paw, Lawrence Sek-yin Lau, Ernest Mauser, Paco Yick, Tseng Chang (more)Plots(1)
Following up on his 1989 masterpiece The Killer, superstar action director John Woo directs this emotionally wrenching look at three friends waylaid in war-torn Vietnam. Set in 1967, when clashes between leftists protesting British rule and the police were tearing the colony apart, the film opens with Frank (Jacky Cheung Hok-yau) offering the deed to his parents' home as collateral to a loan shark, so that he can pay for his buddy Ben's (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) wedding party. Unfortunately, Frank is ambushed by a thug named Ringo and his associates who make off with the money. Ben and Frank vow revenge and end up accidentally killing the guy. Wanted by both the law and the triads, Frank, Ben, and their pal Paul (Waise Lee Chi-hung) head for Vietnam with a case of fake Rolexes and dreams of making a quick buck. Immediately upon arrival, those dreams are dashed - their wares are blown up in a tin-can military coup, they are almost shot by the South Vietnamese army, and their passports are seized. Though tempted to throw in the towel, Frank and Ben are convinced by Paul into joining forces with shady hit man named Luke (Simon Yam Tat-wah) to shake down club owner Leong (Lam Chung). The scheme goes horribly wrong, ending with the death of a beautiful drug-addled singer named Sally (Yolinda Yan Chi-sin) and our three heroes accused of being CIA agents in a North Vietnamese POW camp. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Red Cliff: Part II (2009)
Red Cliff (2008)
Hard Boiled (1992)
Jacky Cheung
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Love on Delivery (1994)
Bullet in the Head (1990)
Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
Waise Lee
Hong Kong
Best movies:
The Big Heat (1988)
A Better Tomorrow (1986)
Tricky Brains (1991)
Simon Yam
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Ip Man (2008)
Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster (2010)
Night and Fog (2009)
Yolinda Yam
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Bullet in the Head (1990)
Hang-Suen So
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Bullet in the Head (1990)
Flaming Brothers (1987)
The Millionaires' Express (1986)
Nina Paw
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Lost in Time (2003)
Fearless (2006)
Bullet in the Head (1990)
Lawrence Sek-yin Lau
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Operation Scorpio (1992)
Bullet in the Head (1990)
On the Run (1988)
Ernest Mauser
Canada
Best movies:
Fist of Legend (1994)
When Fortune Smiles (1990)
Fight Back to School III (1993)
Paco Yick
Best movies:
Fist of Legend (1994)
Hard Boiled (1992)
Daisy (2006)
Tseng Chang
China
Best movies:
Bullet in the Head (1990)
The Murdoch Mysteries (2004) (series)
Shanghai Noon (2000)
John Woo
China
Best movies:
Hard Boiled (1992)
A Better Tomorrow (1986)
Bullet in the Head (1990)
Chung Lam
Macau
Best movies:
The Killer (1989)
A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Bullet in the Head (1990)
Kan-Wing Tsang
Best movies:
Bullet in the Head (1990)
Miracles (1989)
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991)
Yue Ding
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996)
Bullet in the Head (1990)
The Outlaw Brothers (1990)
Seung-lam Wan
Best movies:
The Killer (1989)
Hard Boiled (1992)
Mortal Combat (1978)
Gwok-keung Choi
Best movies:
Martial Club (1981)
3 Evil Masters (1980)
The Killer (1989)
Wai Mak
Best movies:
Martial Club (1981)
The Killer (1989)
Mad Mission 2 (1983)
Kwong-Lam Tsui
Best movies:
Bullet in the Head (1990)
Miracles (1989)
Jameson Wa-Fan Lam
Best movies:
Hard Boiled (1992)
Tricky Brains (1991)
Bullet in the Head (1990)