Fall 2024 viewing round-up, part five
Yet more notes on recent viewing, featuring horror – both high and low end – some documentaries and action movies, gritty realism and slick fantasy … eclectic and somewhat […]
Review: Long Arm of the Law 2 (1987)
Director: Michael Mak
Cast: Alex Man Chi-Leung, Pauline Wong Siu-Fung, Elvis Tsui Kam-Kong, Ben Lam Kwok-Bun, Yuen Yat-Choh,
Alex Man Chi-Leung
Pauline Wong Siu-Fung
Elvis Tsui Kam-Kong
Ben Lam Kwok-Bun
Yuen Yat-Choh
Plot: This sequel to the critically-acclaimed box-office winner Long Arm of the Law maintains the same stark realism of the original. In Saga Two, the Royal Hong Kong Police put into operation a new plan to counteract the problem of increasing violent crimes committed by new arrivals from across the border in China. In agreement with Chinese authorities, three Hong Kong detectives go undercover as illegal immigrants in order to infiltrate the powerful gang that is organizing the crime wave. The action is tough and graphic, reminiscent of The French Connection, Hong Kong style.
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