Powerful Four (1992)

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David Lam delivers this straight-ahead police drama about the exploits of a band of rogue cops during the 1960s, a period of massive corruption in the police force. Luk (Danny Lee), Lui (Simon Yam), Yiu Hung (Waise Lee), and Fatty B (Kent Cheng Chuk-see) are all old friends working the beat in different districts of the colony content while living off of petty graft and lucrative kick backs. Yet things change when they run afoul of psychotic drug runner Sam (Vincent Wan Yeung-ming) who is hell-bent on getting rid of everyone who stands in his way. When Sam has his men disfigure Lui's girlfriend Yim-ping (Yolinda Yan Cho-sin), the four begin to plot bloody revenge just as Sam tries to learn the formula for making high-grade heroin. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi

Starring:: Danny Lee, Simon Yam, (more)

Director(s):: David Lam

Format(s):: DVD
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Theatrical Feature Running Time:: 109 mins

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Simon Yam

Director(s):: David Lam

Categories:: Mystery & Suspense

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	Michael K.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

A problem for non-Chinese speakers is there are a number of subtitles in red which are almost impossible to read which are important to the plot, but even so, Powerful Four is easy to follow. Powerful Four lacks the dizzying number of dramatic reversals typical of the genre. So, what's good about it? Start with the four leads--even the famously wooden Danny Lee is charismatic. The character leads are also excellent, typical for late 80s, early 90s HK movies. There is some wonderful black comedy concerning an injured maid, Danny Lee's romantic interest. Finally, there is the breathless pacing and high energy energy fight scenes, also typical of late 80s, early 90s HK cinema. Bottom line: you won't be blown away, but you will be entertained. Recommended.

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