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Country
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Hong
Kong |
| Year: |
1994 |
| Genre: |
Action |
| Format: |
VCD |
| Running
Time: |
1H43 |
| Distributor: |
MEI
AH Laser Disc Co., LTD |
| Date
reviewed: |
01/01/2k |
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| Producer: |
Chan
Gordon Ka-Sheung |
| Director: |
Chan
Gordon Ka-Sheung |
Cast: Chan Kwok-Bong, Chan Vindy
Wai-Yi, Lam Michael Wai-Leung, Lee Carman Yeuk-Tung, Wong
Michael Fitzgerald Man-Chung, Yung Peter Kam-Cheung, Fonoroff
Paul |
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Story:
With the increase of violent robbery in Hong Kong a
special unit known as the SDU is created. Several people
volunteer to be join the SDU including a police officer
who lost his partner while trying to stop robbers. The
volunteers go through several week of preparation for
the training but most of them fail or quit, the remaining
join SDU and begin the real training. Once they start
their work they risk their lives every day, soon the
members of SDU must deal with the conflict between doing
their job and their personal lives.
Review: If you ever wondered what a regular
day was like for a swat team member, this movie is
the answer to that. It goes through every step of
the way starting with the training to finally showing
how it affects the team members personal life. There
is no complex story, it is very simple it is a look
at the lives of this men who take on this dangerous
job.
The story focuses on one team of SDU, its mainly
about 3 characters in the team. One is the commander
(Michael Wong) of the team, and the 2 others became
good friends while in training. You get a good feeling
for these 3 characters as you see how their job affects
their personal life. As for the rest of the SDU team
they are in the background and you never really get
to know them, we really found that was lacking as
we were curious about the other team members. You
can say the same for the villains they were pretty
much in the background except for one villain whose
goal was to kill police officers but even he was in
the background.
There might be a simple story but damn is there
a lot of action. The first half of the movie is quiet
because its mostly training but even that is interesting
to see, during the second half the SDU team is ready
for action. You get to see the swat team in action
as they take down the bad guys, its very well done
and is done in a realistic way. The movie finishes
with one final mission where the action does not stop
as the SDU team faces impossible odds to stop the
crooks. The action scenes had excellent camera shots,
no shaky camera like other films. Also it was kept
at a very realistic level, no Rambo stuff.
On the Mei Ah version the subtitles were clear and
the letters visible. At this point we are wondering
if there is some guy in Hong Kong who is paid to make
sure that every movie has some white on white subtitles
where you cant read anything, since yet again we have
this problem in this movie as well. For anybody who
likes action movies, story about special SWAT team
forces or a Rainbow Six fan, you are really going
to enjoy this film. The action will keep you on the
edge of your seat and the realism in look will make
it believable.
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