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| Yun-Fat Chow | ... | Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen | |
| Tony Leung Chiu Wai | ... | Tony (as Tony Leung) | |
| Teresa Mo | ... | Teresa Chang | |
| Philip Chan | ... | Supt. Pang | |
| Philip Kwok | ... | Mad Dog (as Cheng Jue-Luh) | |
| Anthony Wong Chau-Sang | ... | Johnny Wong (as Anthony Wong) | |
| Hoi-Shan Kwan | ... | Mr. Hoi (as Kwan Hoi Sang) | |
| Wei Tung | ... | Foxy (as Tung Wai) | |
| Bowie Lam | ... | Ah Lung | |
| Meng Lo | ... | Lonny (as Johnson Law) | |
| Bobbie Au-Yeung | ... | Lionheart (as Bobby Au Yeung) | |
| Shui Ting Ng | ... | Ah Chung (as Ng Shui-Tung) | |
| Kong Lau | ... | Hospital Director | |
| Wai-Sun Lam | ... | Hitman 1 | |
| Benny Lam | ... | Hitman 2 | |
| Kenny Lam | ... | Hitman 3 | |
| Michael Dingo | ... | Jimmy | |
| Hoi-Shan Lai | ... | Librarian | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Kei-Yung Ho | ... | Johnny's man | |
| Jun Kunimura | ... | Machine Gunman in Teahouse | |
| Chi Ming Liu | |||
| Wei-min Tan | ... | Gangster | |
| John Woo | ... | Mr. Woo (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| John Woo | |||
Writing credits | ||
| John Woo | (story) | |
| Barry Wong | (screenplay) | |
| Gordon Chan | (screenplay) uncredited | |
Produced by | |||
| Terence Chang | .... | producer | |
| Amy Chin | .... | associate producer | |
| Linda Kuk | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Michael Gibbs | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Wing-hang Wong | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Jack Ah | |||
| Kit-Wai Kai | |||
| John Woo | |||
| David Wu | |||
Production Design by | |||
| James Leung | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Janet Chan | |||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Patrick Leung | .... | second unit director | |
| Sylvia Liu | .... | second assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Brian Schwegmann | .... | sound effects | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Bruce Law | .... | special effects coordinator | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Yuen-Tai Ting | .... | optical effects | |
Stunts | |||
| Philip Kwok | .... | action coordinator (as Cheng Jue-Luh) | |
| Bruce Law | .... | car stunt coordinator | |
| Bruce Law | .... | stunt coordinator: fire sequences and body burns | |
| Jacky Yeung | .... | stunt coordinator | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Kim-Kit Wai | .... | lighting technician | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Patrick Pang | .... | assistant editor | |
Music Department | |||
| James Wong | .... | composer: additional music | |
Other crew | |||
| Ng Hon-Leung | .... | director: thrid unit | |
| Rosanna Kwok | .... | location manager | |
| Yu Ting | .... | dialog director: Cantonese | |
| Heung-Yeung Tsim | .... | script supervisor | |
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This is one of my favorite movies of all time. No movie has ever had this level of stylishly directed action, NOT EVEN CLOSE. This movie has the 3 best action sequences in the history of cinema, PERIOD.
The story is about a cop named Tequila who, at the beginning of the film, loses his good friend and fellow cop, in a teahouse shoot-out. He goes against all orders in trying to bring down the Triad that caused his friends death. In doing so, he inadvertantly finds out that there is an undercover cop, Tony, in the Triad he is trying to bring down, and eventually teams up with him.
This isn't your standard buddy cop fair like Lethal Weapon with tons of cheesey lines, dorky action and sappy side stories. The dialogue is insightful the action is the best ever and the side stories are well thought out, if a bit abbreviated (due to lack of time to shoot John Woo admits).
Tequila is trying to deal with a failed relationship and the death of his partner, Tony is torn against blowing his cover and defending his honor and the Lieutenant insists on playing it by the book even though it isn't fair.
John Woo said he made this film in honor of the men and women of the Hong Kong police force and the good work they do. He wanted to make a movie about the good guys winning. What he has done is made one of the most pivitol action films ever made, influencing every action movie since.