San tau dip ying (1997)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Teddy Chan

Writers:

Zhi Feng Feng (story)
Jingle Ma (story)

Release Date:

29 November 1997 (South Korea)

Awards:

1 win & 8 nominations

Cast

Jordan Chan	...	Cash
Yip-Shun Choi
Alex Fong	...	Stanley Wong
Kai Tung Ho
Chris Hunt
Takeshi Kaneshiro	...	Jackal
Turbo Kong	...	Security Guard
Edward Laskey
Theresa Lee	...	Phoenix
Ken Wong	...	Titan
Ngai-Chi Wong
Charlie Yeung	...	Sam

Also Known As:

Downtown Torpedoes (Hong Kong: English title)
Godly Thief Spy Shadow (literal English title)
Shen tou die ying (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Germany:12 (cut) | Germany:16

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Gwan geun see dam (1998)

good style, good movie

don't expect a plot that makes a whole lot of sense - it's all about cool special/free-for-hire agents and double-crossings and out- smarting and stuff - sort of like a james bond without the cheesyness.

but this movie really surprised me for it's very well executed and creative action scenes. even now, years later, i vividly remember how a gangster boss gets shot up: first, they cut the power and come in with infrared goggles and shower everything in bullets, then the bad guys catch on and put on their own nightvision gear - they are prepared, of course. next thing, the heroes swap goggles for sunglasses and throw flares... so they outsmart the gangsters, but, perhaps more importantly, they also LOOK way, way cooler - and that is the whole point!

excellent stuff.