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5.1/10   295 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Alex Law (written by)
Roy Szeto (written by)
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Release Date:
31 October 1998 (South Korea) more
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Plot:
A patriotic Chinese cop is reposted to fictional East European country Lavernia as punishment for ignoring orders during a plane hijack operation... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Man Cheuk Chiu ... Yim Dong

Qi Shu ... Chan Pun
Andrew Lin ... Keizo Mishima
Ken Wong ... Hung Wai-Kwok

Kenneth Tsang ... Lone Moon / Tasta
Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung (as Tung Joe Cheung)
Xin Xin Xiong ... Captain Kiang
Lan Shun (as Lau Shun)
Shek Chan
Sam Kai-Sen Huang
So Wai Nam
Kai-Wai Lo
Leung Yat-Ho
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Ricardo Alexander ... Prisoner
Michael Miller ... Shower Attacker

Jude Poyer ... Prisoner (shower fight)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Black Sheep Affair (Hong Kong: English title) (UK) (DVD title)
Another Meltdown (USA) (video title)
Bik huet laam tin (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and some language.
Runtime:
90 min | Argentina:96 min
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Retarded, 15 June 2004
3/10
Author: potidaean

One of the most moronic HK films ever. Even the original Cantonese dialogue is horrendous. The hero is dull and the love interest is excessively annoying.

The gunplay is also ridiculous, filled with scenes where 10 gunmen miss the 2 heroes despite them being out in the open. In John Woo movies (The Killer, Hard Boiled), the heroes at least pretend to hide behind something. There's also one scene that has to be seen to be believed. A bad guy shoots a bazooka, and we see the missile come out. Then the explosion happens *behind* the target, as though it magically passed through. I can suspend belief for action films, but this is just sloppy choreography.

The martial arts is okay, but overemphasizes flashy acrobatics over real fighting or tactics. The lead actor seems talented enough, but is wasted in this action fluff. I would only recommend this movie if you've seen every other HK action movie already.

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