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| Credited cast: | |||
| Biao Yuen | ... | Hsia Ling-Cheng / Jason Chan | |
| Cynthia Rothrock | ... | Cindy Si / Sandy Jones | |
| Melvin Wong | ... | Superinendent Wong Jing-Wai | |
| Roy Chiao | ... | Magistrate / The Judge | |
| Corey Yuen | ... | Bad Egg / Joe Do | |
| Wu Ma | ... | Uncle Tsai / Joe's Father | |
| Siu-Wong Fan | ... | Yu Chi-Wen / Sammy | |
| Paul Chang | ... | Four Eyes Bill (as Paul Cheung) | |
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James Tien | ... | Chow Ting-Kwong / Johnny Kwong |
| Siu-Ming Lau | ... | Yu's Grandfather | |
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Gei Ying Chan | ... | Hsia's Girlfriend (as Sandy Chan) |
| Peter Cunningham | ... | Black Assassin | |
| Karen Sheperd | ... | Karen | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Kwok Keung Chan | ||
| Siu Ping Cheng | ... | Mrs. Leung (as Cheng Siu Ping) | |
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Yuen Biao plays Jason Chan a lawyer, angry at the way the law seems to protect the bad guys, he decides to take the law into his own hands when a key witness and his entire family are murdered. but Cindy Si is soon on his case and it all spirals into a situation only a few will survive. Written by <justrob2001@aol.com>
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CantoneseRelease Date:
27 November 1986 (Hong Kong) See more »Also Known As:
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According to Melvin Wong, the airplane hangar fight between him and Biao Yuen was "guest directed" by none other than Sammo Kam-Bo Hung. See more »Goofs
When Siu-Wong Fan's character is assassinated, members of the production crew are seen reflected in his sunglasses. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I just got that new Dragon Dynasty version of the film, though I'd never seen it before last night. Haven't watched any of the extras yet, though from what I've read here this is the "downbeat" Cantonese cut of the film. I must admit I'm disappointed in the film, though can still justify a decent score. I really liked Yuen Biao as well as the lead villain. I just realized that Bad Egg was played by the director, haha. The film had some big laughs, perhaps occasionally unintentional, but also some great action.
There were a lot of problems with the editing and stunt-work though. I know they make these movies fast and for not much money, but this one seemed cut together more carelessly than most. Also, despite how talented all the stunt people and the leads are in the film's action scenes, there were way too many moments where I saw wires or could clearly see the faces of stunt-doubles. Especially for Rothrock. Sometimes they'd put makeup on the guy. And one of the doubles for her looked like Biao himself. I know you can never be perfect with such things, but it was just much more obvious than in many other films of the genre that I've seen.
On sort of a side note, you ever notice the ramp effect with vehicles in action movies? The most common example would be of a speedboat hitting the low end of another boat and rocketing through the air. You occasionally see this with cars too. Here in Above the Law a.k.a. Righting Wrongs, you see it with a car chasing down Yuen Biao going off of a parked car. Of course the car is in front of a railing up high on a multi-level parking garage. And I don't know my models but it's probably a Mitsubishi since they made it into EVERY Hong Kong action movie in the 80s. But the parked car wasn't particularly low to the ground. The moving car didn't hit any objects to lift it's front end up. It just jumps the other like a ramp. I don't know if this is really a complaint. It was odd, but hysterical.
If we're talking recommendations and I have to exclude anything with Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, or Jet Li, I'd recommend any of the first four In the Line of Duty movies over this. But it's still a decent action movie and any fan of Yuen Biao in particular really needs to see it.