Ban wo chuang tian ya

19891989
1h 38m

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Chow Yun-Fat, Roy Cheung, and Cherie Chung in Ban wo chuang tian ya (1989)

Action Drama Romance

The police are staking out a Hong Kong flat, waiting to catch some major gun-dealers. While the suppliers are conducting their deal, they move in. Both buyers are killed in the gunfire, but ... Read allThe police are staking out a Hong Kong flat, waiting to catch some major gun-dealers. While the suppliers are conducting their deal, they move in. Both buyers are killed in the gunfire, but not their young daughter. The suppliers escape, and as their ruthless boss covers his trac... Read allThe police are staking out a Hong Kong flat, waiting to catch some major gun-dealers. While the suppliers are conducting their deal, they move in. Both buyers are killed in the gunfire, but not their young daughter. The suppliers escape, and as their ruthless boss covers his tracks, he goes after the girl, the only witness. They trace her to a safe house, but are kill... Read all

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

654

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POPULARITY

89,516

30,346

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Chow Yun-Fat and Cherie Chung in Ban wo chuang tian ya (1989)

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9/10

Fine film by Ringo Lam, not a Witness copy. Don't believe the hype!

Ringo Lam's Wild Search is one of his overlooked masterpieces. The film stars Yun-Fat Chow as a police officer trying to break up a gun smuggling ring. While doing so, he crosses paths with the beautiful Cherie

Cheung and her "cute as a button" daughter. As with all of Ringo Lam's hardboiled docudramas, one can expect the bone crunching one on one fights, action packed set pieces and great acting from the cast. People always bring this movie up whenever someone compares Reservoir Dogs to City on Fire. Critics call this a Witness clone. I'm sad to say but this movie is a lot better than said film. Ringo lam is one of the best directors out their today and it's a shame that he doesn't receive the respect that he truly deserves.

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