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Beast Cops

Original title: Ye shou xing jing
  • 19981998
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
1.1K
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Stephanie Che, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, and Michael Wong in Beast Cops (1998)
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One of the most universally acclaimed motion pictures in the history of Hong Kong cinema. Acclaimed director Gordon Chan ("Fist Of Legend", "2000 AD", "The Big Heat") dispenses with conventi... Read allOne of the most universally acclaimed motion pictures in the history of Hong Kong cinema. Acclaimed director Gordon Chan ("Fist Of Legend", "2000 AD", "The Big Heat") dispenses with convention to bring one of the most graphic and insightful action-thrillers of recent years. Ruthl... Read allOne of the most universally acclaimed motion pictures in the history of Hong Kong cinema. Acclaimed director Gordon Chan ("Fist Of Legend", "2000 AD", "The Big Heat") dispenses with convention to bring one of the most graphic and insightful action-thrillers of recent years. Ruthlessly realistic, and vivid and unremitting in its uncompromising brutality and honesty, Be... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
1.1K
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    • Gordon Chan
    • Dante Lam
    • Gordon Chan
    • Hing-Ka Chan
  • Stars
    • Anthony Chau-Sang Wong
    • Michael Wong
    • Stephanie Che
    • Gordon Chan
    • Dante Lam
    • Gordon Chan
    • Hing-Ka Chan
  • Stars
    • Anthony Chau-Sang Wong
    • Michael Wong
    • Stephanie Che
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 13User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
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    Anthony Chau-Sang Wong
    Anthony Chau-Sang Wong
    • Tung
    Michael Wong
    Michael Wong
    • Michael Cheung
    Stephanie Che
    Stephanie Che
    • Yee
    Kathy Chow
    Kathy Chow
    • Yoyo
    Sam Lee
    Sam Lee
    • Skinny Sam
    Patrick Tam
    Patrick Tam
    • Pushy Pin
    Roy Cheung
    Roy Cheung
    • Brother Fai
    Arthur Wong
    Arthur Wong
    • Tai Ge
    Sammuel Leung
    Sammuel Leung
    • Paul
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    Kong Kam
    • Newsman Hope
    Wing-Fai Chan
    Wing-Fai Chan
    Kim-Fai Che
    Mo-Chan Chik
    Ngai-Ming Chow
    • Robbery victim
    Chau-Sang Lau
    Chau-Sang Lau
    • Pushy Pin's Man
    Sing-Chi Leung
    Gary Wing-Lun Mak
    Gary Wing-Lun Mak
    • Man with hostage
    Terence Tsui
    • Cheung
      • Gordon Chan
      • Dante Lam
      • Gordon Chan
      • Hing-Ka Chan
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    A new plateau in HK action
    Anyone who didn't like this film must've come to the table with expectations. It does not cascade from one tightly-choreographed action scene to the next like the John Woo classics, which as good as they are to watch, are still played more for bullets and explosions than for story or characters. This is a totally different kind of film, with casual, believable dialogue, some great acting, and its "cowboys" and "indians" not so clearly defined.

    Not that it isn't high on stylish shot-framing, editing and dynamite costume design; this is, after all, still a Hong Kong production. But I saw flashes of Cassavettes and Pedro Almodovar-less homage to Ringo Lam or Ronny Yu. Anthony Wong's character, "Brother Tung" still gets to go crazy at the end and spill a lot of blood, in a gritty hand-to-hand fight scene. What more could one ask? I've seen more than my share of slow-motion shootouts. This film is something more: a drama, at times a comedy, with cops and triads as its milieu, rather than its reason for being. An easy five stars.
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    • Nov 16, 2003

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      • April 9, 1998 (Hong Kong)
      • Hong Kong
      • Cantonese
    • Also known as
      • Hong Kong, China
    • Production companies
      • Media Asia Films
      • People's Production Limited
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    • 1 hour 50 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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