Summary
This story follows a cop in Shanghai during the 1930s. His department is overrun with corruption, while gangsters rule the city via the opium trade.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 45GoodWatch 47
IMDb6.0
Audience score29%
Running time
1 h 27 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 action movies, −21 min on the typical 108
typical 10887Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 7 more
Released
1988
October 22, 1988
38 years ago
Genres
ActionDramaLanguage
cn
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchMade in
Hong Kong SAR China
and 6 moreDirecting · 1
- Kirk Wong Chi-Keung Director
Writing · 2
- Law Kam-Fai Writer
- Lip Wang-Fung Writer
Production · 1
- Tsui Hark Producer
Camera · 1
- Andy Lam Kwok-wah Director of Photography
Sound · 1
- Danny Chung Ting-Yat Original Music Composer
Other crew · 1
- Andrew Lau Wai-keung Cinematography
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