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Someone in a prison run by a corrupt warden fakes the deaths of convicts to later use them as expendable assassins. A police officer is sent into the prison to gather evidence of the corruption.
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Classical in form, unpretentious, grave and contemporary.
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- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
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Cast
- Tony Leung Ka-faiWang Wei / Andy
- Sammo Kam-Bo HungLiu Hsi-Chia / John
- Jackie ChanDa Chui / Steve
- Andy LauIron Ball / Boss Lee
- Jimmy Wang YuKui / Lucas
- Tou Tsung-huaChu / Charlie
- Jack KaoLin
- Ko Chun-HsiungPrison Director
- Chang Kuo-ChuSeng
- Elsie YehYua Fong
Crew
- Kevin ChuDirector
- Fu LiScreenplay
- Yip Wan-ChiuScreenplay
- Chen Jung-ShuDirector of Photography
- Yip Chun-WingDirector of Photography
- Chow Tak-YeungEditor
- Ko Chun-HsiungProducer
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