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Sandrine Holt, Ivan Sergei, Nicholas Lea

Set in Hong Kong and Vancouver, the story follows Mac Ramsey (Ivan Sergei) and Li Ann Tsei (Sandine Holt), lovers and professional thieves who are separated while fleeing the powerful Hong Kong underw...( read more  read more... )orld crime lord (Robert Ito) who raised and trained them. After being imprisoned in Hong Kong, Mac is forcefully recruited into a clandestine international crime-fighting unit by a hard-nosed, menacing Director (Jennifer Dale). He is teamed in Vancouver with Li Ann, who thought Mac was dead, and her new fiance Victor Mansfield (Nicholas Lea), an ex-cop who is attracted to the unorthodox methods of the agency. Conflict flares between Mac and Victor as the trio take on their assignment. They soon learn that their principal target is their foster brother Michael Tang (Michael Wong), who had been given Li Ann as his future wife and who has vowed to hunt down the pair for their disloyalty to the "family".

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R, 107 min.

Directed by: John Woo

Release Date: September 29, 1996

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DVD Release Date: April 12, 2000

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  • thmtsang
    July 14, 2007
    thmtsang
    Full of action.
  • sweeptheleg
    September 13, 2006
    sweeptheleg
    This ones pretty good. Some funny scenes.
  • maryiamab
    May 25, 2009
    maryiamab
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  • cathymckee
    March 24, 2009
    cathymckee
    shit i meant to put the original once a thief in, well you know what i mean
  • Soundsofmadness
    January 3, 2009
    Soundsofmadness
    No thankyou - Not interested
  • xxxcli213xxx
    December 10, 2008
    xxxcli213xxx
    no thanks not my kinda thing
  • TobyLinn
    August 31, 2008
    TobyLinn
    This movie was a good backstory to the Fox tv series which followed. Great action, and the characters and dialogue are very believable. Some funny scenes too!
  • MECreviews
    March 24, 2008
    MECreviews
    This movie had potential, but fell through the cracks. To bad.
  • LuksterBad
    January 6, 2008
    LuksterBad
    Great fun.

    More to follow.

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