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Tiger
Cage |
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Year: |
1988 |
Jacky Cheung, Carol Cheng and Ng Man-Tat |
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Director: |
Yuen
Woo-Ping |
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Producer: |
Stephen
Shin Gei-Yin |
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Action: |
Yuen
Shun-Yi, Yuen Yat-Cho, Yuen
Cheung-Yan, Donnie
Yen Ji-Dan, Paul Wong Kwan |
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Cast: |
Simon Yam Tat-Wah, Carol
"DoDo" Cheng Yu-Ling, Irene
Wan Pik-Ha, Donnie
Yen Ji-Dan, Jacky
Cheung Hok-Yau, Ng
Man-Tat, Michael Woods, Leung
Ka-Yan, Yuen Cheung-Yan,
Yuen
Woo-Ping, Chan
Ging, Fung Hak-On |
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The
Skinny: |
Some
brutal action and a rather dark tone make this corrupt cops
thriller a minor winner. Yuen Woo-Ping knows his action. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
Yuen
Woo-Ping directed this darker-than-normal cop thriller that
finds comedy superstar Dodo Cheng rooting out corruption in
the Hong Kong police force. The film opens in an initially
happy state, but soon bad stuff starts to happen. Dodo's cop
boyfriend (Leung Ka-Yan) gets offed early, but we soon learn
that he was crooked. Dodo is surprised, but that's only the
beginning to the chicanery at the police station. Elder cop
Ng Man-Tat is secretly running drugs, much to the dismay of
his juniors Jacky Cheung and Donnie Yen. The concept of "righteousness"
is invoked, but evil will not go quietly. Simon Yam is the
benevolent (or is he?) police chief.
The plot of this routine
cop flick is nothing new, but Yuen Woo-Ping does his best
to make sure that bullets and blood flies by film's end. The
violence is both brutal and spectacular and despite its lack
of innovation, the plot manages to keep you on your toes.
While not an extremely special picture, Tiger Cage
is still a great example of the lengths to which Hong Kong
flicks will go to screw with its audience. We'd like justice
to prevail, but the price the characters pay makes it a bitter
pill to swallow. In the end, there really are no winners;
everybody loses. That is, except the Hong Kong action junkie,
who should find their action jones satiated. Thank you, Yuen
Woo-Ping. (Kozo 1996/1998) |
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Availability: |
DVD
(Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Universe Laser
Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
Dolby Digital 5.1
Removable English and Chinese Subtitles |
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of Universe Laser & Video Co., Ltd.
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