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City War is a Hongkongais film of genre Thriller with Chow Yun-fat
City War (1988)
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Add to a movie listCity War is a 1988 Hong Kong crime action film directed by Suen Chung and starring Chow Yun-fat and Ti Lung in their third collaboration after A Better Tomorrow 1 and 2.
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Dick Lee and Ken Chow are two police officers who are friends, the former is a negotiator who is a humorous and easy going while the latter is a hot tempered cop who hates evil as his enemy and advocates violence for violence. Drug lord Ted Yiu, who was imprisoned by Ken two years ago, was released from prison and Ken's former partner Ho Ka Ting is mysteriously killed. Later, Ted also laid traps to trick Ken, which cause his disciplinary punishment by the police and later sends killers to threaten Ken's life and kill his family. On the other hand, Dick incidentally meets Penny, who is Ted's lover. A tangled conflict later brakes off in the city.Actors
Chow Yun-fat
(Dick Lee)
Ti Lung
(Ken Chow)
Teresa Carpio
(Teresa)
Lo Lieh
(Boss Kuen)
Michael Chow
(Bobby)
Robin Shou
(Ted's Hired Killer)
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