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Proud and Confident (1989)

Proud and Confident poster
Original title
傲氣雄鷹
Directed by
King-Chu Lee
Genre
martial arts film, thriller film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
8.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An elite Hong Kong police inspector with a sharp ego joins a training program to become the force's future top leader. Through his cocky mistakes, he struggles to earn back his will to fight.

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What happens

Proud and Confident is a 1989 Hong Kong action film directed by King Lee and starring Andy Lau as an overconfident, elite police inspector and sharpshooter who is recruited to train to become the "Best of the Best" future leader of the Hong Kong Police Force. Along his journey, he goes through mistakes and errors attributed to his ego which learns from and regains his fighting spirit. The film was released on 5 April 1990. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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