Wild Search (1989)

Original title

伴我闖天涯

Directed by

Ringo Lam

Genre

romance film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

15

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 38 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A policeman in Hong Kong investigates a death linked to a gunrunning gang. He becomes close to the niece and sister of the victim, a mainland immigrant.

romantictenseaction-packedsuspensefulemotionalgrittytenderurbanfamily-oriented

What happens

Wild Search (伴我闖天涯) is a 1989 Hong Kong action drama film directed and produced by Ringo Lam. The film stars Chow Yun-fat, Cherie Chung and Chan Cheuk-yan. Chow plays Lau Chung-pong, a city policeman who becomes emotionally involved with a mainland Chinese immigrant (Chung) and her niece (Cheuk-yan) inside a New Territories village following the death of the immigrant's sister at the hands of a Vietnam-based gunrunning gang. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 3 June 1989. It was nominated at the 26th Golden Horse Awards for Best Feature Film, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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