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Long Arm of the Law Part 3 (1989)

Long Arm of the Law Part 3 poster
Original title
省港旗兵第三集
Directed by
Michael Mak
Genre
action film, martial arts film, thriller film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 47m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A soldier from China is wrongly accused of a robbery and escapes to Hong Kong. To save his lover from being sold as a prostitute, he gets involved with the local triads.

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What happens

Long Arm of the Law Part 3 is a 1989 Hong Kong action film directed by Michael Mak and starring Andy Lau, Elizabeth Lee, Max Mok and Elvis Tsui. The core theme of the film is the attack of Mainland China and its unjust and brutal law and tells the story of an honorary soldier from China (Lau) who was falsely accused of robbery and illegally flees to Hong Kong, where he ends up working for the triads in order to save his lover (Lee) from being sold as a prostitute. The film is the third entry of the Long Arm of the Law film series of films with unconnected storylines. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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