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High Risk (1995)

High Risk poster
Original title
鼠膽龍威
Directed by
Corey Yuen, Wong Jing
Genre
action film, martial arts film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 41m
Rated
R
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 147 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Hong Kong action comedy that pokes fun at Hollywood blockbusters. A man must stop a group of terrorists who take over a hotel during a movie premiere.

action-packedcomedicparodichigh-energylightheartedchaoticcampyfast-paced

What happens

High Risk (released under the alternative title Meltdown in the United States and Super Bodyguard in the Philippines) is a 1995 Hong Kong action comedy film written, produced and directed by Wong Jing and starring Jet Li, Jacky Cheung, Chingmy Yau, Charlie Yeung and Yang Chung-hsien. Corey Yuen serves as the film's fight choreographer. The film is a parody of some of Hollywood's most influential action films, such as Die Hard and Speed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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