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First Option (1996)

First Option poster
Original title
飛虎
Directed by
Gordon Chan
Genre
action film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Hong Kong police special forces team faces off against armed criminals in a series of dangerous operations. The officers must balance duty with personal stakes as the missions grow more risky.

tensefast-pacedgrittyurgentexplosiveintenseno-nonsensemilitary-style

What happens

First Option is a 1996 Hong Kong action war film directed by Gordon Chan, who also wrote with Chan Hing-ka. The film stars Michael Wong and Gigi Leung. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 14 September 1996. It was entered into the 20th Moscow International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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