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Tactical Unit – Comrades in Arms (2009)

Tactical Unit – Comrades in Arms poster
Original title
機動部隊 - 同袍
Directed by
Law Wing-cheung
Genre
action film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two rival teams of Hong Kong police tactical unit officers are forced to work together on a mission in the rugged countryside. Their mutual distrust and clashing methods threaten both the operation and their own safety.

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What happens

Tactical Unit: Comrades in Arms (simplified Chinese: 机动部队 - 同袍; traditional Chinese: 機動部隊 - 同袍) is a 2009 Hong Kong neo-noir action thriller film directed by Law Wing-Cheong. This film is also called "PTU 2", in reference to the first film in the series, PTU, though it is not the second entry in the Tactical Unit series. "Comrades in Arms" has been featured in the 2009 Hong Kong Film Panorama in Brussels, the 2009 New York Asian Film Festival of New York City, the 2009 Zero em Comportamento festival of Lisbon, and the 2009 Fantasia Festival of Montreal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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