Red Shield
1991
Director: Parkman Wong
Action director: Stephen Tung
Stars: Danny Lee, Leung Kar Yan, Teresa Mo, Yip San, Shing Fui-On, Ben Lam, Nick Cheung, Yuen Wah
The plot here is your usual Danny Lee cop stuff -- he plays (what else) a hot-headed policeman who becomes personally involved in a gunrunning case after his wife (Teresa Mo) is attacked by some gangsters led by Ben Lam.
During this period, there were literally dozens of similar films produced , and Red Shield offers nothing new to the mix. There are a couple of decent gunfights bracketing the movie, but there's very little else of interest here. Most of the film's running time is taken up with the domestic problems Lee and Mo (and also Lee's partner Leung Kar Yan and his wife Yip San) are dealing with, broken up by the occasional violent scene, such as when Lam and his crony Yuen Wah take out rival crime boss Shing Fui-On with a chainsaw.
Red Shield isn't a bad movie -- action junkies will be able to pull out at least a little enjoyment from the proceedings. It's just that there are a lot of other movies that do a better job at what they set out to do, rather than becoming just another cookie-cutter clone cop action picture.RATING: 5
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