Asian Connection: Quick Takes

Irrational Hong Kong cops (Danny Lee and Michael Chow) mess up and as punishment are sent to Taiwan to retrieve information. They of course get into the thick of things, trying to nail gangster Chan Gin Shui (Blacky Ko) while they also manage to annoy the hell out of their Taiwan superiors (main one played by Chan Chung-Yung from Her Fatal Ways III). However in David Lam and Yuen Tak's corporation, Asian Connection takes a step back to have cop characters in need for so called irrational behaviour and those following the book, meet to develop a constructive way of working. Undoubtedly this tangent of the film works and is a credit to Danny Lee's track record of featuring sincere, sometimes cheesy ultimate messages.

David Lam and Yuen Tak's direction is quite sharp, getting a fairly fun dual act out of Danny Lee and Michael Chow (the latter is particularly great when being forced to go undercover) while also in a heartbeat giving us shocking and finely paced action. Character driven and competent effort shot in synch sound Cantonese and Mandarin. Also with Jean Wang, Jack Kao, Ricky Yi and Nick Cheung.