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    by Tai Seng

ALTERNATE SYNOPSIS:
MICHAEL WONG (Beast Cops) returns as Stone, the tough, no-nonsense leader of Hong Kong's Elite SWAT Team-like SDU Special Forces known as the Flying Tigers, in this action-packed sequel to FIRST OPTION. Faced with early retirements and difficulty in recruiting new bloods,Stone is forced to lower his standard of acceptance. But when a vicious, military-trained group of criminals commit a chain of big-time robberies, the Flying Tigers were called into action once again. This time Stone is determined to prove that the SDU is still the best of the best.
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    by Choco
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Michael Wong once again proves that he's a man trapped between two languages, as he can't properly act in English or in Chinese.

This utterly bland, by-the-numbers cop flick has Wong recruiting a new team of elite operatives for the SDU. Basically, for the purposes of this movie, all that means is that there are a lot of clips of him running on the same street over and over again with a group of trainees jogging behind him; and lots of scenes of trainees swimming laps in some odd outdoor pool while he screams at them (without regard for the fact that they probably can't hear him very well with their heads underwater).

Also notable is the female meter maid, who seems to have taken acting lessons at the Shu Qi School For Giggling And Pouting.

Wong does a good Bill Clinton impression throughout the entire film, with a sort of smirk on his face 99% of the time, as if to say "I can't believe I talked them into letting me star in another film! Suckers!" When he's not running or screaming, he's trying to impress his female boss, played by Shooky Kwan, with his astondingly bad Cantonese and confused glances. He's not impressing anyone. Please stop.

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