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The Red Wolf

1995 · 92 min

A brisk, punchy hostage thriller with martial-arts flair, mixing gunfights and hand-to-hand combat aboard a cruise ship for undemanding action fun.

Overview: A group of terrorists murder the captain of a cruise ship and take everyone hostage. Their plan is to steal the uranium being stored in the ship's safe. It's up to a security officer and a pickpocketing cocktail waitress to stop them.

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
crime
violence
justice
power
Places: sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	8
Horror	2
Humour	4
Realism	5
Romance	3
Tension	7
Darkness	5
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: crime, action, thriller
Directed by: Yuen Woo-ping
Written by: Ricky Ng
Starring: Kenny Ho Ka-King, Christy Chung Lai-Tai, Collin Chou, Elaine Lui Siu-Ling, Cecilia Ng Sin-Si, Cho Wing, Woo Fung, Mary Hon Ma-lee
Music: Tang Siu-Lam
Cinematography: Philip Ma Kam-Cheung
Runtime: 92 min
Country: Hong Kong
Languages: Cantonese, English

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