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Righting Wrongs

1986 · 96 min

A gritty, fast-paced action film with brutal fights and a dark, cynical take on justice.

Overview
Jason Chan, a Hong Kong lawyer, is angry at the way the law protects criminals and decides to take the law into his own hands, dishing out vigilante justice when a key witness and his entire family are murdered. But hotshot cop Cindy Si is soon on Chan's case, and the situation unravels into a fight that only a few will survive.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • revenge
  • corruption
  • crime
  • violence
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action9
Horror2
Humour3
Realism6
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
action, comedy, crime, drama, thriller
Directed by
Corey Yuen
Written by
Sze-To Cheuk-hon, Barry Wong Ping-yiu
Starring
Yuen Biao, Cynthia Rothrock, Melvin Wong King-Sun, Corey Yuen, Wu Ma, Louis Fan Siu-wong, Lau Siu-ming, Tai Bo
Music
Romeo Díaz
Cinematography
Tom Lau Moon-Tong
Runtime
96 min
Country
Hong Kong
Languages
Cantonese, English

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