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Full Alert(Movie, 1997)

Original title: "高度戒備" (Chinese (Cantonese)/CN)
1h 38min | Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
Full AlertRating: 3.4/5 (with 1515 votes)
Full Alert is a 1997 Hong Kong action film directed and co-written by Ringo Lam. The film's plot is set in 1997 when cops find a corpse and bomb chemicals, Inspector Pao (Lau Ching-wan) arrests suspect Mak Kwan (Francis Ng) hoping that his girlfriend will lead them to his Taiwanese gang, but Mak makes an escape and the girlfriend makes off for Macao. Pao then figures that the gang will go for the $230 million at the Hong Kong Jockey club while Mak plans his escape from prison. Full Alert was shown at both the Rotterdam Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival in 1997. It was nominated for five awards at the 17th Hong Kong Film Awards. ()
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About Full Alert

Police Inspector Pao is trying to catch Mak Kwan, a gang member who is first arrested, but then escapes from the prison. By chance, Pao realizes that the target of Kwan's gang is the H.K. Jockey Club.

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Additional Information

Production country: Hong Kong
Shot in: Hong Kong
Original language: Chinese (Cantonese) (CN)
Spoken languages: Chinese (Cantonese) (CN), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Translated into 8 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 08/12/2000 (World premiere: 07/18/1997)
Director: Ringo Lam
Composer: Peter Kam
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Gao du jie bei"

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