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A.k.a.
Tiger on Beat
Year
1988
Runtime
88 min.
Director
Chia-Liang Liu
Genres
Action, Crime, Comedy
Rating *
7.1
Votes *
930
Checks
243
Favs
9
Dislikes
1
Favs/checks
3.7% (1:27)
Favs/dislikes
9:1
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  1. Siskoid's avatar

    Siskoid

    In the late 80s, the "historical" kung fu film was on a big downturn in Hong Kong, while modern crime flicks were the all the rage thanks to hits like Police Story. Lau Kar-leung tries to bring some of his kung fu stylings to Tiger on the Beat, a buddy cop comedy starring Chow Yun-fat as a slick ladies' man and Conan Lee as a recklessly violent rookie - Gordon Liu is the more interesting of the villains - but the interesting action takes an hour to arrive, and the violence is the one thing his kung fu films' was not - sadistic. The female characters are very badly served in this, and the romance subplots ludicrous given the jerks involved. So it really hinges on the last half hour, which really does have some spectacular stunts and fights. It's Lau Kar-leung doing Gun Fu the way he would be doing "weapons of Shaolin" type action in a different film. If only they could have figured out that was the real strength here while the script was being written. 11 months 2 weeks ago
  2. Joojos's avatar

    Joojos

    That's what I call entertainment! 3 years ago
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  1. This movie ranks #60 in Wei Jun Zi's 100 Classic Martial Arts Films
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  2. This movie ranks #88 in Marshall Julius's Action! The Action Movie A-Z
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