Gwan geun shut daam (1998)

Director:

Corey Yuen

Release Date:

15 October 1998 (Singapore)

Genre:

Action

Plot:

Professional thief Martin is assigned to steal the largest diamond in the Czech Repbulic, the Czar's Prism for $3M...

Cast

Shannon Lee	...	Mandy
Michael Wong	...	Marty
Anita Yuen	...	Lucy
Jordan Chan	...	Tommy
Benny Urquidez	...	Karloff
J.J. Perry	...	Ben (as Jordan Andrew Perry)
Mike Lambert	...	Mob Fighter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mike Abbott
Michael Miller	...	Bodyguard
Jude Poyer	...	Wussin's Bodyguard
Jamie Wilson	...	Mob Figher

Also Known As:

And Now You're Dead (UK)
Enter the Eagles (Hong Kong: English title)

Runtime:

Germany:80 min (cut) | Germany:87 min | Sweden:91 min | UK:95 min (uncut)

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:18 | Germany:16 (cut) | Germany:18 | Singapore:PG | UK:18

Company:

Golden Harvest Company

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Dao jian xiao (1994)

Totally Gonzo

I bought this film from Blockbusters in the bargain bin - what a bargain! This is 90-ish minutes of endless shoot-outs, great martial arts, inane dialogue and stunt work from a team who must be suicidal!

The plot is Master Thief and co are hired to steal a diamond, but are beaten to the chase by a bumbling pair of street theives cue hell breaking loose, with crosses, double crosses and fisticuffs!

Michael Wong was good in this film as the Master Thief (with a tragic past) and Shannon Lee as a gun toting assassin (with a heart of gold) and Anita Yuen as street thief (with relationship problems).

This is an excellent action film that delivers in all departments (do we really want development here?)

Anyway the only drawback in the UK is the really bad dubbing - this film needs a re-release on DVD.

Also watch out for Benny The Jet and his fight with Shannon (whose skills are great here).

And Now You're Dead: 4/5