Two barrels Two police officers are assigned to guard an important witness in the case of powerful gangster Tung. On the way, their convoy is attacked by mercenaries on the tip of a bigboss. Partners manage to fight off the attackers, and by killing one of the fighters, they earn a blood enemy in the face of a sadistic killer. By the way, Tung did not accept defeat, and, of course, will go to any tricks to destroy the witness.
Sometimes we become victims of cognitive distortions. You watch the films of a director, you marvel at the confusion happening on the screen, and you conclude that a person is talentless, what to take from him. For some reason, we assume that the creator always makes the product to the limit of its potential. No way. Take Godfrey Ho, who would have been nicknamed “the infamous” if anyone cared. All 80s filmed some kind of nonsense about robots, or about ninjas, or about cyberkaratists. Did he like the process? Probably, yes. Did he consider his crafts a good movie? Probably not. It must be pragmatism. Removing illiquid? Yeah, but this vein makes money. The seller of fresh ice cream is not ashamed of the sour mines of deceived children. Klepal-pealed creepy thrash, and at the end of the decade disco rrraz - and gave this powerful action movie.
How tortured and fake was the performance in his iron-timbered films, so alive and charming each of the characters of “Under the protection of the police”. Michiko Nishiwaki played such a luxurious nymphomaniac that you want to own the devil, and shake the infection. Bravo, one of the best images of a femme fatale in cinema, if not the best. Lu Kai Chi in the role of the merry Roger is magnificent. He was humiliatingly taken hostage, then he was no less humiliatingly saved by a woman, immediately in the face of his heroine lets “What a woman!”, and on the same day invites her on a date – whether this guy is damn cool, or I just recognized myself in him, that’s fascinated. Yu Hua – just the case when the actor played not just a role, but a whole cliché “big man”. Confident, cruel, domineering bastard. This guy does not save at gunpoint, for him to be called a slug of death like.
Moon Lee and Sheron Yoon are separate conversations. When you hear the phrase "strong and independent woman," first of all I cough, and then recommend to fans of "Jane Soldier" and feminism in the morning to watch any action movie with Moon Lee. This baby will always rebuff opponents who are one and a half times her weight, will never snot, burying herself in a man’s shoulder, but! – at the same time she never loses the feminine charm of a beautiful lady, before whom no Lancelot can resist. Sharon, of course, is a bit callous, but she is not deprived of either the natural need for male attention or the ability to cry. This is a duet of beautiful women, not only physically, but also spiritually.
Action is represented by fights and shootings. Fights pumped up, which is not surprising, the choreography was engaged in two workers: one – debutante, and the second involved in the militants of the turtle flight like “Fourth to remove” and “Disobedient”. The actors obviously hit the blocks, and the movements are so simple that there would be no doubles even if Cynthia Rothrock were filming here (no offense, honey, you're still number one to me). But there's a high-end shootout. Long jumps, appropriate sloumo, Macedonian firing - Jonvvshchina in its pure form, distilled high.
What do you say? Masterpiece, that's all. Another favorite movie in my piggy bank. Good viewing.
8 out of 10