Hongkong Vice (1984)

Hongkong Vice: Directed by Johnny Mak. With Jing Chen, Ling Chow, Jian Huang, Lung Jiang. Thugs sneak into Hong Kong to rob a jewellery store, killing a cop during their getaway. They plan another heist while hiding from the police hunting them down to avenge their slain comrade.

“In this first (and best) of a four-part film series a group of men from the mainland illegally enters Hong Kong and soon forms a u0026#39;Big Circleu0026#39; triad gang. It doesnu0026#39;t take long till the police is hot on their trail which inevitably leads to a final shootout. This takes place in the infamous u0026#39;Walled Cityu0026#39; which was razed to the ground a few months later in real life. So this film is the last chance to behold the labyrinthic chaos of people, goods, narrow alleys and illegality that was the u0026#39;Walled Cityu0026#39;. If you, like me, prefer the coarse, mangy and dirty Hong Kong action-movies of the 80s over the high-gloss, elegant movies of the 90s, this oneu0026#39;s for you.”