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First Strike
1996
· Movie
· 107 min
C
MEANRANK
63/100
Every rating
52–72
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 52, highest is Kinopoisk on 72. Critics average 52, everyone else 65.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Hong Kong cop Chan Ka-Kui returns, working with Interpol to track down and arrest an illegal weapons dealer. Chan later realizes that things are not as simple as they appear and soon finds himself to be a pawn of an organization posing as Russian intelligence.
Details
- Director
- Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
- Studio
- Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Salon Films, Paragon Films, Pacific Film and Television Commission
- Released
- 10 February 1996
- Country
- Hong Kong, Australia
- Language
- Cantonese
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Box office
- $53.2M
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