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Beast Cops Details

1998 Certificate 18
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When a gangster is forced to leave town, his turf becomes a war zone for criminals and the law. Two bickering cops (Anthony Wong and Michael Wong) must battle each other as they try to restore peace to the community. The offbeat action movie features lots of violence and an odd sense of screwball humour. BEAST COPS won five .. Read more

Starring Michael Fitzgerald Wong, Anthony Wong, Roy Cheung, Kathy Chau
Director Gordon Chan, Dante Lam
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema

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Beast Cops

When a gangster is forced to leave town, his turf becomes a war zone for criminals and the law. Two bickering cops (Anthony Wong and Michael Wong) must battle each other as they try to restore peace to the community. The offbeat action movie features lots of violence and an odd sense of screwball humour. BEAST COPS won five Hong Kong Film Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor (Anthony Wong), and Best Director (Gordon Chan).

Starring Michael Fitzgerald Wong, Anthony Wong, Roy Cheung, Kathy Chau
Director Gordon Chan, Dante Lam
Studio E1 ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 50 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema
Language DVD: Cantonese, Chinese
Released DVD: 27 Dec 2001
Production year: 1998
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    This violent cop thriller cleaned up at the Hong Kong Film Awards in 1999, bagging five awards including best film, director and screenplay, plus best actor and supporting actor trophies for Anthony Wong and Patrick Tam Yiu-Man, respectively. Wong is the hard-nosed detective, who is prepared to bend all sorts of laws in the constant battle with the Triads; Michael Wong is his more conventional superior, uneasy about his colleague's relationships with the criminal fraternity. It's a familiar enough story but the raw, unflinching direction by Gordon Chan and Dante Lam gives it a gritty ring of truth and the splashes of violence (particularly the finale) are unsettling.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

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    Rated - 2 stars

    Down and Dirty in Hong Kong

    Anthony Wong goes all under cover cop in this above average effort full of jump cuts and wobbly 'flash back' gritty photography. Very similar to the superior 'The Corruptor' with Chow Yun-fat. Tries to hard to be Hollywood, (see above for more of the same) when it should reflect it's own cinematic roots. Those just after a 'Woo-Fest' should look elsewhere. File under-'must try harder!' Or better still, rent 'Purple storm.' by the same director. Much better film all round, with some terrific action/stunts welded to a gripping story line about a dangerous undercover mission.

      • David Stone-Haigh from Salford, Lancs. Not at all Near Hong Kong
      • Posted 29 Nov 2004 10:53

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    Rated - 1 star

    Unleash the weak beast

    I am a huge fan of Anthony Wong but I found that this film lacked the energy and exicitement that Anthony Wong had previously possessed in projects such as Infernal Affairs and Colour of the Truth. The film starts off slow with an extremely tedious dialogue (between Anthony Wong and Michael Fitzgerald Wong). However the charm and humour of Anthony Wong does not fail is any respect.

    Nevertheless the film does pick up momentum towards the end and lives up to its title “Beast cop” for that period only. However the film fails to create that atmosphere of tension and excitement that Hong Kong cinema has created.

      • sam82 from South Glamorgan
      • Posted 22 Oct 2005 20:25

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      When a gangster is forced to leave town, his turf becomes a war zone for criminals and the law. Two bickering cops (Anthony Wong and Michael Wong) must battle each other as they try to restore peace to the community. The offbeat action movie features lots of violence and an odd sense of screwball ...