1992 · action · crime · thriller
Full Contact
Directed by Ringo Lam Ling-Tung1h 38m1992
In an effort to get his buddy out of a gambling debt, Jeff agrees to join forces with Judge in a weapons heist. The job goes bad and Judge betrays Jeff. Jeff plots the ultimate revenge on Judge and his followers and it is a question of whether he can follow through with his plan.
Our read: Full Contact (1992) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive action · crime · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme action / crime, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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