1973 · crime · shaw-brothers · police
Police Force
Directed by Chang Cheh, Tsai Yang-Ming1h 47m1973
Liang Kuan is killed during a robbery; his girlfriend Shen Yan and best buddy Huang Gao-tung are seeking for revenge. 5 yrs later Huang is a promoted cop, he fought hundreds of criminals, but the very special guy isn't found yet. Till now....
Our read: Police Force (1973) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded crime · shaw-brothers · police entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured crime / shaw-brothers, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
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