1985 · action · crime · martial-arts
The Protector (1985)
Directed by James Glickenhaus1h 34m1985
Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura's father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate.
Our read: The Protector (1985) (1985) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded action · crime · martial-arts entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, extreme action / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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