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The Big Heat is a Hongkongais film of genre Thriller directed by Tsui Hark with Joey Wong
The Big Heat (1988)
城市特警
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Add to a movie listThe Big Heat (城市特警) is a 1988 Hong Kong action film directed by Johnnie To and Andrew Kam and starring Waise Lee and Joey Wong
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Un flic qui souffre de crise de tétanie à la main droite se décide à venger la mort d'un de ses collègues en s'attaquant à un des principaux gangs de la ville.Actors
Joey Wong
(Ada)
Philip Kwok
(Kam)
Kirk Wong
(Drug Dealer)
Michael Chow
(Scar-Faced Assassin)
Roy Cheung
(Mr. Ho's Bodyguard)
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