70%User score 70 percent
In the Line of Duty 4
1989 · Action · Crime
User Score
969 votes
As a cop, he has brains, brawn, and an instinct to kill.
A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.
Recommendations based on this film
Filipe Manuel Neto
July 19, 2023
**Who wants to see a free bloodbath before breakfast today?** Hong Kong has a long history of good action cinema, but this movie didn't seem that good and interesting to me. Many people love it, they say it is wonderful, and I accept that very well, I think that everyone has their own tastes, but the truth is that the film did not work for me. Sounds like an excuse for an action movie. John Woo is a director I don't…
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Dr Nostromo
April 13, 2026
90/100 John Woo's last Hong Kong film before coming to the states, he went balls out on this non-stop action, crime thriller involving 2 cops stuck right in the middle of a major drug war. Highlights include some of the most incredible stunts I've seen, a single shot traveling gun battle that goes on for nearly 5 minutes, electric performances by Chow Yun-Fat and Tony Leung, and, holy crap! What a body count!! Ranked…
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