The Mission.
When someone attempts to take out a mob boss named Mr. Lung, his brother Frank (Simon Yam) puts together a team of five bodyguards to protect him. At first the team is bored as nothing happens. After a close call, they pull themselves into a ruthlessly efficient unit.. Slowly, the personalities of t...
| Corporate Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English |
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
All Channel Films,
1999.
Kanopy Streaming, 2016. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video |
| Summary: | When someone attempts to take out a mob boss named Mr. Lung, his brother Frank (Simon Yam) puts together a team of five bodyguards to protect him. At first the team is bored as nothing happens. After a close call, they pull themselves into a ruthlessly efficient unit.. Slowly, the personalities of the individual bodyguards come to light in snapshot scenes. But when the threat to Mr. Lung is resolved, their troubles really begin. One of them is accused of having an affair with Lung's wife, and the others must kill him or be killed themselves. Director Johnnie To is considered the natural successor to action maestro John Woo.. |
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| Item Description: | Title from title frames. Film Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (streaming video file) (84 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Playing Time: | 01:23:59 |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |