Full Alert (film)
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Hong Kong film poster for Full Alert
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| Chinese | 高度戒備 |
| Mandarin | Gāodù Jièbèi |
| Cantonese | Gou1dou6 Gaai3bei6 |
| Directed by | Ringo Lam |
| Produced by | Li Kuo-hsing |
| Screenplay by | Lau Wing-kin Ringo Lam |
| Story by | Ringo Lam |
| Starring |
Lau Ching-wan Francis Ng Jack Kao Amanda Lee |
| Music by | Peter Kam |
| Cinematography | Ardy Lam |
| Edited by |
Marco Mak Angie Lam |
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Brilliant Idea Group Ltd.
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Running time
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98 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Budget | HK$13,000,000 |
| Box office | HK$14,691,880 |
Full Alert is a 1997 Hong Kong action film directed and co-written by Ringo Lam. The film's plot is set in 1997 when cops find a corpse and bomb chemicals, Inspector Pao (Lau Ching-wan) arrests suspect Mak Kwan (Francis Ng) hoping that his girlfriend will lead them to his Taiwanese gang, but Mak makes an escape and the girlfriend makes off for Macao. Pao then figures that the gang will go for the $230 million at the Hong Kong Jockey club while Mak plans his escape from prison.
Full Alert was shown at both the Rotterdam Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival in 1997. It was nominated for five awards at the 17th Hong Kong Film Awards.
Mak Kwan (Francis Ng) is an expert in bombs. After killing off his partner, he is arrested by police officer Pao (Lau Ching-wan). His girlfriend, Chung Lai-hung (Amanda Lee) informs the head of the gang that Mak is being held by the police. Since mafia leader fears that Mak will reveal their plans, and promises to rescue Mak with his underling and Chan Wah (Raymond Cho). Knowing the leader's plan, Pao prepares for the battle. Although the mafia leader cannot get to Kwan, they manage to kill Pao's subordinate Yung. Pao and his subordinate Bill are upset over Yung's death and swear to get revenge. Chan Wah is also killed by the gang leader to frame Pao. Meanwhile, Kwan escapes from prison with the assistance of a fellow prisoner. As he grows to understand Kwan's personality, Pao waits for Mak at the Jockey Club. Kwan reacts by tying up Pao's family. When he sneaks into the Jockey Club and takes the money, the head gang leader then wants to kill him so that he can take the whole portion of the money for himself. This leads to Mak killing the leader. Mak takes the money with Lai-hung but is followed by Pao. As they battle each other, Pao shoots Lai-hung. Kwan cannot handle her death and shoots himself.
The action scenes in Full Alert are all real and were shot secretly without a shooting permit in the streets of Hong Kong.
Full Alert was released in Hong Kong on 18 July 1997 and earned a total of HK$14,691,880 in the box office. In 1997, the film was shown at the Rotterdam Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival.
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