Bullet for Hire

APPROPIATE

1991 / 93min.

Rating6.5

Genres

Action

Crime

Synopsis

Two hitmen, both good friends who work for the Triad, get a new partner, a nervous young rookie who starts off badly by blowing an assignment, but soon becomes proficient at his bloody work. When one of them is blackmailed into helping the police, a Triad boss grows suspicious.

Directors

Actors

Simon Yam

Lo Lieh

Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau

Xiong Xinxin

Dick Wei

Lung Tin-Sang

Go Shut-Fung

Elaine Lui Siu-Ling

Lam Chung

Johnny Cheung Wa

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