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Screening: Beast Cops

Famed for its bloody final fight scene,  gritty performances, and the armloads of prizes it won at the Hong Kong Film Awards, Beast Cops is credited with breathing new life into the cops versus triads genre. 

When:
August 6, 2017 1:00pm to 3:00pm
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Made in Hong Kong Film Festival Closing Weekend: Post-1997 Classics

On the final weekend of the festival, three classic films reveal how Hong Kong movies changed after the 1997 handover from Great Britain to China.

This event is held at  the National Museum of American History, Warner Bros. Theater.

Watch the trailer.

Famed for its bloody final fight scene,  gritty performances, and the armloads of prizes it won at the Hong Kong Film Awards, Beast Cops is credited with breathing new life into the cops versus triads genre. Codirected by Gordon Chan and Dante Lam, both of whom would go on to become acclaimed auteurs, the film stars Anthony Wong in a show-stealing performance as a corrupt cop forced to work under a new straitlaced boss. (Dir.: Gordon Chan and Dante Lam, Hong Kong, 1998, 110 min., DCP, Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles)

Part of the series Twenty-Second Annual Made in Hong Kong Film Festival

Cost: 
Free