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Righting Wrongs
Righting Wrongs
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1986
1h 36m
7.6(89 votes)
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Comedy
Crime
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Thriller

Overview

Jason Chan, a Hong Kong lawyer, is angry at the way the law protects criminals and decides to take the law into his own hands, dishing out vigilante justice when a key witness and his entire family are murdered. But hotshot cop Cindy Si is soon on Chan's case, and the situation unravels into a fight that only a few will survive.

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Bo Ho Films
Golden Harvest Productions
Orange Sky Golden Harvest

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