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david-sarkies Sometimes, when you are fortunate, a very cool Hong Kong action movie will appear on SBS outside of the Cult Movie program (9:00 pm Saturday). Tiger Cage was one of them. What is it that makes a Hong Kong action movie any different from your typical American action movie? The answer from my friend is that in Hong Kong cinema, the movies tend to be more violent than those in America. It is not just violence that Hong Kong cinema pushes the boundaries, it is also sex. In the movie Erotic Ghost Story, there is more flesh than in your average American movie. American movies generally only show one or two bare breasts in selected (non-pornographic) movies, where as Hong Kong cinema will not worry about such restrictions. Even then, with most of the action movies that I have seen, nudity is mostly non-existence.Tiger Cage is about a group of cops in the drug unit of the Hong Kong police department. It opens with the bust of a major crime ring but the leader escapes. He then returns to kill one of the police officers only to be later arrested himself. The dead officer was engaged to marry another officer on the team so she is out for vengeance. What is slowly unravelled though is that a number of the officers on the team are a part of a drug ring. They are not being paid to turn their heads, but rather they are actively involved in dealing with drugs.Tiger Cage is not typical of an action movie as the plot focuses more around the characters rather than the antagonists. In a normal movie there might be an explosive opening and then the team will chase one particular bad guy. The criminals in Tiger Cage play a minor part as it is the team that the police are fighting. The focus of this movie is corruption within the police force than crime outside of it.As with most Hong Kong action movies, Tiger Cage is an explosive action movie. It pulls no punches and protects nobody. Both men and women are subject to the violence in the movie, and they are willing to go places that the Americans do not (such as a guy's head being skewered on a coat hook). Tiger Cage is typical of Hong Kong action and is a good movie to see for those who enjoy that genre.

ebiros2 The cast of this movie runs like who's who of popular actors of the '80s. Donny Yuen, and Simon Yam are about the only ones still active today.There's drug trafficking in Hong Kong, and corrupt cops are in on it. Inspector Fan (Jackie Chung) is an officer working in the drug enforcement division of the Hong Kong police department. He's on the trail of the drug traffickers, and finds out that one of his associates are in on it. He video tapes the scene, and gives the tape to his girlfriend Amy. But he gets framed and gets accused of drug possession. He now must clear his guilt by somehow collecting the evidence.The format is somewhat classic Hong Kong drama of the '80s. D&B studio made the movie. D&B had consistent good quality on almost all of their movies, and this one is no exception. The story is good, and acting is great.It's still a fun movie to watch. As a fan of D&B studio's movies, I wish they made more movies like this today.Recommended for viewing.

peter07 I saw this at the Pucheon Fantastic Film Festival in Korea this year, and well, the only reason I did was because no other film had a ticket remaining. And true to form, I WAS disappointed.The movie did have a sense of suspense in keeping the audience guessing who was the bad guy, but a lot of clichés and ridiculous fight sequences held it back.The female cop showed little emotion and wasn't that likable as were most of the other characters. I did like the action scenes with a young Donnie Yen, though.If you're into formulaic Hong Kong action flicks that are as predictable as they are silly and boring, this film is for you. But definitely not for me.

truck82 i have seen all three of the series and this one is the best the other films don't really have a plot you can follow the only one that has a plot at all is the second one but it lacks the action of the first one and that is my view of this film