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      The Head Hunter

      1982 1h 30m Adventure List
      Reviews 20% 50+ Ratings Audience Score A Vietnamese soldier arrives in Hong Kong where he immediately becomes the mob's deadliest assassin. Read More Read Less

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      Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse "The Head Hunter" does not stand against thorough examination contextually, but is fast, entertaining and overall a film that is really easy to watch, even today. Aug 22, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member It wasn't that good. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Uninvolving and a bit confusing, but it's something about a romance between a (North) Vietnam vet/killer-for-hire and a female reporter investigating illegal sales of military-grade toxic gas. Hong Kong action dreck made in the doldrums between the end of the kung fu boom and before the start of the New Wave, it's badly edited and underlit in key action scenes. An early appearance by Chow Yun Fat, and it's for Chow Yun Fat completists only. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member I got Flixster to add this film, nice to be a first, but this is a bad film. Never has a film score bothered me so much. I wanted it because I am a fan of Chow. It definitely shows a bit of his range, but the movie is really bad. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Andy (Yun-Fat) is an ex-South Vietnamese soldier now working as a hitman for an international crime syndicate and arms-dealers who use a movie studio as its legitimate front. He is himself is marked for death after first assassinating Soviet agents in Kwoloon and then later refusing to kill his investigative reporter girlfriend, Vicky (Kwan). "The Long Goodbye" is a low-budget crime drama that suffers from a chaotic plot, glacial pacing, useless subplots, indifferent camera and lighting work, and a cast of actors who mostly seem like they'd rather be anywhere else but on the set of this movie. The film shows a few glimmers of quality and real suspense at the climax, as Andy squares off his one-time boss and a crazed, machete-wielding assassin with Vicky's life at stake. Unfortunately, what's good about the ending is almost ruined by an awful, inconsistent music soundtrack that seems to get worse even as the rest of the film gets better in its closing minutes. I think that anyone except the world's biggest fans of Chow Yun-Fat or Rosamund Kwan can safely take a pass on this movie, although it is interesting to note that the Chinese made "crazy Vietnam Vet" movies, too. The Long Goodbye (aka "The Head Hunter") Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Rosamund Kwan, Philip Chan, Chun Hsiang Ko, and Melvin Wong Director: Shing Hon Lau Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A Vietnamese soldier arrives in Hong Kong where he immediately becomes the mob's deadliest assassin.
      Director
      Lau Shing-Hon
      Production Co
      New Century Film Production Company
      Genre
      Adventure
      Original Language
      Chinese
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 6, 2016
      Runtime
      1h 30m
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