Thursday, March 14, 2019

Winner Takes All (1984)

This film stars Alan Tang and Olivia Cheng. Its a crime revenge drama, and the kind of strange genre crossing film HK cinema excelled at.

The plot is fairly basic: a jewellery shop boss loses his daughter in a rather bloody manner (crushed under a Ford Cortina - well i suppose if you have to go that's a fairly cool way to go) during a robbery and then seeks revenge on the three men who did it.

He enlists the help of a tough guy who is also after those three for killing his bro, well that is a useful coincidence.The two allies chase the three hoodlums, trying to keep one step ahead of the police. The female cop has a rather large bust which you may notice and the film certainly does. Our hero also has a rather fine girlfriend in Olivia who doesn't really affect the plot that much but does look lovely.

The shop owner ends up being a bit of a double crosser and a strange but interesting three way fight takes place in a shopping mall. A nonsense plot really like so many films of the period but 80s HK was cool and is always worth watching. Some good fighting and bad acting and hot chicks. Typical early 80s HK fare then!