Just when you think you have run out of foreign movie productions...next up is a straight-to-video travesty directed by and starring Wayne Crawford. Shot in 1990 and released in 1991 it is the ridiculous story of two inept LA cops who bungle a raid on an illegal chop shop and decide to go to Hong Kong to capture the criminal boss behind it all (played by the ever excellent James Hong) to redeem their tattered reputations. The story is just stupid, even a bit crass in places, and the acting (with few exceptions) is pretty poor.
Actually, it appears that not much was actually shot on location, a few street scenes with the main actors, and most of the proper close up stuff is done in places dressed up to look a bit "Hong Kong-ish". But despite that there are quite a few establishing shots also worth including, so many thanks to Arnaud Lanuque for bringing it to my attention. Someone has kindly uploaded it
to Youtube. The first is the requisite shot of a plane landing at Kai Tak to show where the story has moved to.
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