
Beast Cops(1998)
Tung is a street cop in Hong Kong who's friends with a Triad named Fai. Fai hires a hit man to murder a business rival; the hit goes wrong and Fai, implicated in the incident, goes on the run.


When Hsiang Ming's wife is murdered, he takes up the hunt for her killer. The killer turns out to not be at all like he imagined, and suddenly he has unsuspected enemies who are after him.

Yuen Biao
Heung Ming

Pat Ha Man-Jik
Chui / Ms Pai

Charlie Chin Chiang-Lin
Superintendent Lui

Idy Chan Yuk-Lin
Inspector Lo Huan

Lee Heung-Kam
Heung Ming's Mum

Lo Lieh
Hsi, Sunglasses Policeman

Yuen Wah
Cowardly Policeman

Phillip Ko Fai
No-hands Policeman
Do Tak-Chi
Hao

Lam Lap-San
Hui
On the Run is a crime, thriller film released in 1988. Directed by Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting, it stars Yuen Biao, Pat Ha Man-Jik, Charlie Chin Chiang-Lin. When Hsiang Ming's wife is murdered, he takes up the hunt for her killer. The killer turns out to not be at all like he imagined, and suddenly he has unsuspected enemies who are after him.
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