
Special ID(2013)
A career-long undercover Hong Kong cop is sent to Mainland China when his former protégé becomes the primary suspect in a murder.


Nicky Wu
Ng Chi Lone

Winston Chao

René Liu

Carrie Ng Ka-Lai
Li Ka Lai/Honey

Joe Cheung Tung-Cho

Ivy Leung Si-Man

Ben Ng Ngai-Cheung
Keung
Adam Chan Chung-Tai

Guy Lai Ying-Chau

Kingdom Yuen King-Tan
Thunder Cop is a action, crime, drama film released in 1996. Directed by Clarence Ford, it stars Nicky Wu, Winston Chao, René Liu. Cop action movie clumsily inter-cut with slapstick. Dumb cop befriends triad guy who wants to go straight but is being set up by his unscrupulous drug dealing colleagues.
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