
Return to a Better Tomorrow(1994)
An adventure that delves into the dark caverns of the underworld and tells the tale of three chivalrous gangsters who attempt to escape the powerful clutch of their gang leader.


Phillip Ko Fai
Mei-Bo Chiu

John Cheung Ng-Long

Sherman Chou Shao-Tung

Wong San
Tommy Chung Siu-Tong
Johnny Cheung Wa
Hired Guns is a action, adventure, crime, thriller film released in 1981. Directed by Chung Gwok-Yan, it stars Phillip Ko Fai, Mei-Bo Chiu, John Cheung Ng-Long. A gung-ho detective leads a team of renegade cops to fight triad criminals. His persistence proves deadly when the gangsters set out to kill his family.
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