Heroes Shed No Tears
英雄無淚
“ They didn't know the road to freedom goes through hell. ”
CINEMA1984-11-30
RegionHK
Runtime88 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“A gritty, blistering jungle mercenary actioner marking Woo’s dark transition toward hard-hitting modern firearms.”
“A gritty, blistering jungle mercenary actioner marking Woo’s dark transition toward hard-hitting modern firearms.”
Storyline
The Thai government hires a group of Chinese mercenaries to capture a powerful drug lord from the Golden Triangle. The mercenaries manage to capture the drug lord, but soon find themselves pursued by his forces, and the forces of a bitter Thai officer. The Chinese mercenaries are vastly outnumbered, and as their numbers begin to dwindle, their desp...
DIRECTOR / DirectorTOPIC
John Woo
KEYWORDS
mexican standoffmercenary
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