Crocodile Hunter
Crocodile Hunter (專釣大鱷) is a 1989 Hong Kong action comedy film written and directed by Wong Jing, and starring Andy Lau as an ace police officer who teams up with his less than competent subordinate (Alex Man) to capture a group of wanted thieves with bounties on their heads.
Plot
While on duty saving hostages in a movie theater, Special Duties Unit officer Happy Chiu is shot in the head by a criminal disguised as a hostage and is hospitalized for nine months. Despite having a bullet lodged in his head, Happy refuses to retire so he applies to transfer as a senior inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to earn cash to pay for his mother's kidney transplant operation.
More details
| author | Wong Jing |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Hong Kong |
| director | Wong Jing |
| editor | Robert Choi |
| genre | action comedy |
| keywords | along the river during the qingming festival being stalked belong build capture criminal investigation criminal investigation department estranged wife force hack kidney transplant kill kowloon peak locked in movie theater paint parking lot rich guests river safe house special duties unit stalk tie up under investigation |
| musicBy | Lowell Lo |
| producer | Wong Jing |
| productionCompany | Win's Movie Production |
| publisher | Win's Entertainment |
| theme | action comedy buddy cop martial arts |