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Jeff is a bouncer in a nightclub in Bangkok. His friend, Sam, has large debts with a loan shark. When Sam’s life is threatened, Jeff has no choice, but to save him by resorting to violence. He is persuaded into joining a gang, who intend to ambush a transport truck filled with smuggled ammunition. Head of this gang is Judge, an intelligent but ruthless man. Jeff is not at all happy with the situation, but there is no going back.

Teqs Review:

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Hard-as-nails, brutal action. Not for those of a delicate disposition...

Jeff (Chow Yun-Fat), with his brother and friend Sam, reluctantly joins forces with Judge’s gang, in order to rob a transport truck carrying stolen weapons. Judge betrays Jeff, kills Jeff’s brother and forces Sam to take up sides against his friend.

Jeff manages to survive despite heavy injuries. He recovers from these wounds and trains his left hand in the use of firearms, since his right hand is missing two fingers after the raid. He has to assume that Sam has joined forces with Judge. He also finds out, that Sam has married his girlfriend. He broods over the idea of a bloody revenge.

Jeff makes his return, but he is not able to take revenge on Sam: he forgives him. Together they plan to take a bloody revenge on Judge, and this is turned into reality. Jeff’s ex-girlfriend who is meanwhile now Sam’s wife, did not know that Jeff was still alive. She finds out that Sam was the one who had shot at Jeff. She leaves Sam and Jeff also. Sam is wounded in a shoot-out, and Jeff is left on his own to embark on settling the score with Judge.

Resume:
Chow Yun-Fat appears as Mr. Ultracool.
"Full Contact" (who knows why this film appears in German as ‘Cover Hard’ ??!) is a very brutal action film. Chow Yun-Fat plays the role of the avenger most convincingly. Despite the brutality I liked this film very much. Chow Yun-Fat is once again at the top of his game and Anthony Wong also gives a convincing performance.

Translation by Mew

DVD
Production: Laser Paradise
Regionalcode: RC 2 (Europe)
Format: PAL
Running time: 88 min
Language: German / Cantonese