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Golden Job (2018)
Directed by Chin Ka-Lok
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A group of former mercenaries reunite to plan an epic heist: boosting a truck full of medicine held by a foreign intelligence agency to supply a refugee camp in need. But when they find the truck is actually filled with stolen gold, the band of brothers realize they’ve been double-crossed by one of their own - and putting the situation right will be all out war.
Length 100 minutes
Actors
Ekin Cheng | Jordan Chan | Michael Tse | Chin Ka-Lok | Jerry Lamb | Charmaine Sheh | Eric Tsang | Sergej Onopko | Yasuaki Kurata | Alan Ng Wing-Lun | Zhang Yamei | Phil Chang | Jiang Zhong-Wei | Sham Ka-Ki | Billy Chow | Björn Freiberg | Temur Mamisashvili | Paul Philip Clark | Semiquaver Iafeta | Andrew Lau | Fredrik Yderström | Yunxi Wei | David Torok | Narantsogt Tsogtsaikhan | Leandro Mayor Martinez | Rock Ji | Tiger Hsiao | David Johnson Wood | Mathieu Jaquet | Cheung Lap-Fung | Kyle Shapiro | Ryusei Imai | Kansai Eto | Zalán Takács | Gergö Gömöri | Tamas Szaraz | Gábor Karalyos | Zágon Kovács | Tamás Törõcsik | Alex Pychtin | Amanda Korányi | Zhang Li | Song Bang-Ruei | Jhu Wei-Tong | Jhang Guan-Wei | Hong Siang-En | Lu Yen Chen | Chen Gun
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/02/2018 | Movie Screen | Digital | Theater | 7.5 stars |
| (Average) 7.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
So basically this is Young & Dangerous 2018?? Wouldn’t call this a great movie but it sure is damn entertaining. Essentially a heist-gone-bad into young Triads into heroic bloodshed rescue thriller (thx to Scott Hamilton for that description). It’s like they wanted to touch on all the core tropes of HK action. I was laughing throughout when everything played out exactly like I expected. I find it amusing that these “heist” guys are also somehow elite tactical soldiers. When did that happen? They started as young troublemakers fostered by Eric Tsang’s Papa character but at what point did they become so highly trained? It doesn’t matter bc they kick ass.
btw Eric Tsang is the worst thing here (no surprise) and as a pleasant surprise Kurata is the best thing.
I’d be all for a sequel but given the budget of this I don’t think they could do it. This looks expensive. I also love love love the globetrotting here: HK to Budapest to Fukuoka and more. Well Go USA is handling the distribution so I expect this will be on Netflix eventually where I will watch it again.
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