Fatal move

Movie
German title	Fatal move
Original title	Duo shuai
Country of production	Hong Kong
original language	Cantonese , English
Publishing year	2008
length	112 minutes
Age rating	FSK 18
Rod
Director	Dennis Law
script	Dennis Law
production	Dennis Law
music	Tommy Wai
camera	Herman Yau
cut	Chi Wai Yau
occupation
Sammo Hung : Lin Ho Lung Simon Yam : Lin Ho Tung Niu Tien : Madame Soso Danny Lee : Senior Inspector Liu Chi Chung Jacky Wu : Lok Tin Hung Siu-Fai Cheung : Law Ting Fat Suet Lam : Wong Shu Chor / Fat Ball Maggie Siu : Inspector Janet Liu Mei Chun Shiu Hung Hui : Tong Lai Yu Ken Lo : Lau Kwok Wai / Wu Pinky Cheung : Tracy Jacky Heung : Kwok Chi Hang Jay Lau : Josephine

Fatal Move ( Chinese  奪 帥  /  夺 帅 , Pinyin duó shuài ) is a gangster film by director, producer and screenwriter Dennis Law . The production is about a criminal organization of the present, which is losing strength through intrigue and betrayal and finally ushering in its own downfall.

The film received a Category III rating due to the drastic depiction of violence and was released on February 28, 2008 in Hong Kong.

action

The venerable Lin Ho Lung is the head of a powerful triad in Hong Kong, which he leads with his younger brother Tung. Lung's wife, Madame Soso, meanwhile manages the syndicate's assets through a sophisticated system of black funds.

At first everything takes its usual course until one day the police succeed in solving a large drug delivery and partially securing it. The organization responds immediately. The arrested triad members are murdered in police custody. The authorities are appalled by the extent of the violence. As a result, they intensify their efforts to get the brothers blown up soon. But conflicts also arise within the triads. Tung's gambling addiction strains the syndicate's finances, while shady Madame Soso secretly embezzles larger assets.

When Soso kidnapped and later murdered a high-ranking financier in order to cover up her dark machinations in order to compensate for various shortfalls with blackmail , the sensitive power structure in Hong Kong's underworld threatens to collapse. A smoldering gang war can, however, be prevented. Tung finally exposes his sister-in-law as an offended and humiliated intriguer. At the end of the film, she and her followers are struck down by Lung and his men. Lung himself is shot by the police, who have meanwhile arrived, while Tung looks into the gun barrel of a stranger.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cf. Hong Kong Movie Database entry - accessed November 22, 2009

Web links

• Fatal Move in the Internet Movie Database (English)