Streaming Sleepers: In MERCENARIES FROM HONG KONG, Wong Jing’s Fresh 80s Action Classic
Mercenaries From Hong Kong was previously reviewed for the twenty-sixth edition of Fantasia Festival. The film is currently available to stream via Arrow Player. Undoubtedly, one of the most well-received aspects of being an avid Arrow Video collector nowadays means being exposed to rounds of cult classic titles long-adorned by certain niches. Specifically, we’re talking those of the Hong Kong cinema kind and folks especially fond of Arrow’s Shawscope 2K restorations of late, including and not limited to Wong Jing’s third directorial outing in his career with Ti Lung starrer, Mercenaries From Hong Kong. Ti Lung plays Lok Li, a hired killer working in Hong Kong already wanted for murdering the son of a crimeboss. Before he can escape to Thailand until the heat blows over, Lok gets enveloped into even more trouble at the behest of Ho Ying (Candice Yu), a wealthy tycoon’s daughter who claims she is being […]
