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Roy returns angrily in a taxi to Lung's house and beats up Curtis (who doesn't oppose). The next day Curtis makes amends by killing a criminal who harassed Roy's night club. The five bodyguards are fighting off two additional assassination attempts and trail a surviving hitman to the hideout of the attackers.
Nov 19, 1999 · The Mission: Directed by Johnnie To. With Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Francis Ng, Jackie Chung-yin Lui, Roy Cheung. Triad boss Lung, who has just escaped being killed in an assassination, hires five killers for his protection.
- (6.2K)
- Action
- Johnnie To
- 1999-11-19
Triad boss Lung, who has just escaped being killed in an assassination, hires five killers for his protection. Their grown solidarity is under compulsion when Lung gives a special order....
- 84 min
- 1M
- Mac W
When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.
- Roland Joffé
- PG
- 20
Nov 19, 1999 · Overview. Triad boss Lung, who has just escaped being killed in an assassination attempt hires the killers Curtis, James, Mike, Roy and Shin for his protection. Their grown solidarity is under compulsion when Lung orders Curtis to kill Shin in punishment for his affair with Mrs. Lung. Johnnie To.
Jesuit priest Father Gabriel (Jeremy Irons) enters the Guarani lands in South America with the purpose of converting the natives to Christianity. He soon builds a mission, where he is joined by...
- (28)
- History, Drama
- PG
Nov 9, 2017 · Hailed as the film that introduced Johnnie To to the film world beyond Hong Kong, The Mission is a testament to the power of minimalist filmmaking. It’s also a great jazz-riff of a film: loose, with the sort of staccato bursts of energy and formal exactitude that you’d expect of an exceptional jazz piece.
