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A Day Without Policemen

A Day Without Policemen

1993 · 98 min · ★ 4.0 · Crime, Thriller, Action

Chan Wai (Simon Yam) is a former inner-city policeman recovering from a traumatic experience involving an AK-47. After the incident, he was assigned to a rural island as police chief of a small village. He passes his uneventful days there drinking beer, smoking hash and daydreaming... but when a group of heavily armed thugs invade his district, he must face his trauma head-on and fight back.

Directed by Johnny Lee Kwing-Kai · Written by Johnny Lee Kwing-Kai

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