Downtown Torpedoes

Downtown Torpedoes

1997 · 90 min · ★ 5.5 · Action, Crime, Thriller

Jackal, Cash and Sam form the core of ATM (Available Tactical Mercenaries), an industrial espionage unit that utilizes high-tech gadgetry to steal technology and fence it on the black market. However, they're blackmailed by the Hong Kong government to snatch some counterfeit plates called SN2 from the British MI5. Naturally stuff goes wrong, our heroes are framed for SN2’s disappearance, and then they must set about clearing their names with whatever hi-tech gadgets they have leftover.

Directed by Teddy Chan Tak-Sam · Written by Calvin Poon Yuen-Leung

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