"They destroyed his life... Now he'll destroy them all."

2009

1h 59m

6.6(331 votes)

Drama

Action

Thriller

Crime

Overview

A simple Chinese immigrant wages a perilous war against one of the most powerful criminal organizations on the planet.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Jackie Chan

Steelhead

Naoto Takenaka

Inspector Kitano

Daniel Wu

Jie

Fan Bingbing

Lily

Xu Jinglei

Xiu Xiu / Yuko Eguchi

Masaya Katō

Toshinari Eguchi

Toru Minegishi

Koichi Muranishi

Jack Kao

Gao Jie

Yasuaki Kurata

Taro Watagawa

Chin Ka-Lok

Hong Kong Boy

Creative team

Directed by: Derek Yee Tung-Sing
Written by: Chun Tin-Nam
Derek Yee Tung-Sing
Produced by: Willie Chan Chi-Keung
Solon So Chi-Hung

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