The Final Option(1994)
A look at the SDU in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force - how members are selected, how they are trained, their lives, what they think, the relationships between SDU members and their friends and the pressures they face.
Movie: The Final Option
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Stone Wong
Ho Chi Wai
Bond
May Lee
Windy
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A look at the SDU in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force - how members are selected, how they are trained, their lives, what they think, the relationships between SDU members and their friends and the pressures they face.
Release Date
1994-03-16
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7.2
Rating:
3.6 startsTagline
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广州话 / 廣州話Keywords
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