The Adventurers

Andy Lau stars in an undercover war/crime film that brings Holly fun and action onto the Hong Kong cinema screen.

Lau stars as an orphaned Cambodia boy who watches as a man named Ray murder his parents when he was a kid. He is then taken into the custody of his father's good friend and grew up to be a military soldier/fighter jet pilot. Now that he is all grown up, he is seeking his revenge on Ray that takes him from San Francisco to Hong Kong and back to Cambodia. The movie also has another teaming up of Andy Lau with Wu Chien Lin.

Even though the cover of the DVD shows Andy Lau in a fighter jet suit, there is only one plane scenes and it last about five minutes with half of it dedicated to Andy's flashback. The movie feels very Hollywoodish due to the storyline and the action sequences. But overall, viewers would feel like they had watched a summer blockbuster instead of a Hong Kong film. It is something very hard to describe but the feel of the movie is certainly not HK. However, the movie is still a fun watch with deep character development especially with Andy and Wu Chien Lin. Andy Lau's performance is pretty good and this movie is like a stepping stone until he acts in films like "Running Out of Time", "A Fighter's Blue", and "Running on Karma".

Anyone who likes a good action film would find something to enjoy in this movie.

Year: 1995
Director: Ringo Lam

7.1/10