The Big Heat

1988 · 98 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 799 VOTES · DIR. Johnnie To Kei-Fung, Andrew Kam

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Overview

A cop is losing the control of his right hand and cannot pull the trigger on time anymore. Before any accident happens, he decides to resign. Meanwhile his friend and informer is brutally murdered in Malaysia. Before leaving the force, he decides to find the killers with the help of his buddy, a young cop and an inspector from Kuala Lumpur.

Dialogue Timeline — 832 lines

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00:01:35 Attention all units... HQ calling Central Patrol.
00:03:29 What a mess!
00:11:37 Let me take you home.
00:14:11 Crime Unit, Chief Inspector Waipong Wong.
00:16:45 As for Tse's murder
00:20:00 Sign here please.
00:23:43 Don't scare them.
00:28:03 You got my photos to coerce me into co-operation.
00:30:25 Wait for me.
00:32:00 No!
00:34:30 No show.
00:37:22 Get an ambuiance.
00:38:53 Don't throw a lawyer at me. You killed my friend.
00:40:33 and he had to be killed.
00:45:00 What is it?
00:52:20 We've got Ho's statement.
00:56:21 We'll nail them, over!
00:59:32 Don't let news of this get out.
01:02:17 You dropped something. Take it home & look it over.
01:07:15 There's a building site there.
01:11:25 My mother is afraid I'll get killed.
01:13:46 Leave me alone, don't follow me.
01:18:39 Trying to scare somebody?
01:24:03 Cari mati!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed832
Dialogue density8.5 lines / min
First line00:01:35
Final line01:24:03

Production Record

DirectorJohnnie To Kei-Fung, Andrew Kam
LanguageChinese
IMDb votes799