Hong Kong action star Michael Chan Wai Man has appeared in over a hundred films since the early 1970s. In his extensive filmography, there is one film for which he takes directorial credit (with help from Shaw Brothers director Sun Chung) besides a starring role, & that is Gangland Odyssey from 1990. Filled with stunning fight scenes & complicated character drama, the triad actioner is made more appealing by its star-studded cast that
Includes:: popular leading men Andy Lau & Alex Man, character actors Ng Man Tat & Shing Fui On, actresses Yao Wei & Regina Kent, & charismatic actor Alan Tang in a special supporting part.
When his ex-boss Mr. Browns son is kidnapped, retired cop Fan (Alex Man) returns from America to help, & he manages to rescue the boy with the aid of Browns foster son Jack (Andy Lau). Little do they know, however, that the kidnap is the consequence of Brown stealing a huge sum of money belonged to the Japanese mafia. Fan is reunited with ex-girlfriend Shirley (Yao Wei), & Jack falls for her daughter Cindy (Regina Kent). Meanwhile, the enraged Japanese gangsters send assassin Pui (Michael Chan)
- Shirleys ex-husband
- to Hong Kong to settle the score...