The Last Blood (1991)

A Masterpiece!

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

This is a solid Heroic Bloodshed drama with some EXCELLENT scenes of stunt work and gun play. The plot doesn't cover anything memorable, however it has a fast pacing so the run-time will go by fairly quickly. A high religious figure visits Singapore with full knowledge of a planned terrorist attack, although he entrusts the local police to protect him if anything awry should go down (which it most certainly does). The movie follows a group of ragtag men who try to save the religious figure's life after it becomes endangered and on-the-line in a local hospital. A terrorist group wishes to have the figure killed, and many waves of enemies confront our group of ragtag heroes in the midst of assassination attempts. There's a multitude of great action present within the movie, and a couple scenes should surprise you in terms of WOW.. If your a fan of over-the-top action movies then this should be a satisfying watch. - 7/10

A terrorist group, called The Red Army, want the Daka Lama dead, and they'll do anything to kill him. As he enters the airport in Singapore he is shot down. Also in Singapore is a man and his girlfriend. During the gun battle she is also hit. They are alive but need operations to live. The only problem, they both have a rare blood type. And they need the blood to have the operations, without the operations they will die. To make matters worse only a very few people have this rare blood type in the area. The Police and the woman's boyfriend go looking for the people with the rare blood, hoping to save the Daka Lama and the woman. But the terrorists know this as well and are planning on killing the people with the rare blood type as a way to kill the Daka Lama. The Police must get at least one of the people to the hospital to save the lives of the Lama and the woman. But with the terrorists hell bent on killing the Daka Lama it will be almost impossible to reach the hospital in time. Can they save the day and the lives of two innocent people or will the terrorists get what they want?'Jing Tian Shi er Xiao Shi' is such an action packed movie. It was crazy! But I loved every moment of it. I'm glad I watched it alone because I was constantly screaming at the more tight action parts. If you want an action packed movie, this is it! The stunts are awesome and the movie contains a fantastic car chase. It also throws in some comedy. Though some word of caution for non-regular viewers of Hong Kong action movies: it is rather violent. The film holds a few twists, but most of them you can see coming a mile away. Although this isn't a detractor to the film.I had a great time with this film. The action just kept on coming right up to the crazy finale in a hospital.8/10

Like in every HK action franchise you can never know whether movies are actually connected.As I reckon this movie`s only tie to famed `Hard Boiled` is the title given by money-lovin` producers. Anyway,two ideas keep Woo`s movie connected with this feature.First of all,main characters are a detective and the `golden hearted` mobster.Second similarity is that plots and final showdowns of both movies have something to do with hospitals. Each movie contains energetic and rampaging shootouts. While Woo`s original had all main landmarks of his opus (Scorsesian and Melivillian influence),the sequel shows that it was made by eminent HK director Wong Jing.His landmarks are `Looney Tunes` pacing,speeded up action and plotting derived from 1980s Hollywood action fare.The difference is quite obvious. This movie works remarkably well and it doesn`t disgrace the `Hard Boiled` franchise.Of course it works well on its own since Woo`s and Wong Jing`s styles are barely comparable. If you overrule the input of dumb HK comedy `Hard Boiled 2` is highly enjoyable.Wong Jing provides us with enough razzle-dazzle that makes this movie a must not just for HK action afficionados but even for weekend fans of the genre that look for recognizable HK fare.If you like high-calibre gunplay,high bodycounts and Eastern Heroes this feature may scratch your itches. Interesting aspect of the movie is its explicit anti-communist orientation because characters joke a lot with the Red China.

This one is no sequel, since it was shot a year before John Woo's breath-taking "tour de force", it just ends in an hospital ; but believe your Phaithful Phrog, it's one of Hong Kong's best, with all the incredible action and beautiful ideas you expect from them - but one or two notches better. The plot's idea - trying to fond a blood donor against a bunch of terrorists - is simple but well-heeded and gives out some brains as well. This ain't got the brains of a Tsui Hark movies or the guts of John Woo, but comes very, very close.