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The Final Option

The Final Option

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ActionDrama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Runtime

103 mins

Rating

7.2/10

Release Date

16 March 1994

Country

Hong Kong

Cast

Michael Wong

Michael Wong

Stone Wong

Peter Yung Kam-Cheung

Peter Yung Kam-Cheung

Ho Chi Wai

Power Chan Kwok-Pong

Power Chan Kwok-Pong

Bond

Carman Lee Yeuk-Tung

Carman Lee Yeuk-Tung

May Lee

Vindy Chan

Vindy Chan

Windy

Kent Got Ying-Kin

Kent Got Ying-Kin

Ken

Ricky Lam

Ricky Lam

Dante Lam Chiu-Yin

Dante Lam Chiu-Yin

Matthew Tang

Matthew Tang

Daai Ho-Fai

Daai Ho-Fai

Paul Fonoroff

Paul Fonoroff

Security Commissioner

Luk Man-Wai

Luk Man-Wai

Frankie

Michael Lam Wai-Leung

Michael Lam Wai-Leung

Ching

Lau Jim

Lau Jim

Lai Yiu-Cheung

Lai Yiu-Cheung

Traffic Cop

Joseph Cheung Man-Kwong

Joseph Cheung Man-Kwong

Joe

Emotion Cheung Kam-Ching

Emotion Cheung Kam-Ching

Policeman

Goldie Ho

Goldie Ho

Bond's Girlfriend

Ken Lok Tat-Wah

Ken Lok Tat-Wah

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