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A Balasaur Score of 44 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 14%. Audiences rate it 42 points higher than critics do. Most of the 387 1980s adventure movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Prime.
Synopsis
The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and the terrain unfriendly, it has a large port that both the British government and various trading companies believe will be useful for the import of merchandise to be traded on mainland China, a highly lucrative market.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes14%
Audiences rate it 42 points higher than critics do.
35 audience votes
Key crew
- Daryl DukeDirector
- Stanley MannScreenplay
- John BrileyScreenplay
- Maurice JarreOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bryan BrownDirk Struan
- Kyra SedgwickTess Brock
- Katy BeheanMary Sinclair
- John StantonTyler Brock
- Janine TurnerShevaun Tillman
- Russell WongGordon Chen
- Joan ChenMay-May
- Tim GuineeCulum Struan
- Bill LeadbitterGorth Brock
- Norman RodwayAristotle Quance
- John BennettOrlov
- Derrick BrancheVargas
Stills
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Themes
chinainterracial relationshiphong konghistorical eventbritish colonial