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The Killer
Why this pick
Like Steve Wang’s Drive, it pairs breathless heroic action with a warm, odd-couple bond, balancing balletic gunfights, broad humour and sincere emotional stakes.
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MOVIE1997 1h 40m USA
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Hard Boiled
Why this pick
Its extravagant, high-speed action and mismatched partners echo Drive’s exuberant Hong Kong-inflected style, with momentum and camaraderie taking priority over grim realism.
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Showdown in Little Tokyo
Why this pick
A compact, playful buddy-action ride with a stoic fighter and wisecracking partner; its unabashedly heightened violence and comic energy sit close to Drive’s tone.
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The Big Hit
Why this pick
Kirk Wong brings Hong Kong snap to an American crime comedy, combining colourful hitmen, escalating predicaments and deliberately cartoonish action in a similarly light-footed mode.
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Fulltime Killer
Why this pick
For Drive’s mix of kinetic assassins, knowingly heightened cool and playful genre excess, this slick Hong Kong action film delivers rivalry and spectacle without losing momentum.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A prototype cyborg who formerly worked for the Chinese, Toby Wong, forces a down-on-his-luck, extroverted songwriter named Malik Brody to drive him to Los Angeles after their first meeting in a bar. He is on the run from hitmen—a hillbilly assassin/bounty hunter named Vic Madison and his inane henchman called "Hedgehog."
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Mark Dacascos
Toby Wong
Kadeem Hardison
Malik Brody
John Pyper-Ferguson
Vic Madison
Brittany Murphy
Deliverance Bodine
Tracey Walter
Hedgehog
Clive Rosengren
Cantwell
Christopher Michael
Jeb
Cece Tsou
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