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A pleasant police/buddy comedy starring Chow Yun-Fat and Conan Lee. The requisite action scenes are there as well as a few dramatic moments, but this one is still played more for laughs. It reminded me of a Hong Kong "48 Hrs", but brightened considerably by the two leads. A fun way to waste a couple of hours.

Version: Cantonese, with English subtitles (by SBS)

Hong Kong cops can do anything - including jumping off bridges, trucks, cars, shoot anything they want, all while not wearing any pants as they chase a suspect. Of course, being Hong Kong cops, they could just approach a random bystander, flash their badge, and say "I'm requisitioning your pants". If I were Chow Yun Fat, its what I'd do.

'Tiger on the Beat' has all of that and more (except for the requisitioning of pants), including the obligatory English and American bad guys. Chow Yun Fat is buddied up with Conan Lee to take on a drug syndicate, and then the fun begins. The movie begins in an entertaining light-hearted action/comedy sort of way, but as the movie progresses, turns more into an excellent action movie, getting better and better along the way. Chow Yun Fat gets to drink raw eggs, and wet his pants when a gun is pointed at him. Obviously this isn't the Chow Yun Fat you would recognize from some of his work with John Woo.

Chow Yun Fat gets top billing, and doesn't disappoint (the shotgun-on-a-rope, and a fight with an American tai-chi expert are his highlights), but the amazing Conan Lee steals the show. From hard, fast-moving fight scenes and jumping off speeding cars, to an incredible, final chainsaw-fu showdown with Gordon Liu, Conan Lee is the real star of the movie.

Any Chow Yun Fat fans, and fans of Hong Kong action movies in general, should enjoy this movie. It is, simply put, awesome. Be forewarned though, there is one moment that some might find rather tasteless (you'll know it when you see it), but otherwise it really is an incredible action movie - 9/10

This film showcases HK star Chow Yun Fat as a police sargeant, who is paired up with detective Cho, played by Conan Lee. This film gets less like a comedy as it goes along and becomes a series of fairly violent scenes. This film is better on a big screen for full effect, but its still good. The action is fast paced and the kung fu moves, especially by Conan Lee, are fun to watch. Women are extremely secondary in this film, despite the pretty Nina Li. If you like Stallone type action with some HK acrobatics thrown in, you'll like this. Chow Yun Fat, as anyone knows who has watched him in America, is always an asset to a film. Its not great, its a little too much a few times, but if you like action/police buddy films, you'll like it.

Hollywood may only watched Chow-Yuen Fat serious performances in films of John Woo, Ringo Lam and Ang Lee. But in Tiger on Beat (1988), not only feature him used gunplay and swordplay but also comedy (one of his strength when he was still acting in Hong Kong). The movie is funny with lots of kung fu fight scenes and gun-fu, although there are a couple scenes very misogyny and abuse on women.The co-lead Conan Lee's performance is one-note but his crazy stunts and chainsaw fight with Gordon Liu is a must-see to believe. 7/10.

The movie begins as a light-hearted comedy but will not stay for long. There are some excellent fight sequences (especially at the end) and sometimes the movie is very violent. A classic Hong Kong blood opera anyway, a must see for fans of the genre.