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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.

(1990) 12 Hours of Terror/ The Last Blood (In Chinese with English subtitles) ACTION

The first time I saw this, it was on Laserdisc and that I was so hung up on Hong Kong action movies as they did not use cheap parlor tricks and the action was quick and fearless. I saw this as The Last Blood with zero subtitles, and after Hard-boiled was popular on home video in North America, producers decide to rename it by calling it Hard-boiled Part II even though it was released year earlier, and that it was most likely John Woo who may have been inspired by "The Last Blood" to make Hard- boiled. Anyways there is a impressive shoot out toward the end as well at the hospital. I only watched it solely for the action sequences and nothing else, made during the time when neither Hollywood or before the China takeover of Hong Kong. Anyways because "The Last Blood" is available on line streaming, I am able to understand it better. Written and directed by Wong Jing, the king of Hong Kong's Roger Corman movies that showcases comedy, action, violence or sleaze. It has Lui Tai (Alan Tam) and his partner, Stone (Ka-Yan Leung) infiltrating a possible terrorist with the main baddie, Saporo (Jackson Lou) managing to escape. Saporo main target is the Dehla Lama. A close happens on his life that ended up with the Lama going to the hospital where he has a rare blood type. It turns out Fatty (Eric Tsang) has that rare blood type except that he refuses to cooperate- hence the title "The Last Blood". With gang leader on board, Brother Bee (Andy Lau) on board with the mystery here is that whenever they go somewhere the bad guys appear to be one step on top of it. The point is the action to which all I did to rewatch this movie was use the fast forward to see some of the action since the comedy falls flat with some of the biggest highlights are the explosions that looked very dangerous.

And anyone who is a fan of John Woo's Hard-boiled released a year after "The Last Blood" should be able to tell he was heavily influenced by watching this movie particularly the motorcycle chase sequences; the final shoot out at the hospital, among other action movies Woo has seen.

Has none of the look, style or panache of Hard Boiled, so don't be rushing to the video store counter with glee if you loved the first one. However, if you appreciate the sort of crazy, unbelievable choreography that John Woo made his name with - this is pretty close. It just won't have the quality of plot, characterisation or even, damn me for saying it, script. Funny subtitles, too.

Crazy, and ludicrous Hong-Kong action with a cruel streak. You know, the kind where a lot of innocent bystanders, and I mean alot. Are held hostage or catch a bullet, or two. Wong Jing's "THE LAST BLOOD" is one relentless onslaught after another, which does contribute to a few outstanding set-pieces consisting of wild and imaginative stunt-work (like the airport shootout, bathroom beatdown, tiny cable car combat and gun toting motorbike cyclists road chase)... although i do find the back-half of the film to lose that on-the-clock momentum and set-pieces.

Anyway there's a bit of melodrama on the side, plenty of goofball humour (especially when Eric Tsang's 'fat boy' gets in on the act), a foreseeable game-changing twist and recklessly over-the-top violence. It sure doesnt hold back, and tonally it's all over the place. Chaos and disruption is the name of the game, and this film delivers the promise when it becomes a race against the clock to track down three people with a rare blood type to save a famous reglious leader after an assassination attmept by terrorists. Andy Lau and Alan Tam start off as a duo, looking and wanting the same thing (blood donar), although for different purposes and this leads them to Tsang. Also featuring Leung Kar-Yan and Natalis Chan.

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