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Shoot to Kill (1994) was a Danny Lee film that his film-making co-hort Park Man Wong shot on video for Lee's film company Magnum. Danny Lee stars as the cop who's squad is assigned to take out a crazy gang member who just got out of jail. When he hit the streets, he wages a one man war against any one who gets in his way. He's also interesting in getting some payback! The usual crew of cops (check out The Untold Story and Twist) help Danny Lee and Park Man Wong try to either put the punk back in the slam or take him out like a mad dog.

I saw this movie on video tape without english sub-titles. The "movie" was shot on video. Film-makers used on location sound instead of doing the soundtrack in a studio. The production values were low (even for a Hong Kong film) and the actors looked bored. Danny Lee was very bored and didn't give his usual performance. If you ever wanted to hear his real voice, this is the chance because he rarely uses it.

For die-hard Danny Lee fans. Other need not apply.

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After watching "The Fatalist" (another direct to video release from Magnum films, which is the company founded by Danny Lee), i was curious to watch this one, Danny Lee (playing a police inspector) acts in this film, another familiar face is Eric Kei (the guy who played "Robert" in the CAT III classic The Untold Story).

Just like all these Hong Kong direct to video films, this one is shot on video too. The first problem that i encountered was the lack of subtitles (and as far as i know, only a few Magnum releases had subtitles), but i think i understood (most of) the plot. The audience also takes a look at the police procedures (something very common in Danny Lee's movies).

The film got a CAT III rating because of the violence and gore, the gore effects are nicely done and the action scenes aren't cheap as expected (i have seen much worse), but i still wish for a subtitled version.