The Big Heat (1988)
“Four men, standing alone, up against a massive murderous conspiracy.”
1988 · 1 h 38 min
Directed by 
Johnnie To
Johnnie ToCast
Cast not recorded here
Plot
A Hong Kong cop, Wong, and his team fight a violent gang, and the cost of their obsession grows, in a hard-edged action thriller.
Sinekatalog’s take
Johnnie To began this film, which was taken over by Andrew Kam and Tsui Hark; it's a violent, rough Hong Kong police film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (1,003 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.