![]() ![]() That being sad, there are a good few action moments spread out across the film, though these do feel slightly forced at times. The small moments where the two of them are lightly teasing each other, or when Cher is trying to take care of Lau after he gets hurt, are some of the sweeter moments in the movie. The relationship between Lau and Cher is the focus of the film, and it’s never forced, instead building slowly over the course of the movie, helped in no small part by the clear chemistry that the two leads have. Wild Search is a loose remake of the 1985 Peter Weir film Witness, and puts the focus squarely on the human drama rather than the action. After confronting Hung, Lau and Cher become targets, and he sends deadly killers after them to make sure that his involvement in the illegal activities never comes to light. Hung (Paul Chun) was involved in the gun smuggling, and is also Ka Ka’s father. ![]() ![]() Lau and Cher become close over the course of his investigation, and working together they discover that a rich and powerful businessman named Mr. Detective Lau Chung Pong (Chow Yun-Fat) tries to learn more about her and her family, which leads him to a rural family home in the countryside, where he meets Cher (Cherie Chung), Ka Ka’s aunt. When the police arrive on the scene the deal goes wrong and the seller is killed, leaving her four year old daughter Ka Ka (Cheuk Yan Chan) as the only witness. The story opens with an arms deal being made in a small Hong Kong flat. READ MORE: Werewolves Within – Film Review But once I actually started watching the film I was surprised by how much comedy was in the mix, and how the real story seemed to be a romance between Chow Yun-Fat’s character and the aunt of the girl he was protecting. ![]() The synopsis made it sound like Chow Yun-Fat was going to be putting his life on the line to defend this little girl against killers and criminals, and the trailer featured a lot of violence and bloody moments. On the surface, Wild Search seemed like it was going to be a gritty cop drama. Wild Search is the latest Hong Kong 80’s action flick to get a beautiful new Blu-ray release courtesy of Eureka Entertainment, and it sees Chow Yun-Fat playing a police officer who ends up having to protect a little girl after her mother is killed when a gun smuggling deal goes wrong. ![]()
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