The Tom Cruise action movie Mission: Impossible was such a global success in the late 1990s that some Hong Kong producers decided to strip the local characteristics out of their action films to make ...

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These three films, all directed by Teddy Chen Tak-sum, are the best examples of this mini-genre. In 1997 Mission: Impossible was the most talked about film on international screens, and Hong Kong ...