''First Option'' is a 1996

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war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about navy, naval, air force, air, or army, land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle s ...

directed by

Gordon Chan Gordon Chan Kar-Seung (; born January 16, 1960) is a Hong Kong filmmaker. Filmography Director *''18 Golden Destroyers'' (1985) *''The Yuppie Fantasia'' (1988) *''Diary of a Small Man'' (1989) *''Brief Encounter in Shinjuku'' (1990) *''Fight B ...

, who also wrote with Chan Hing-ka. The film stars Michael Wong and

Gigi Leung Gigi Leung Wing-kei (; born 25 March 1976) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. Early life She was born at Tsan Yuk Hospital in Sai Ying Pun on 25 March 1976 and was given the name Leung Pik-chi () for superstitious reasons; as a child, Leung suf ...

. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 14 September 1996. It was entered into the

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Synopsis

The film depicts the struggle between the

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and the Royal Hong Kong Police Force 's

Special Duties Unit The Special Duties Unit (SDU; zh, c=特別任務連), nicknamed the "Flying Tigers" ( zh, c=飛虎隊), is the elite tactical unit of the Hong Kong Police Force tasked with countering terrorist attacks, hostage rescue, underwater search and r ...

( Flying Tigers ) and drug trafficking syndicates. When officers from the Customs Narcotics Investigation Bureau raided drug trafficking strongholds, they missed the main criminal, known as the "Asian Ice Queen." Next, the special mission company followed the intelligence and came to the abandoned factory , but was ambushed by landmines and snipers . The special mission company suffered heavy losses. At the same time, it was also investigated that the bullets shot by the personnel turned out to be special firearms owned by the police . hair. Later, it was discovered that Don's friend, Rick, an agent of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), was actually the real leader of the drug gang. He was preparing to transport drugs out to sea. Special Task Company personnel and customs officers went deep into the jungle of an outlying island to work with the SEALs. After fighting, Rick was finally captured.

Cast

* Michael Wong as SDU Commander Chief Inspector Don Wong *

as Customs Probation Inspector Minnie Kwan *

Damian Lau Damian Lau Chung-yan (born 14 October 1949) is a Hong Kong film and television actor, executive producer and film director. Lau has starred in many television drama series of various genres, produced by Hong Kong's TVB and ATV. Biography ...

as RHKP Senior Superintendent Lau (guest star) * Lee Fung as Customs Superintendent Madam Katie Ngan *

Kathy Chow Kathy Chow Hoi-mei (; 6 December 1966 – 11 December 2023), or Kathy Chau Hoi-mei, was a Hong Kong actress and singer who was widely known for her leading roles in Hong Kong TVB series during the late 1980s to 1990s such as The Breaking Point ...

as Sue, Assistant Custom Inspector Minnie * Joseph Cheung as Joe Cheung, Partner Inspector Don Wong * Kim Yip as Forensics tech * Stephen Chan as RHKP Narcotics Bureau, Inspector Lau * Richard Grosse as Rick,agent

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and friend Don however he mastermind drug syndicate.

Home media

On 30 June 2003, DVD was released by

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in the United Kingdom in Region 2.

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* 1996 films 1996 action films 1990s action war films 1990s Hong Kong films 1990s police procedural films 1990s war adventure films 1990s Cantonese-language films Films directed by Gordon Chan Films shot in Hong Kong Hong Kong action war films Hong Kong police films Media Asia films Police detective films Remakes of Hong Kong films {{1990s-action-film-stub

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