On the Run (1988) - full transcript

When his wife, also working for the the police, but in a different department, is being brutally murdered, a police officer begins to investigate the case on his own. Soon he has the hitwoman, who did it arrested, but must find out that things are not as easy as he thought. He has knocked at the wrong door and it turns out that the woman he has hold of may be his only ally.

I'm Mr Hsi. Any message from 3833?

That lady has left

Thank you

Mr Lu, she has left

I didn't bring my daughter., she's sick

Is she under your mammy's care again?

Have you been busy lately?

No, my department is folding up while

Yours is busy catching dope pushers

Cheer up. Say something

Well, I do want to talk to you
Say it



Are you emigrating with
your mammy to Canada?

I haven't made up my mind yet

Once you have decided, please...

Go on

Sponsor me as your spouse

You know, a small cop has no future here

You mean to hold our divorce proceedings?

Would you give up your police
job to be a waiter?

That man there's funny. He
never finishes his soup

And he hasn't touched those dishes

I'm not the idle-talk type

Your group gas cracked some dope cases

Take care

Have you got any news?



Nothing

Come to see your daughter when you've time

I will

Don't you feel I've matured much?

I must leave

Miss, you've dropped your spoon

Thank you

What are you doing?

Mr. Hsi, a murder, Hill Wood Road
Please inform Mr Lu

OK, we'll come right away

Mr Lu, it's done
Let's start

Why are you so late?

Something happened to Lo Huan
What?

Something happened to Lo Huan

Say that again

Lo Huan's killed

Senior Lady lnspector
Anti-Narcotics Kin HQS

was shot & killed by mysterious killer

What's the killer's motive?

Senior Supt. Lu of Homicide
will recount the circumstances

Don't look, this is only a duplicate

Why did you secretly push dope with Snake?

Where is Snake?
I repatriated him to Thailand

Why?

This will be better for you

Call our Anti-Narcotics
Section tomorrow morning

Let's get back that stuff
& forget everything

Do you agree or not?

Why are you doing that?

All I want is a better life for us both

Why did she die so horribly?

What are you doing? Don't go in
ClD

Don't be sad

The saddest thing is to see you together

After identification, take a statement

Right in the restaurant where
lnsp. Lo was murdered

our reporter is still covering the news

According to police who didn't
want to be identified

she did brilliantly
at Anti-Narcotics Section

having seized large quantities of drugs

A professional killer hired by
drug pushers could've done it

Tallie called saying Miss Pai is missing
We can't find her till later

I've never seen a sharper marksman

Why such a mess?

I don't know

You were with her every night

You mean officially or privately?

Officially means our Section
privately means me and her

She was recently investigating
a group of dope pushers

Maybe she was bought

Don't be sad. Go back and take a rest

Don't be sad yourself

Don't play a hero to probe this

I'll investigate it at my leisure

Go and sign the Death Certificate first

Sorry, I'm late

How come? We were waiting for you to embark

Since the target is an inspector
The price has to be different

Where's your assistant?

She went shopping. She'll return
of the count is right

Well, let me go back to report first
Wait here. Don't ever go away

I'll fix it, don't worry

Mr Lu, we didn't pick up Tallie's assistant

Why?

He said the price for a
policeman is different

Would things be better
if Tallie didn't talk?

Wonder what he has told his assistant?

Have them collect the money. Pay their price

Tallie?
Speaking

I've talked with my superior. No problem

I'm having someone send
you the amount you want

Well, have you find your assistant?

She will appear when the money's paid

Please disappear right
after you get the money

We will

Good. Wait at the phone
booth. Money's coming

Not my fault

Not my fault

Sir! Sleep if you're tired.
Take your mind off it

Take care of him

Lo Huan has left you

You should've known, she'd...

What's the press comment on this case?

The paper's on your desk. Head it

Well, I'll fix it myself
Come to us if you need any help

Tallie, how come?

We've already brought the money

Now tell us, where's your assistant?
We'll escort her home safely

I really don't know

She'd be in danger loitering alone

I don't know

Hush!

Tallie, you're had a narrow escape

Tell us, where's she?

Don't you know?
I don't

Mitsukoshi, Causeway Bay...

Do you recognize me?

Ah Chui

Ah Chui? Who's Ah Chui

What did you say?

Causeway Bay...
Hear that?

The entrance to Daimaru
Someone wants to kill her

Save her...

Did you kill my wife? Speak up

Answer me?

Now I can't emigrate

Don't you know that?

Are you that killer? Answer me

From Thailand?

Where are you taking me to?

To hell

That woman was your wife?

You've confessed at last

Who's it?
Superintendent Lu

Speaking
I'm Hsiang Ming

Hsiang Ming

Sir, I've got Lo Huan's killer, a woman

Where are you now?

I'm now at the back stairs of Pai Li Bldg

Stay there. I'll send get
you picked up at once

Who is behind this?

Are you going to talk or not?

kill me

Hsiang Ming

I'm here

Is it the Homicide Section?

What are you doing?

Mr Lu, I'm Hsiang Ming

Where are you? I'll pick you up

Hsiang Ming, where are you?

Hsiang Ming, why don't you speak?
Hsiang Ming

I don't understand

What?

Hsiang Ming
I don't understand

What? Speak up

Mammy, anything happened?

Listen, get some valuables & take Lin away

Don't ask me why. I'll tell you later

Get the things right now
Turn off lights. Don't answer the door

Wait for me at the back stairs

No

Let's go

Ming

Ming

Ming, what happened?

Who's she?

Mammy, let's get in first

No, I heard someone ring our bell

The 5th floor's vacant. Let's go up

Come on, let's go up

Ming, what are you doing?

Miss, why don't you take him to hospital

Miss, who are you?
What happened to him?

Daughter and son-in-law went the same way

My granddaughter is helpless

Go out now. I can manage here

Don't

Move, or I'll shoot you dead

Sister, isn't my mammy beautiful?

Yes

Mammy's dead. I must take revenge

Do

Re
Re ' Me

Me

Do ' Re ' Me

Chui, if we lose contact
you return to hotel

If there's no message at the hotel
Find Uncle Kuei in Taikoktsui Pier in 3 days

He'll take you away then

Mammy

Where's that woman?

I don't know

Pack up and take Lin to Canton

Let me make call first

Mr Wu, I'm Hsiang Ming

I caught that killer. I told Mr Lu

But someone came to kill me instead

I don't know what happened

Are you alright? Want to notify Homicide?

No, I don't trust them anymore

Send someone to contact me

Right away. With me here, don't worry

We don't get bullied easily
Just wait there

Hui, go to Hsiang Ming's to pick him up
Yes ' sir

Hsiang Ming?
I don't know

I'm in charge of this case

He's my assistant

You were my assistant before

What's so special with your
folding department?

Espionage & political is no problem here

You sissy men have no right to speak

Where's Hsiang Ming?

I don't know

You sissy men are making a mess

I'm still probing that Richard suicide case

Were you his girl friend?

No?

Shall I show your superior the photos?

Speak up! Where's Hsiang Ming?

Answer me

Ming, I'm leaving without
fixing Huan's funeral

She may not rest in peace

Mammy, go there for a few days

Someone will pick me up

Who are you looking for?
Mr Wu has asked us to come

Who are you? What are you doing?

Get away
Mammy, go away

Go away

Mammy

Mammy

Daddy

Lin

Let me

What's it?
He fired

Cling to me

Daddy, come back quick to pick me up

Hsiang Ming, are you all right?

Hsiang Ming
It's us

Homicide wants to kill me. Help me

Hsiang Ming
Hsiang Ming

Over there

I'm from ClD

I'm form ClD too

Show me your badge
Show me yours

Faster
Show me yours first

Come on, I'm serious

I'm serious too

Are you out of your mind?

After them

I'm from ClD, Political Department

I'll report you set the killer free

Your daddy's finished for sure

Daddy

Drop it, or I'll kill that kid girl

Lin, remember that song I taught you?
Do ' Re ' Me

Stay there! Halt!

Run and I'll shoot

A friend, don't shoot

Don't shoot

Don't try anything foolish

Take me to the police station

No monkey business

Don't!

Let's go

After them

Take Lin up. I'll wait here

Don't wait for me.
You don't owe me anything

I can't even protect myself.
Get out of HK now

I still have to wait for my uncle

He was killed by Lu. Run now

I promised to give Lin a doll

Lin, go and thank her

Thank you, sister

I must leave

Hsiang Ming, what happened?
Close the door first

Please take care of Lin for me
What happened?

Sister, I want her to stay here a few days
She can't

I...
I know the police have been after you

Hsiang Ming, what happened?
You're still bleeding

It's about Lo Huan. I'm in a fix

Brother, please take care of Lin for me

Hsiang Ming, spare some thought for us
The police seeing her here will find out

What are we going to do then?

We're of different mothers. They won't know

We'll be in a fix if the police find it out

Brother, I'm not a criminal

That's no concern of mine. Anyway...
I'm Hsiang Ming's brother, I must help him

But you're of different mothers

Shut up! Back to your room

Go in

Leave Lin to my custody

Thank you

Where are you going? Any danger?

Now TV & the press have carried your photo

Only a misunderstanding
I'll settle it myself

Lin, take his advice. I'll be back soon

Don't you need any money?

Daddy
I want nothing but my life

Daddy
Brother, never mind me. Take care of Lin

Daddy

Don't worry, I'll return soon

What's going on?

This car...

I stole it. Get in first

Someone there is ready to take it

but the party is not the nice sort

The Hsiang Ming case should be
settled the sooner the better

If we can't deliver, we may get killed

Where are we going?

Which is the safest place?

The Golden Triangle

Hong Kong's much brighter now

You have a fever. Go and
see a doctor tomorrow

Hsiang Ming's now listed
as first degree killer

Homicide men may shoot him at sight

Those who failed in taking him needn't worry

I'm now in charge

As of now, all leaves will be cancelled

Stand by round-the-clock
Report to your captain

Dismissed

What's your trouble?

My friend
Friend?

My friend's ill. Please help him

I don't make home calls

Please. He's seriously ill

Take him to a hospital
then. Call an ambulance

Doctor, I beg you, help him

I can't leave those patients unattended...

Get your things and follow me

Doctor

My mammy's having a baby. I must go

His old wound's getting inflamed

The new wound barely misses the aorta

Miss, are you his wife?

No

You're Robin Hood, but I'm poor

My family was rich

but they went bankrupt last night

Is he all right?
Should be fatal

I mean, should be all right

Should be all right

Why are you still here?

I still have a lot of shopping to do

What shopping?

Earrings, lipsticks, shoes
my sister's favorites

She wants to but 20 pairs when she's rich

Did you kill my wife for that?

Yes, life's cheap & earrings are dear

Did Mr Lu tell you to kill her?

I'm not sure

My uncle told me only when I got there

You're cold-blooded. Why save me?

Because you saved me once
And I like Lin

And I couldn't wait for my uncle

He was killed, and you know it

That one after you killed hum?

Get out if you want to stay alive

How?

Don't you want water?

I want to make a call

Yes, thank you
Hsiang Ming

Hsiang Ming

Hsiang Ming

A friend

The ringleader's a Homicide boss

I'll give up if needs be

Give up? He'll investigate it too

And he'd claim you killed yourself
to evade conviction

Would she testify against Mr Lu?

She knows nothing

Theoretically she's guilty

She saved me once

Theoretically she's not
linked if she goes away

Where's Mr Lu keeping the data?

Anything to prove he's linked?

Yes, I have an idea

What would you do?

Drug Squad Ling's wife writes to say

Ling fooled around on the
mainland and in Taiwan

And he picked up a foreign girl in HK

She wants us to check if the girls are spies

Let's go & investigate then

Aren't we doing him an injustice?
Right

You and Julia Nixon went
to Hotel A on Feb. 12

to Hotel B on Feb. 15

and to Hotel C on Feb. 17

You have been with her every third day since
Buy you didn't pay the expenses

You need medical advice for
your strong sexual desire

Does this concern the Political Dep't?

Isn't it the affair of the
Medical & Health Dep't?

It's not our concern if Julia is a spy?

She's not a spy., she 's a nympho

She enjoys doing that

Can't a spy play a numpho?

She comes from a rich family

A spy could pose as a rich girl too

A spy of what country?

She's a Soviet spy

She wants to get info from you
on drugs from the mainland

& to expose it to the world

She never asked me about drugs

A spy wouldn't do things that way, idiot

I'm no 007., I can't tell if she's a spy

HK will soon be China's
& you bedding a Soviet

What do you expect me to do then?

Answer my questions honestly

We'll rewrite the report, so we'd be even

No
Keep it in the record then

Don't act on impulse

Keep cool, Once on record, you're finished

Well, come on with your questions

That policewoman died a martyr

Why haven't you got any clue?

We raided Sai Kung on a tip-off

but Homicide was there making an arrest

They had it done. So we couldn't go on

What about your informer?

We got that bastard Snake Ming

He said someone wanted to dump that stuff

We beat him into telling us everything

but Madam wouldn't trust us
She wanted to question him herself

Then Snake disappeared

Here's a complaint from your wife.
Read it

That fat bitch?

I got them from the car.
See if they're okay

Can I try them?

Your shoes?

They don't fit

What?

Let me do it if you can't

I've got everything sorted out

They're observing the 1st 7day.,
will be late

I'll count on you

Don't worry, I'm going

Give me your cigarette

I don't smoke

Damn, I can't find it

Impossible, I must've got it

Where could it be?

How's it going up there?

I'm searching the study.
Nothing here

What about your side down there?

Nothing either

Johnny, search some other places

Okay, I'm now in the living room

Lots of heroin

What?

Lu is coming up

Johnny
Lu's coming up

Can't you stop coughing?

Fatty Wai
Who's speaking?

Fatty Wai can't go tonight.
He must work

Who's talking?

Cut it off right away

Lu's coming, Johnny

The back door dog doesn't bark

The political Dep't complained
we went too far

on the Hsiang Ming case

I've heard about it

We've moved too slowly then

Let him get to the Triangle.
We'll fix him there

Once he's gone, who's going to accuse us?

Let's sell it to local pushers
while it's in short supply

No, we must answer to our USA friends

Have you had your palm read lately?

What do you mean?

Speak up

Where are they? Answer me

Johnny
Run quick

I really don't know what's on your mind

Nor do l

What are you going to do in Golden Triangle?

Did I say I'm going back?

Talk business and sell opium

Eat ice-cream & buy earrings in Bangkok

And I want a girl

I like your daughter

Hsiang Ming

Get out of here right now

Johnny was flung out of the window
when he came to the Lu's to get evidence

What?

He told him of this address before his death

He didn't mean to. Understand?

Get out of Hong Kong right away

All the police in HK have got a tip-off

They'll shoot you on sight

Escape

Don't use my car. Go through the path

What about you?

Don't worry. They've no evidence against me

And I know how to defend my self

Run, run quick

Where are you going?

No idea

Come with me to the Village

Golden Triangle?

Make up your mind now

Get going

I don't know

Run, run quick

Take care

Mr Lu, I really don't know where he is

He did call me and want to stay at my home

but I turned him down because he's wanted

We're friends, but not close friends

I really don't know what he does outside

Believe me, Mr Lu

Mr Lu, I really don't know where he is

He did call me, but I turned him down

Where are they now?

You know, he's wanted criminal

If I see him, I'll capture him for sure

What do you know about us?

I really would

We're friends, but not close friends

I really don't know what he does

I...
Speak up

I...
Go on

I really don't know what he does outside

Mr Lu, I don't know what he does

Believe me, Mr Lu

I really don't know what he does outside

Mr Lu, I really don't...

Your funereal object is rather expensive

Sister, where's brother?
He's not here

Have any police been here?
No

I want to take Lin away. Where's she?

She's here

Wait. Let me help her pack

Lin

Daddy, I'm here

Lin

Lin

Sister
Good girl

They've just arrived

Come quick and try to put them off?

Don't

Who are you talking to?
No

Forget it. Let's go

Wait for me here

Who Uncle Kuei, please?

I'm here

I'm Tallie's niece. I want a boat

I still have a friend outside

Come in

up above

Huang

How's it going, Uncle Kuei?

The two are going to Ta Nan Shan

Put them up for one night

This way, please
Come in

This once
Thank you

I'll have someone pick you up before dawn

Who are those men outside?

Most of them are criminals

The proprietor?

We have our rules. This is my business

Go to bed

We'll sail for Waglan, then to Thailand

All roads lead to our Village in Thailand

Nothing matters as long as we survive

You're all smiles now

The thought of home delights me

Never thought I'd emigrate to Golden there

You can study Chinese there

Let me hold her

Sister, get up and play with me

Get up and play with me

Lin, I'm going out. Don't go away

Lin's missing

Watch out
Go through the back door

Let those novices be cannon fodder

Let's go

Go out. What are you doing?

Stay where you are!

Brother, don't shoot

Keep away
Don't shoot

Keep away

Drop your gun
or I'll shoot

Come on, drop it

After him

Let's go
Drop your gun

Don't shoot

Are you all right?
Yes

We'd better go into hiding

Where's Lin?
She's asleep

Lin's wet all over. Got any cloth?

Have you got any money?

Not too much

Give it to me

I only kill for money

With it, I'll kill for you

Let's go and get Lu Chin
before he comes to us

I'll go to get a bag

Don't get the condom by mistake

My hands are gone, gone
What's wrong? Come and sit down

What's wrong? Come and sit down

Don't move

Great shot. Right between my eyes

Shoot

Don't brother
Don't! She's a good shot

You'll never repay me the lives

My hands

Which of you helped kill my brother?

I didn't

I didn't

A good shot

Don't shoot

Take all my guns

Brother, give them the guns

Don't shoot. It has no bullets

Where's your gun? Show me

Take it

Mr Lu, where's your gun? Show them

It has no bullets

Mr Lu, any more guns? No

Don't shoot

It hurts

Quiet, or I'll blow your throat up

Don't shoot
Quiet

Stop that
Quiet

Stop that

Mr Lu, give them their share

Mr Lu, give Hao's share to them too

No, that's unreasonable

It's two against four

Split the money into 6 parts

I want no money

Life would be cheap if you've
no money & no hands

Take back your share

Lu, what do you say?

We've been in this section for years

When others make money
we worked at the morgue

Frankly, I don't mind, I'm a salaried worker

We can't accept bribes

Now there's the 1997 question again

No such a question when everyone
was making money

Now, I'm promoted and the question arises

Everybody's emigrating.
What about me?

You killed my wife for this?

She threatened my plan,
I had no choice

I was sadder when she died

Because she loved me, not you.
Understand?

Isn't it sad to see one's lover die?

Hsi, tell me

Have I shed tears? Have l?

Yes
Have l, Hsi?

Yes

Who sees your daughter oftener, you or me?

I also have a son waiting for me in USA

Now you can't get away

Split the money
Money counts for much

I mean it

You'd do anything for money

Split it. Take my advice and split it

OK, to show my sincerity
I'll maim my left hand

Come on, shoot my hand

Shoot at my hand

Don't

Come on

A cripple's better than a dead man. Come on

Come on, don't cry

Come on

Shoot him

Don't shot
Kill me

I carry 2 guns daily. You
wouldn't dream of it

Kill me

I've always been really to die

Kill me of you got the nerve

Now you know how it feels to get hit!

The more bleeding, the colder you feel

Your teeth'll clatter., your limbs numb

You'll be thirsty as death nears

but you can drink nothing but your blood

If you escape death, you'd
be able to really smile

My blood, my blood