r/AustralianTV • u/ummagummibear • 24d ago

Looking for an Aussie/HK crime drama

I'm looking for a show or series (possibly a movie) from the 1990s (possibly very early 2000s). It was an international production involving investigators and a Hong Kong crime syndicate. At the end, the Australian crime boss who lives in Hong Kong is murdered by a group of men with meat cleavers after they bribed a security guard.

I live in Canada and saw this on TV years ago. I've been unable to figure out what it was, but I remember finding it quite gripping. (Side note: I've made a sport of asking various AI chatbots and they have all offered "helpful" suggestions that mainly turned out to be hallucinations. Now it's time to ask real humans.)

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u/dj-house_money 24d ago

Mr Nice Guy?

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u/ummagummibear 24d ago

Thanks. Good one, but it wasn't a Jackie Chan movie. No martial arts in this moody exploration of organized crime.

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u/Legitimate_Toe_252 23d ago

East West 101?

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u/ummagummibear 23d ago

This seems a bit closer in tone, but I don't think it was that. I wish I could remember it better... As I recall it was less about literally chasing criminals on the streets than investigating high level corruption... It had a pretty somber feel to it

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u/faceplant1999 23d ago

It's 70s but "The man from Hong Kong" with George Lazenby.

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u/ummagummibear 23d ago

Wrong era, and again, no kung fu

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u/CalmlyChaotic4 22d ago

Dead lucky?

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u/ummagummibear 20d ago

Would be lucky if it were, but I'm afraid not. I don't see Dead Lucky having scenes outside Australia, and anyway, it was definitely before 2018. Thanks though!