Don't Give A Damn
CAST

Sammo Hung
Yuen Biao
Takeshi Kaneshiro
Kelvin Wong
Collin Chou
Robert Samuels

ACTION
Hung Ga Ban
WRITER

Chung Wai Hung
Kwok Wai Chung
Szeto Chuek-Hon

PRODUCER
Sammo Hung
DIRECTOR

Sammo Hung

RATING
   Don't Give A Damn
Don't Give A Damn
AKA : Burger Cop
Year : 1995     Reviewer : Andrew Saroch

Sammo Hung stars as a much maligned cop who divides his time between chasing a drugs shipment and sorting out his complicated personal life. Things go from bad to worse for the haggard hero as he is reluctantly teamed with an eager young police inspector (Kaneshiro) and an equally eager customs officer (Yuen Biao) who both have their own ideas on how to solve the case. This mismatched trio are immediately at odds with each other, but realise that they must co-operate with each other if they are to bring the villains to justice. All seems to have been solved when the drugs are recovered; this however is turned on its head when the cache is stolen from the police station under the noses of the police. This then sets the scene for the fight-filled conclusion where Sammo, Yuen and Takeshi locate the drug dealers' den and go there to bring them to justice.

 

 

As with many of his films of the time, Don't Give A Damn is under par for a Sammo production, but still entertaining. It really is a pleasure to see Sammo and Yuen back together in this after what was quite an absence from the screen, but it fails to reach the heights of 'Millionaire's Express' or 'Eastern Condors'. Takeshi Kaneshiro gives a youthful performance that shows he is a good actor, but not a good screen fighter and he does manage to gel with the experienced cast. The film's main weakness is the concentration on uninspiring comedy and over-pretentious, MTV-style camerawork (a staple of Sammo's work at this time) that strips away some of the production's quality. It would have been good if Sammo had remembered how well he had directed some of his 80's films without the need for obvious camera tricks and shallow style over substance. With all of this said, though, Don't Give A Damn provides some good action and a distracting 100 minutes, but don't expect another Sammo masterpiece.

Distributor : Ritek
Region : 0 (NTSC)
Running Time : 95 mins
Video :
Letterboxed at 1.85:1. A fairly soft looking picture that contains quite a few small scratches throughout. The letterbox bars shift position a couple of times during the film but nothing too distracting.
Audio :
Mandarin only DD 2.0 with white burnt on Chinese and English subtitles.
Extras :
None.
Notes :
N/A
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