Another one of Wong Jing's many basic fast-paced actioners. Of course, there won't be a hell of a lot to it but it certainly gets the job done. At present, quite a few of his movies have been disappointments for fans/critics. With a repetitive habit of plotting movies around successful films and manipulating them as spin-offs, he won't be too popular for this in particular. Hopefully, he will start to improve again before retiring from the industry. In the meantime, if you're not in favour of his recent efforts, you're probably better off watching some of his work from the 80s/90s' such as this one.

Wong regardless, always blends in a form of amusement whilst delivering a simple but often prominent and intriguing storyline to accompany  - another reason as to why I've grown fond of his stuff. A wealth of high entertainment for the majority of viewers to enjoy is also included to make up for anything else that's underdeveloped, partially why some of his projects have failed to churn out any success. Despite this and some of the infamous real life stories about him, it's quite a rare inspiration for HK Cinema to have such a talented and legendary player in the industry, to which we probably won't see a lot of in future.

Onto 'The Last Blood' - whilst it was frequently hailed as the sequel to the classic 'Hard Boiled' (especially in the UK), the latter was made the year before and 'Boiled' would become one of John Woo's most successful and critically acclaimed films in his career amongst 'The Killer' and 'A Better Tomorrow'. As ever, Wong surfs through the years of his celebrated career and rarely (if ever) has enforced a halt to it, especially to direct this entertaining flick.

'The Last Blood' definitely deserves the right to stand on it's own. More attractively, it also broadcasts Alan Tam's somewhat-hidden and rare role of a prominent action star than what he's most know for, a Hong Kong Canto-pop singer! It's less known that he initially filled in for Jackie in the 1987 film 'Armour of God' in result of the latter's major injury on set, should he have taken a real turn for the worse...

During the Gulf War, many terrorists are planning worldwide attacks on political figures and leaders to abolish peace for all. One gang of terrorists in particular: the Japanese 'Red Army' are determined on planning the assassination of Daka Lama (Lo Sho Kai). The latter, despite repetitive warnings over the major threat of his life, insists his trip to 'Singapore' during the 'Nation Day' to broadcast his words to the people that his country is suffering greatly from poverty.

Unfortunately, Daka Lama is shot in the airport he arrived in and requires a blood transfusion. During the process of capturing the assassins, May (May Lo), another innocent civilian is taken hostage and suffers the same fate. The blood they both require is the same rare type with only three such men in the same country carrying it. Two are assassinated leaving 'Fatty' (Eric Tsang) the only donor available.

The boyfriend of May; Bee (Andy Lau), becomes embroiled in a feud with Interpol cop Lui Tai (Alan Tam) and his partner Stone (Leung Kar Yan) over whom will receive the limited amount of blood available. Both realize that rebellion of the two parties is pointless and must work together in order to save lives in and from danger.

For an HK film, it's solid cast and action make this a recommended purchase despite the minor flaws!