Product Details

• Actors: Michael Wong, Carman Lee
• Format: Color, Letterboxed, NTSC
• Subtitles: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Tai Seng Entertainme
• VHS Release Date: May 6, 1997
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000009H9A
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #438,596 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars About Final Option., February 6, 2000

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Sunny (China) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Final Option [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This film talk about HK police SDU(Special Duties Unit) lay by Michale Wong.This movie not only a norml action film it also present a tactical unit's training and action skill.It made me love in special operation unit.Who wanted to know about HK SDU should watch this film.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Frame Accurate Action, January 23, 2000

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"mr_minh" (N/A, N/A Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Final Option [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Directed by Gordon Chan, The Final Option is Chan's attempt to do a SWAT team movie with sincere accuracy. It does go into the psyche as well as the physical of being a SWAT guy. Not just a action/hero movie. I would strongly recommend it to any action movie fan. The technical accuracy is particularly good.

In the Internet Movie Database it is listed as "Fei hu xiong xin". But there is hardly any info.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Big, realistic action scenes; Good human drama, July 5, 2000

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K. Ip (The World) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Final Option [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Final Option is about the SDU which is basically Hong Kong's version of SWAT (though they owe more to the British SAS than the Americans). It follows one officer's path from regular constable to SDU applicant to trainee and finally to action. Along the way, a good amount of time is spent on the personal lives of the officers and their camraderie. Macho action fans shouldn't worry - For the most part, these scenes are not sappy and in fact are rather engaging. They are really quite good. The training scenes are very entertaining as well. Credit has to go to director Gordon Chan for keeping the pace up and his smooth and competent shooting style. In the background is a subplot about a bunch of petulant arms-dealing punks, but the focus is on the officers and SDU training. The arms dealers are only there for the inevitable final showdown against the SDU. And what a showdown it is! The second half of the movie is basically wall-to-wall action, with the SDU taking on gangs in the streets of Hong Kong as well as the arms dealers in a gigantic warehouse gunfight. As an action movie, it's a good one as it delivers both characters/human drama as well as thrilling action. As a movie about elite forces, it is frankly the best ever made (granted it's not exactly a competitive field). If you're into military/police special units stuff, you must get this movie. There is also a sequel (prequel actually) called The First Option that is more action-packed but spends far too little time on the characters.