Product Details

• Actors: Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung, Simon Yam
• Directors: Wilson Yip
• Format: NTSC
• Language: Cantonese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: MegaStar
• Run Time: 109 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 7883639161
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #196,331 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

a.k.a Sha Po Lang Region Code: All Format: NTSC Languages: English Subtitles: None Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Description: Set in present day, Sha Po Lang features a story about two cops (Donnie Yen and Simon Yam) and a crime lord (Sammo Hung). Simon Yam is raising a kid, the sole survivor of his family wept out by the crime lord years ago. Donnie Yen is hunting down a hitman (Wu Jing, former Chinese wushu champion) and the trail leads him to the crime lord as well. Mainland Chinese actress Liang Jingke played the female lead. The cast also includes Hung Tin-Ming (Sammo Hung's son) and Wai Tin-Chi. The film is directed by Yip Wai-Shan and the action is done by Donnie Yen. Cast: Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Ken Chang, Timmy Hung, Kai Chi Liu, Danny Summer, Kenji Tanigaki, Austin Wai, Jacky Wu, Simon Yam,

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great Hong Kong cop movie, October 5, 2006

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morgoth "we lamas are traditional enemies of ... (omaha, NE) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SPL (Sha Po Lang) HK movie DVD (Region All Free / R0) Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung (English subtitled) A.K.A. Kill Zone (DVD)

So if you are familiar with Hong Kong action movies then you know they can be quite hit and miss. Really a lot of miss with the occasional hit. But S.P.L. is on a level of it's own. A gritty bad cop drama at it's best. Sammo Hung stars as Tong Po, the triad kingpin. Donnie Yen comes in as the new chief that will replace Simon Yam who is retiring. Simon Yam plays the bad cop along with his other cop buddies who have to take Togn Po down before Simon retires. With only a couple of days to do this they have to go to drastic measures.

I really don't want to give anything away about the story because it is truly one of the best Hong Kong action movies ever. Don't expect to laugh, expect to cry. I would put this right up there with The Killer, The Longest Nite, and On the Run as one my absolute favorites in the dark thriller genre. And oh yeah, the action features some of the best choreographed fights in recent Hong Kong history.

CHeck out the Dragon Dynasty release called Killzone, it has a ton of special features that are not to be missed by any fan of the martial arts genre.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars the screenplay sucks, but the fighting scenes are fantastic, October 2, 2006

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JustAReader "NoNeed2Comment" (Major Earthquake Faultline) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SPL (Sha Po Lang) HK movie DVD (Region All Free / R0) Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung (English subtitled) A.K.A. Kill Zone (DVD)

the storyline about the guy who led other three as crime fighting unit really sucks. unless you were undercover, the regular plaincloth detectives should still be respectful, so the guy with the extreme long hairs was definitely not allowed by the force. these unit should not have the privilege to do whatever they liked to do. it's simply ridiculous, because they were like a bunch of thugs. the screenwriters should not take everything for granted and tried too hard to copy the crap from hollywood, i.e., everything is possible as long as you're playing cops.
but the ridicule was fairly compensated by the fantastic fighting scenes directed by donny yen. almost every fighting in this movie was great. i really enjoyed it a lot. so i still want to give it a 4-star rating.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most intense fight sequences I've ever seen, January 4, 2008

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Boy Rocket Scientist (Thousand Oaks, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SPL (Sha Po Lang) HK movie DVD (Region All Free / R0) Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung (English subtitled) A.K.A. Kill Zone (DVD)

The acting is melodramatic, but the fight scenes reach a level of intensity that I've never seen in other martial arts movies (and I watch plenty of them!) The fights are beautifully choreographed, yet with a viciousness and brutality that make me cringe. Through this movie, Donnie Yen has established himself at the top of a new generation of fight choreographers.