Legacy of Rage
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Legacy of Rage (aka Long Zai jiang hu Cantonese title) is a 1986 Hong Kong action movie starring Brandon Lee in his Hong Kong movie debut, Michael Wong, Regina Kent, Chung Lam and Bolo Yeung. It was made by D.M. films and directed by Ronny Yu. It was made in Cantonese and later dubbed in English and other languages when released internationally in 1993 following Brandon Lee's death.
[edit] Plot Summary
Brandon Ma (Brandon Lee) is a regular guy with a job and a girlfriend May (Regina Kent). He has two jobs, so he can support his girlfriend and his dream of owning a motorcycle. Brandon's best friend is Michael (Michael Wong), an ambitious and murderous drug dealer. How Brandon and Michael ever became friends is the biggest mystery ever. In any case, Michael also loves May and so he comes up with a plan that will win her for him and get Brandon out of his way. Soon he comes up with a plan using a corrupt police officer named Sharky. (Chung Lam) It seems that the corrupt cop has been using his police connections to dominate the local cocaine trade, so Michael has him killed and uses Brandon as the fall guy. Brandon goes to jail, though he thinks that he will be released soon thanks to the efforts of his good buddy Michael. However after 8 long years Brandon finally gets out of jail and vows revenge on Michael for betraying their friendship and stealing the love of his life.