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Movies that feel like In the Line of Duty 4 (1989)
Two detectives who are up to their necks in trouble and in each other's face, as they try to shut down a drug-trafficking scheme that could be connected with international ties to organized crime. But in the midst of their investigation, innocent immigrant dock worker Luk Wan-Ting gets caught up in the mix when he witnesses the murder of an intelligence operative and is framed for the crime.
If you loved In the Line of Duty 4, the closest films we have are Iron Monkey (1993), Police Story 2 (1988) and The Street Fighter (1974). All three share In the Line of Duty 4's kinetic and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Branded to Kill (1967).
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If In the Line of Duty 4 hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Yes, Madam! (1985)
Yuen Woo-ping working the same nerve twice
Takes it somewhere less tense than In the Line of Duty 4 does
The same preoccupation in both: martial arts
One thread runs through both: martial arts
Leans harder into drama than In the Line of Duty 4 does
Kinetic where it counts, gritty underneath
24 years apart, and the 2010s show
Tense action in both cases
Both lean on momentum more than on crime
Both are Yuen Woo-ping's work, and they rhyme
Easier on the tension than In the Line of Duty 4
Gritty thriller, and it commits to that
Action with a pulse of tension, in both cases
Thriller built on momentum, twice over
Both keep coming back to the same thing: detective
Gritty crime, and it commits to that
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The best-reviewed films that share In the Line of Duty 4’s defining feeling.
