| The Final Option | |||||||||||||||
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| Director: | Gordon Chan | ||||||||||||||
| Producer: | Kim Yip | ||||||||||||||
| Starring: | Michael Wong Peter Yung Carmen Lee Vindy Chan Power Chan | ||||||||||||||
| Music: | Richard Yuen | ||||||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Horace Wong | ||||||||||||||
| Editing: | Chan Kei-hop | ||||||||||||||
| Studio: | Golden Harvest Harvest Crown People's Production | ||||||||||||||
| Distributor: | Golden Harvest | ||||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 103 minutes | ||||||||||||||
| Country: | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
| Gross: | HK$11,232,091 | ||||||||||||||
The Final Option is a 1994 Hong Kong action film written and directed by Gordon Chan. The film stars Michael Wong, Peter Yung, Carmen Lee, Vindy Chan and Power Chan.
Because the risk of police work is getting higher, uniformed patrol officer Ho Chi-wai (Peter Yung) receives pressure from his family, which leads him to doubt his own profession and his attitude also becomes negative. One time during an armed robbery case in a jewelry store, witnesses his colleague, Butt (Ken Lok), being killed by the robbers, which changes his views about the meaning of life and being a police officer. Chi-wai is shoulder the responsibility to protect civilians and joins the Special Duties Unit (SDU). During training, due to a series of difficult physical and mental challenges, many trainees decided to quit. Chi-wai, however, completes his training with his spirit of perseverance. With the influence of his instructor, Stone (Michael Wong, Chi-wai builds self-confidence. However, Chi-wai gradually discovers problems that the SDU has to face, including ones from family, friends, superior officers, criminals and even public pressure. Because Chi-wai's profession makes his girlfriend, May (Carmen Lee), to lack a sense of security, they become estranged until a counterinsurgency operation, when May finally understands Chi-wai, while he also understands the meaning of being an SDU officer.
The Final Option was released in Hong Kong on 17 March 1994. In the Philippines, the film was released by Screen Enterprise Co. on November 9, 1995.[1]