Mission Thunderbolt
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75% Critic Match

Mission Thunderbolt

A nightmare of intrigue and deception!

7.5 / 10 1983 1h 24mNR English
ThrillerAction

Storyline

Explosive early Hong Kong actioner about a mysterious criminal known as the White Tycoon, who hires three top assassins to help him eliminate his rivals in two local mobs, the Scorpions and the Serpents. Hong Kong cut and paste edit of the 1982 Taiwanese Film "別愛陌生人 " (Don't Love Any Stranger) with new scenes.

Cast & Crew

JS

Jonathan Stierwald

Kubrick Brown from New York

Lead
Michael Chan Wai-Man

Michael Chan Wai-Man

Hercules (archive footage)

Steve Daw

Steve Daw

Interpol Agent Scott

Chen Kuan-Tai

Chen Kuan-Tai

(archive footage)

SD

Summer Dora

Cherry

TM

Tina Matchett

Tania Ryder from Sydney

Phillip Ko Fai

Phillip Ko Fai

White Tycoon

John Ladalski

John Ladalski

Carter Black from London

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Godfrey Ho's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Mission Thunderbolt is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker