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Special ID (2013)
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Original name: 特殊身份
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: China
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A cop and his team of comrades go undercover in one of China's most ruthless underworld organizations to stop a gang leader, only to put themselves in great danger after being exposed one by one.
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, crime drama, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, working undercover, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, police investigation, gang, undercover, rivalry, shaolin, sniper, fight, mafia, kung fu, chinese mafia, organized crime, triad, hardcore, law enforcer killer, violence, jujitsu, taekwondo, gangster, crime, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
china, asia
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