Tactical Unit - The Code (2008)

Director
Law Wing-Cheong

Main cast
Simon Yam; Maggie Shiu; Lam Suet; Kwok-Lun Lee; Teddy Lin

Genres
Action, Crime, Foreign, Thriller

Description
Tensions flare between PTU officers and the Complaints Against Police Officers unit when a security camera captures a triad member being brutalized by PTU officers.


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