History Film / TheBigHeat1988

* IllGirl: The little girl with polio that Nurse Ada was taking care of in a few scenes set in a hospital.

''The Big Heat'' is a 1988 Hong Kong movie directed by Creator/JohnnieTo, with plenty of elements inspired directly by John Woo's earlier outputs in the HeroicBloodshed genre. It is noted by fans of Johnnie To for being To's first attempt into making action movies; according to To, the movie was made on a "chaotic" shooting schedule with an ever-changing script, where To would want to pay homage to John Woo completely without ripping him off, while having his own unique ideas on what should be added into the film.

* ImprobableInfantSurvival

** Averted depressingly in the hospital shootout.

* InfantImmortality

Waise Lee, who previously played the BigBad of ''Film/ABetterTomorrow'', takes a turn at being the protagonist, a CowboyCop who is losing control of his hand due to an accident. Investigating the unfortunate demise of a friend who's violently killed while on undercover assignment in Malaysia, Wong and his new partner, Kwok, uncovers a far more sinister plot involving smuggling operations making its way into Hong Kong.

''The Big Heat'' is a 1988 Hong Kong movie directed by Johnnie To, with plenty of elements inspired directly by John Woo's earlier outputs in the HeroicBloodshed genre. It is noted by fans of Johnnie To for being To's first attempt into making action movies; according to To, the movie was made on a "chaotic" shooting schedule with an ever-changing script, where To would want to pay homage to John Woo completely without ripping him off, while having his own unique ideas on what should be added into the film.

** Played straight in one chase scene where Inspector Wong and Kwok pursues a suspect after the docks investigation. The suspect grabs a little boy and throws him into the middle of traffic to distract the police, but Wong is quick enough to grab the child and shield him from falling on the road. A truck comes dangerously close to running them both over, but the boy is unharmed (well, maybe traumatized a little).

** Averted in the hospital shootout.

* OffWithHisHead: During the raid on the drug dealer’s hideout, Inspector Wong shoots a henchman trying to sneak up on him, causing the henchman to fall backwards, neck-first, on a think zinc-sheet. Which results in his entire head being lopped off and rolling aside before falling over a tall railing.

* KickTheDog: During the hospital shootout, one of the victims is a little girl with polio who's confined to a wheelchair. She's not a random bystander, mind you, there is an earlier scene in the same hospital where the child has quite a few minutes of screentime, and yet when she gets shot her death is treated much like any faceless mook...

* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: Han Ching’s death involves him trying to shoot the good guys with a shotgun. Inspector Wong managed to subdue him by firing a shot into the shotgun’s barrel, which causes every shell in the weapon to go off and blast Han Ching in the face and body. The result looks like a man fused with a block of Swiss cheese in a teleporter accident]].

* ShootingGallery: Inspector Wong and Kwok practices their skills with their standard-issue police revolves in one of these. Naturally, given Wong being a crack shot, he hits the target in its same spot dead center with every shot fired.
* ShootTheHostage: Subverted in aa MexicanStandoff scene. Inspector Kwok shoots the hostage in his thigh, causing him to fall and the hostage-taker to fire an empty shot at where the hostage’s head was.

* ShootingGallery: Inspector Wong and Kwok practices their skills with their standard-issue police revolves in one of these Naturally, given Wong being a crack shot, he hits the target in its same spot dead center with every shot fired.

''The Big Heat'' is a 1988 Hong Kong movie directed by Johnnie To, with plenty of elements inspired directly by John Woo's earlier outputs in the HeroicBloodshed genre. It is noted as fans of Johnnie To for being To's first attempt into making action movies; according to him, the movie was made on a "chaotic" shooting schedule with an ever-changing script, where To would want to pay homage to John Woo completely without ripping him off, while having his own unique ideas on what should be added into the film.

Waise Lee, previously playing the BigBad of ''Film/ABetterTomorrow'', takes a turn at being the protagonist, a CowboyCop who is losing control of his hand due to an accident. Investigating the unfortunate demise of a friend who's violently killed while on undercover assignment in Malaysia, Wong and his new partner, Kwok, uncovers a far more sinister plot involving smuggling operations making its way into Hong Kong.

* KickTheDog: During the hospital scene, one of the rather random victims is a little girl with polio who's confined to a wheelchair. She's not a random character, mind you, there is an earlier scene in the same hospital where the child has quite a few minutes of screentime, and yet when she gets shot her death is treated much like any random faceless mook...

** Played straight in one chase scene where Inspector Wong and Kwok pursues a suspect after the docks investigation. The suspect grabs a little boy and throws him into the middle of traffic to distract the police, but Wong is quick enough to grab the child and shield the child from falling on the road. A truck comes dangerously close to running them both over, but the boy is unharmed (well, maybe traumatized a little).

* KickTheDog: During the hospital scene, one of the rather random victims is a little girl with polio who's confined to a wheelchair. She's not a random character, mind you, there is an earlier scene in the same hospital where the child have quite a few minutes of screentime, and yet when she gets shot her death is treated much like any random faceless mook...

Waise Lee, previously playing the BigBad of ''Film/ABetterTomorrow, takes a turn at being the protagonist, a CowboyCop who is losing control of his hand due to an accident. Investigating the unfortunate demise of a friend who's violently killed while on undercover assignment in Malaysia, Wong and his new partner, Kwok, uncovers a far more sinister plot involving smuggling operations making its way into Hong Kong.