A maverick American cop and his Chinese counterpart join forces to bring a drug dealer and his hired thugs to justice.A maverick American cop and his Chinese counterpart join forces to bring a drug dealer and his hired thugs to justice.A maverick American cop and his Chinese counterpart join forces to bring a drug dealer and his hired thugs to justice.
Ong Soo Han
- Wu Yin
- (as Han Soo Ong)
Qingfu Pan
- Bong Bong
- (as Qing Fu Pan)
Angela Ying-Ying Tong
- Chat Chai
- (as Angela Tong)
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- TriviaThe film shoot in Indonesia was plagued by unforeseen accidents and difficulties: a traffic accident caused three trucks carrying film equipment to flip over and almost fall off a cliff, a legitimate anti-government riot halted the filming of the city harbor scene, a flash flood in the jungle destroyed a military encampment set, and a plane filming aerial footage crashed into the jungle, resulting in the death of the pilot.
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Written by Norman Orenstein (SOCAN)
Performed by NOM Orchestra
Courtesy of Norman Orenstein Music
Featured review
"You say anything bad about hot dogs, and we're gonna fight."
At first glance, the direct-to-home-video Roddy Piper vehicle "Last to Surrender" threatens to be resolutely routine. You have your typical rogue cop hero, a partner who gets killed, and an antagonistic relationship between the xenophobic hero and the foreigner (in this case, a Chinese detective) with whom he's forced to work. The target is The Tiger (Andy Yim), a slippery and slimy drug lord.
"Last to Surrender" doesn't exactly get off to a great start, but it's lifted a bit by its second half. Filmed on location in Indonesia, it has the two good guys stranded in the wilderness after a helicopter crash. So they HAVE to learn to get along, and survive, before they can even think of combating the ruthless villain.
"Rowdy" Roddy has a typically solid screen presence (even if his character is pretty much pure cliche), and he has genuine odd-couple chemistry with Ong Soo Han (who plays Wu Yin, the aforementioned Chinese detective). He also has some good chemistry with pretty female lead Angela Ying-Ying Tong, who plays a villager named Chat Chai who rescues Piper. Yim makes for a decent-enough bad guy, and fight choreographer Qingfu Pan also appears on screen as a comedy relief lowlife named "Bong Bong".
"Last to Surrender" is still largely average as far as these kinds of movies go, but it has enough going for it - including a literally explosive finish - to make it a modestly acceptable diversion.
My favorite bit: Nick Ford explaining to Wu Yin how the "good cop / bad cop" routine works.
Six out of 10.
"Last to Surrender" doesn't exactly get off to a great start, but it's lifted a bit by its second half. Filmed on location in Indonesia, it has the two good guys stranded in the wilderness after a helicopter crash. So they HAVE to learn to get along, and survive, before they can even think of combating the ruthless villain.
"Rowdy" Roddy has a typically solid screen presence (even if his character is pretty much pure cliche), and he has genuine odd-couple chemistry with Ong Soo Han (who plays Wu Yin, the aforementioned Chinese detective). He also has some good chemistry with pretty female lead Angela Ying-Ying Tong, who plays a villager named Chat Chai who rescues Piper. Yim makes for a decent-enough bad guy, and fight choreographer Qingfu Pan also appears on screen as a comedy relief lowlife named "Bong Bong".
"Last to Surrender" is still largely average as far as these kinds of movies go, but it has enough going for it - including a literally explosive finish - to make it a modestly acceptable diversion.
My favorite bit: Nick Ford explaining to Wu Yin how the "good cop / bad cop" routine works.
Six out of 10.
- Hey_Sweden
- Sep 1, 2022
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- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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