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Born to Defence

ActionThriller

Born to Defence

Once upon a time in China, a new hero emerged...

6.2TMDB19882h 0m

TMDB6.2/10 · 72 votes

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TMDB6.2/10 · 72 votes

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Jet, a young soldier at the end of the Second World War must overcome some abusive Americans who are bullying him as well as the Chinese people.

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Top cast

Jet Li

Jet Li

Jet

Song Jia

Song Jia

Na

Zhao Erkang

Zhao Erkang

Zhang

Kurt Roland Petersson

Kurt Roland Petersson

Captain Hans

Paulo Tocha

Paulo Tocha

Bailey

Yuen Fai

Yuen Fai

Friend of Jet

Lam Hak-Ming

Lam Hak-Ming

Policeman

Cho Wing

Cho Wing

Angry Chinese

Dion Lam

Dion Lam

Angry Chinese

Ng Kit-Keung

Ng Kit-Keung

Angry Chinese

Mark King

Mark King

GI Blue

Dean Harrington

Dean Harrington

US Marine

Yuen Gam-Fai

Yuen Gam-Fai

Soldier

Zhang Chunzhong

Zhang Chunzhong

Soldier

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Details

Director: Jet Li
Released: 1988
Runtime: 2h 0m
Genres: Action, Thriller
Scores: TMDB6.2/10 · 72 votes