| Full Alert | |
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&sq=Bangladesh&lang=en&file=File:Full-alert.jpg) Hong Kong film poster for Full Alert | |
| Chinese | 高度戒備 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Gāodù Jièbèi |
| Jyutping | Gou1dou6 Gaai3bei6 |
| Directed by | Ringo Lam |
| Screenplay by | Lau Wing-kin Ringo Lam |
| Story by | Ringo Lam |
| Produced by | Li Kuo-hsing |
| Starring | Lau Ching-wan Francis Ng Jack Kao Amanda Lee |
| Cinematography | Ardy Lam |
| Edited by | Marco Mak Angie Lam |
| Music by | Peter Kam |
Production company | Brilliant Idea Group Ltd. |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Budget | HK$13,000,000[1] |
| Box office | HK$14,691,880 |
Full Alert is a 1997 Hong Kong action film directed and co-written by Ringo Lam. The film's plot is set in 1997 when cops find a corpse and bomb chemicals, Inspector Pao (Lau Ching-wan) arrests suspect Mak Kwan (Francis Ng) hoping that his girlfriend will lead them to his Taiwanese gang, but Mak makes an escape and the girlfriend makes off for Macao. Pao then figures that the gang will go for the $230 million at the Hong Kong Jockey club while Mak plans his escape from prison.
Full Alert was shown at both the Rotterdam Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival in 1997. It was nominated for five awards at the 17th Hong Kong Film Awards.