Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- tense
- propulsive
- paranoid
- martial arts movie night
- hong kong action marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the tightly packed action entertaining but thought the many double crosses sometimes made the conspiracy unravel.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Rachel and Penny are central police protagonists whose investigation repeatedly gives way to firearms confrontations and hand-to-hand combat.
The detectives suspect that a police insider is monitoring their investigation and cannot trust their co-workers.
Luk Wan-Ting is framed for an intelligence operative's murder and becomes the target of both police custody and hired assassins.
Penny believes Luk is innocent while Donny remains skeptical, requiring them to tolerate each other during a 72-hour protection effort.
Films like In the Line of Duty 4, and why
Royal Warriors
Hong Kong girls-with-guns action, police conspiracy, martial arts combat, and propulsive crime plotting
Yes, Madam!
Female-led Hong Kong police action combining undercover investigation, martial arts choreography, and criminal conspiracies
Tiger Cage
High-energy buddy-cop dynamics, international crime, and spectacular martial arts action
Movie Details
- Director
- Yuen Woo-ping
- Release Date
- 1989-07-21
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (62)
Cast
- Cynthia Khan
- Donnie Yen
- Michael Wong
- Yuen Yat-Choh
- Lisa Chiao Chiao
- Wai Gei-Shun
- Yuen Shun-Yi
- Michael Woods
- John Salvitti
- Stephan Berwick
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is In the Line of Duty 4 about?
- A fiercely choreographed Hong Kong police thriller pits clashing detectives against a drug cartel, corrupt insiders, and assassins hunting a framed witness.
- What is In the Line of Duty 4 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of In the Line of Duty 4 as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is In the Line of Duty 4 violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in In the Line of Duty 4 as graphic.
- What did critics think of In the Line of Duty 4?
- Critics broadly found the tightly packed action entertaining but thought the many double crosses sometimes made the conspiracy unravel.
- Which films are like In the Line of Duty 4?
- Films with a similar feel include Royal Warriors, Yes, Madam!, and Tiger Cage.
- How long is In the Line of Duty 4?
- In the Line of Duty 4 runs 94 minutes.
- Where can I watch In the Line of Duty 4?
- In United States, In the Line of Duty 4 streams on fuboTV.
