zondag 3 juli 2022

AMSTERDAM KILL, THE

Date: 1977
Director: Robert Clouse
Production Company: Fantastic Films S.A., Golden Harvest Company

Stars:
Robert Mitchum, Richard Egan, Leslie Nielsen, Bradford Dillman, Keye Luke, George Chung, Sing Chen

Storyline:
Former DEA agent Quinlan, removed from the force some years earlier for stealing confiscated drug money, is hired by Chung Wei, a leader in the Amsterdam drug cartel, who wants out of the business. Quinlan's job is to use Chung's information to tip DEA agents to drug busts, thereby destroying the cartel. But when the first two "tips" go awry, resulting in murdered DEA officers, the feds must decide whether to trust Quinlan further.

Additional information:
The film was directed by one Robert Clouse whose main experience is from directing martial arts action features. The Amsterdam Kill was produced by a Hong Kong syndicate who kind of operated on the fly so to speak. It is funny to see how they misspelled almost every Dutch name: Herrengracht instead of Herengracht. Schipol instead of Schiphol. It is a miracle they spelled Amsterdam right!