My Life's on the Line
Seen it?1978 | 92 min | Action
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- If you count yourself among anyone who likes watching someone settle a score and martial arts fans, this one's for you. A revenge story, so expect the pressure to build to a reckoning. Sits nicely alongside Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair or Fist of Legend. The fight choreography is a big part of the appeal.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Lean, with little time wasted, at 1 hr 32 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Chinese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1978: an older pace and style.
- Not for anyone who finds explosions tiring.
Minute Fong is a ruthless contract killer who dispatches his victims in precisely sixty seconds. Working exclusively for an organization headed by the Master Chou Jan Tung, Fong begins to take on his assignments with reluctance. Realizing that Fong's days are numbered, Chou hires two new experts to deal with him and his sixty-second technique.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 846 people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Wang Chungkuang
- Bryan Leung Kar-yanChow Sau Tung
- Wang Chi-shengFong's first kill
- Dean Shek Tin
- Xie Jian-WenMinute Fong Chin
- Wong Wing-SangFong's Second Kill
- Lung FeiYang Kuei
- Wu Yu-Kang
- Su Chen-PingOld Man Lai
- Wong Man-ChuenYing Ying
- Yeung Fong