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Cast:
Sammo
Hung
Yuen
Biao
Takeshi
Kaneshiro
Kelvin
Wong
Ngai
Sing
Robert
Samuels
Action:
Hung
Ga Ban
Producer:
Sammo
Hung
Director:
Sammo
Hung
Score:
 
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DON'T
GIVE A DAMN
AKA:
Burger Cop
Year:
1995 Reviewer: Andrew
Saroch
Sammo
Hung stars as a much maligned cop who divides his time between
chasing a drugs shipment and sorting out his complicated
personal life. Things go from bad to worse for the haggard
hero as he is reluctantly teamed with an eager young police
inspector (Kaneshiro) and an equally eager customs officer
(Yuen Biao) who both have their own ideas on how to solve the
case. This mismatched trio are immediately at odds with each
other, but realise that they must co-operate with each other
if they are to bring the villains to justice. All seems to
have been solved when the drugs are recovered; this however is
turned on its head when the cache is stolen from the police
station under the noses of the police. This then sets the
scene for the fight-filled conclusion where Sammo, Yuen and
Takeshi locate the drug dealers' den and go there to bring
them to justice.
As
with many of his films of the time, Don't Give A Damn is under
par for a Sammo production, but still entertaining. It really
is a pleasure to see Sammo and Yuen back together in this
after what was quite an absence from the screen, but it fails
to reach the heights of 'Millionaire's
Express' or 'Eastern
Condors'. Takeshi Kaneshiro gives a youthful performance
that shows he is a good actor, but not a good screen fighter
and he does manage to gel with the experienced cast. The
film's main weakness is the concentration on uninspiring
comedy and over-pretentious, MTV-style camerawork (a staple of
Sammo's work at this time) that strips away some of the
production's quality. It would have been good if Sammo had
remembered how well he had directed some of his 80's films
without the need for obvious camera tricks and shallow style
over substance. With all of this said, though, Don't Give A
Damn provides some good action and a distracting 100 minutes,
but don't expect another Sammo masterpiece.
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