Line Walker (the movie) (使徒行者) is a Hong Kong film that was released on 11th August 2016. We watched this shortly after the first TV series.
About
Several cops went undercover but due to some issues, their identities were erased from the police database. This is the first of two films.
Cast
Charmaine Sheh (佘詩曼) who appeared in the first TV series plays the main character, Ding Siu Ka.
Benz Hui (許紹雄) is back but plays Tam Fun Hei
Louis Koo (古天樂) plays Siu Zi Long, the main lead.
Review
This was nowhere as good as the TV series although it was moderately watchable. In fact, the film was sadly a bit of a disappointment.
Charmaine Sheh and Benz Hui made the movie for me otherwise it wouldn’t have been the same. Charmaine has some very humorous scenes carrying on a similar style to the series, also a good action scene or two as well. There was kind of a switch in roles for Benz, he is such a great actor, very engaging on screen.
For the storyline and character development, I thought it could have done so much better. As the film progressed Ding Siu Ka seemed to lose the humour element of the story.
If they took out Louis Koo and put in a couple more actors from the TV series it would have been better. Michael Miu was so good in the TV series maybe my expectations were a character as he portrayed.
Reviewers on other sites said they really liked the movie but didn’t rate it as high as the series. So, I will give it a 2.5/5.
Where Can I Watch
This film is available on TubiTV. It is supposed to be on Netflix in some regions, but not in Canada which hasn’t acquired any of the series.