Born to Defence

Feb 16, 1988

2h 0m

★ 5.9

Once upon a time in China, a new hero emerged...

Overview

Jet, a young soldier at the end of the second world war must overcome some abusive Americans who are bullying him as well as the Chinese people.

Genres

Action

Thriller

Production Companies

Sil-Metropole Organisation

Born to Defence Trailers

Cast

Jet

Jet Li

Song Jia

Zhang

Zhao Erkang

Captain Hans

Kurt Roland Petersson

Bailey

Paulo Tocha

Friend of Jet

Yuen Fai

Policeman

Lam Hak-Ming

Angry Chinese

Cho Wing

Angry Chinese

Dion Lam

Angry Chinese

Ng Kit-Keung

GI Blue

Mark King

US Marine

Dean Harrington

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