Carter orders the guests to evacuate for safety, angering the FBI, but Lee catches Griffin accepting a remote for the detonator from Sang. Griffin later involves himself in the case, revealing more about the HKPF's past with Juntao's syndicate, and implores Han to pay the ransom to avoid further bloodshed.Īt the opening of a Chinese art exhibition at the Los Angeles Convention Center, overseen by Han and Griffin, the now $70 million ransom is delivered, and Carter, Lee, and Johnson enter disguised as guests. Lee arrives and saves Carter from Juntao's syndicate, but they are taken off the case as the FBI blames them for the botched ransom drop, with Lee sent back to Hong Kong.īut Carter refuses to give up he appeals to Johnson for assistance and sneaks on board Lee's plane, persuading him to help stop Juntao.
Carter goes to the restaurant alone and sees a surveillance video of Juntao carrying Soo Yung into a van. Lee presses Clive into revealing his business relationship with Juntao, whom he met at a restaurant in Chinatown, earning Carter's trust. Carter's colleague, LAPD bomb expert Tania Johnson, traces it to Clive, a man previously arrested by Carter. Spotting Sang, Lee and Carter give chase but he escapes, dropping the detonator. The FBI traces the call to a warehouse, where a team of agents are killed by plastic explosive. While arguing with Special Agent-in-charge Warren Russ, Carter unwittingly negotiates with Sang, arranging a $50 million ransom drop. Lee makes his own way to the Chinese Consulate, where Han and the FBI await news about his daughter. Detective James Carter is tricked into "babysitting" Lee as punishment for botching a sting operation when he finds out, he decides to solve the case.Ĭarter takes Lee on a sightseeing tour, keeping him away from the embassy while contacting informants about the kidnapping. He calls Lee to assist in the case, but the FBI, afraid Lee's involvement could cause an international incident, pawns him off on the LAPD. Shortly after Han takes up his new diplomatic post in LA, his daughter Soo Yung is kidnapped by Sang. Lee recovers numerous Chinese cultural treasures stolen by Juntao, which he presents as a farewell victory gift to his departing superiors, Chinese consul Solon Han and British police commander Thomas Griffin. He finds only Sang, Juntao's right-hand man, who escapes in a boat. On the last day of British rule of Hong Kong in 1997, Detective Inspector Lee of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force leads a raid at the wharf, hoping to arrest the unidentified, anonymous crime lord Juntao.
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