
Hired Guns
1981, Cantonese. Directed by Chung Gwok-Yan.
A gung-ho detective leads a team of renegade cops to fight triad criminals. His persistence proves deadly when the gangsters set out to kill his family.
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Cantonese
- Rated
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- Released
- 1 January 1981
- Original title
- 凶蠍
- Written by
- Lau Kwok-wai, Dik-Hang Tin
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Hired Guns runs 89 minutes (1h 29m).
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Hired Guns isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1981. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like Hired Guns?
If you liked Hired Guns, try City on Fire, Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy, Shock Wave.
Who directed Hired Guns?
Hired Guns (1981) was directed by Chung Gwok-Yan and stars Phillip Ko Fai, Mei-Bo Chiu, John Cheung Ng-Long.