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Dangerous Encounters Of The First Kind [Theatrical & Director's Cut]

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Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind ( Chinese : 第一類型危險 ) is a 1980 Hong Kong [ 1 ] crime film directed by Tsui Hark . The initial cut of the film was banned for its violence, generating public interest in the film that caused its edited version to become a box office success in Hong Kong. [ 2 ] Plot Paul manufactures a bomb using a wristwatch for its timer and he and his two friends Lung and Ko set it off in a movie theater for fun, avoiding any casualties. Wan-Chu, a girl who spends her time torturing animals, sees them flee the theater and follows them but does not tell the police. After being fired from her job at a printing press for pouring ink on a coworker during an argument, she argues with her older brother Tan, the police officer assigned to investigate the bombing, and impales a cat on a fence post out of anger. She then forces her way into the group of boys by threatening to expose them to the police if they do not become her friends. She makes them discard a mouse she has tortured and in return they challenge her to place a bomb in a public restroom, which she does without hesitation. When the three boys try to ditch her, Wan-Chu plants a bomb of her own, warning th…

Directors & creators

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Subjects

Tsui Hark

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