Devil Hunters is a 1989 Hong Kong action film written and directed by Tony Lo and starring Alex Man, Sibelle Hu, Moon Lee and Ray Lui. The film was released as Ultra Force 2 in the west as a sequel to the film, Killer Angels which was released a few months earlier as Ultra Force. Although both films were directed by Lo and starred Lee, Devil Hunters is unrelated to Killer Angels.
Plot
At the Happy Dragon Recreation Park, Hong Kong's two notorious drug lords, Hon San and Chai Yan leads their respective group of underlings carry out a huge drug trade. Police superintendent Tsang leads chief inspector Tong Fung, Man and other sergeants and laid a dragnet for a cleansweep of the two drug traffickers. However, during the drug trade, the ambush by the police was exposed by Chun Bing, a master of multiple identities, and Chai Yuet, a tough, ruthless fighter, both of whom engage in a fierce gun battle with the police. Hon believes the incident was a result of Chai betraying him and tipping the police. As a result, Hon's his right hand man, Chiu Sing, to murder Chai, while Chai's son, Yuet, swears vengeance. Hon's authority has been usurped by Chiu, who forces Hon to hand him a large sum of gems from his estate when Chiu frames Hon for the murder of Chai. One of Hon's underlings, Wu Kin, attempts to protect his boss but was killed by Chiu. Another one of Hong's underlings, Yin Fu 's family is being held hostage by Chiu, who forces him to betray Hon. Once Yin's family was released, he attempts to save Hon but was also killed by Chiu. However, before Yin died, he has informed the police about the case and the police sets up a special task force consists of Bing, who is Hon's daughter, Yuet and Tong to counter against Chiu. When Chiu attempts to take the gems from Hon's estate, he was surrounded by the police. After an intense battle, Hon was killed by Chiu, who in turn, was blown up in a LPG explosion.
In the book, The Hong Kong Filmography, 1977–1997: A Reference Guide to 1,100 Films Produced by British Hong Kong Studios, John Charles gave the film a score of 6/10 and criticizes the under cranking but praises the choreography of the action scenes. ' gave the film a score of 7/10 and praises the film's stunt work while also noting the light expository scenes. ' gave the film a score of 2.5/5 praising the character, drama and action scenes, but criticizes its uninvolving plot and exploitative scenes.
