A publicity shot of Mac, Li Ann and Victor
Cast: Victor Mansfield : Nicholas Lea Li Ann Tsei : Sandrine Holt Mac Ramsey : Ivan Sergei The Director : Jennifer Dale Michael Tang : Michael Wong Mark Brandon : Carruthers Nathaniel DeVeaux : Dobrinsky Robert Ito : Tang Godfather Russell Jung : Cheng Benjamin Ratner : Moran Young Ryu : Li Ann's Dance Partner Alan Scarfe : Robertson Graves Phillip Tsui : Fong Matthew Walker : Interpol Judge   Written by : Glenn Davis & William Laurin Directed by : John Woo

Victor Mansfield
Once a Thief

TVM - Pilot Episode
 
 
UK video title: Violent Tradition

Synopsis

The story starts in Hong Kong. Mac Ramsey and his lover Li Ann Tsei, are the adopted children of Mr Tang, head of the ruthless Tang family.
 
Together with Michael, Tang's only son, they obtain information from the offices in a bulidng where a dance contest is taking place.
 
Later, when Mac and Li Ann try to escape from an impossible suitation withing the Tang family, Mac and Michael as caught in an exploding building and are presumed dead. Li Ann moves on to a new life in Canada working as a secret agent. Here, she meets handsome ex-cop Victor Mansfield and falls in love.
 
Eighteen months after the explosion, the Director visits Mac in prison and gives him two choices: either come to work for her or be released on to the streets of Hong Kong where he is sure to be killed by the Tangs. Faced with little choice, Mac reluctantly agrees to work for the Agency.