Shatter

Shatter is a 1974 action film starring Stuart Whitman, Lung Ti, Lily Li, Anton Diffring and Peter Cushing. It was the second and final international co-production between Hammer Film Productions of England and Shaw Brothers Studio of Hong Kong. The film was shot entirely on location in Hong Kong. Godfrey Ho was assistant director in this movie (as Geoffrey Ho). Plot outline American hitman Shatter kills M'Goya, the leader of the African state of Badawi, and takes a dossier of documents. He travels to Hong Kong to collect payment for this services but finds himself targeted; he survives two attempts to kill him and the police warn him to leave within 24 hours. He tries to get his money from Leber, a German banker, who denies all knowledge of the contract and refuses to pay. Shatter goes on the run and meets Mei Mee, who in turn introduces him to her friend Tai Pah. After witnessing Tai Pah's prowess in martial arts, Shatter makes a deal with him to be his bodyguard in exchange for half the money. Police inspector Rattwood informs Shatter that the contract on M'Goya was taken out by a crime syndicate who were providing him with arms in exchange for opium, which they distributed to secret laboratories throughout the world. M'Goya switched to buying his arms from China instead and the opium deal was threatened, so the syndicate had him killed and plan to install a successor who will continue the arms-for-opium scheme. The documents that Shatter stole contain a list of the laboratories.