"Once A Thief" (1996-1998)

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Mac Ramsey (Ivan Sergei) and Li Ann Tsei (Sandine Holt) are lovers and professional thieves who are separated while fleeing the powerful Hong Kong underworld crime lord (Robert Ito) who raised and trained them. After being imprisoned in Hong Kong, Mac is recruited into an international crime-fighting unit by a hard-nosed, menacing Director (Jennifer Dale). There he is teamed with Li Ann, who had believed he was dead, and her new fiancé Victor Mansfield (Nicholas Lea), and assigned to an investigation surrounding illicit business transactions. When the mastermind behind the crooked plot is revealed, a spectacular showdown of brilliant special effects and violence ensues.

Alliance has announced plans to release John Woo's Once a Thief on June 21. The show, starring Ivan Sergei, Sandine Holt and Nicholas Lea, was based on the 1991 John Woo film starring Yun-Fat Chow. The set will include all 22 episodes from the series:

1. The Big Bang Theory
2. Rave On
3. Trial Marriage
4. Art of Death
5. Mac Daddy
6. Wang Dang Doodle
7. It Happened One Night
8. Drive, She Said
9. Jaded Love
10. Wedding Bell Blues
11. That Old Gang of Mine
12. Last Temptation of Vic
13. Mama's Boys
14. Li Ann's Choice
15. True Blue
16. Kangaroo Court
17. Little Sister
18. The Director Files
19. Shaken Not Stirred
20. Politics Of Love
21. Family Reunion (Part 1)
22. Endgame (Part 2)

We also hope, and expect, to see the TV movie that kicked off the series included in this set. Amazon.ca is currently preselling the set for $22.09, discounted from the suggested price of $25.99. Here's a look at the artwork:

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