I've not watched it yet. It was a quid and I read the back and this is what I saw.
"Maniacal nuclear arms dealer Ivan Yates
(by this point I was already liking what I was hearing. This sounds stupid to the clichéd max)
known in the inner circle as The Death Merchant, has become the most dangerous man in the world.
(OK, by now I'm just reading for confirmation. I already think I'm buying this)
But when a missile guidance micro-chip, that could start World War III
(Ker-ching! You've made a sale)
is snatched from his evil grasp,
(seriously, I'm already buying this. You can stop now)
the crazed terrorist becomes even more lethal."
In the second and last paragraph, it just builds to a crescendo of 80's goodness.
In a desperate attempt to regain the chip, Yates and his sultry henchwoman
(Honestly, I may still be reading, but I'm sold. You don't have to go any further)
launch a sadistic wave of chaos and murder aimed at top government officials.
(Can you make this any more clichéd? Really? What's that? You can? Oh, please, continue)
Only one inexperienced young federal agent, his beautiful girlfriend and a crusty ex-government assassin
(Wow. You were right. You could make it more clichéd. I doff my hat to you, sir.)
can hope to fight the deadly madman and save the world from certain nuclear devastation.
And that, my friend, is how you sell a £1 film to HK.