Last to Surrender

In Seattle, Nick Ford and Jimmy Wilson stake out a Chinatown restaurant where a drug deal is due to take place. A gunfight erupts, and Wilson is killed by a ruthless Asian trafficker known as The Tiger, described as the “Carlos of the drug world,” who then heads for Burma. Ford is reluctantly paired with Wu Yin, a Chinese police officer who is also pursuing the Tiger, and with whom he had a tense run-in during a failed arrest. Both men are sent to Rangoon, where they are greeted by Phil Carpenter, their contact at the U.S. Embassy. In the city’s criminal district, Ford is approached by a quirky fixer named Bong Bong, who wishes to help, but is revealed to be a spy working for the Tiger. The Tiger is in town to meet a business partner at a hotel, yet the capture is botched again due to interference from the local police.

Taking Bong Bong along, Ford and Yin charter a plane to scout the Burmese jungle for the Tiger’s secret base. They locate it, but are detected by the kingpin’s ground troops, and Bong Bong’s belligerence turns the mission chaotic, causing the plane to crash. Ford and Yin are the only survivors. Although tempers flare between the two, they press on through the jungle, fending off a tiger, hunting a snake for food, and navigating rapids on a makeshift raft. A mishap hurls them from their watercraft, and they are separated. Yin is captured by the Tiger’s men and taken to his camp, but he drops his neck chain, which is picked up by a young boy. It is revealed that Carpenter was working with the drug lord all along. Meanwhile, Ford is nursed back to health by a local woman named Chat Chai.

At her village, Ford meets the young boy who is Chat Chai’s brother, and identifies Yin’s neck chain. Ford reluctantly leaves Chat, to whom he is attracted, and infiltrates the enemy base. He frees Yin, but a shootout ensues. The Tiger eliminates Carpenter, activates a time bomb that will wipe out the camp, and reveals a group of hostages plucked from the local populace, including Chat Chai. He escapes to an underground tunnel, and Ford and Yin catch up to the Tiger, neutralize him, and escape as the bomb ravages the compound. As the film ends, Ford and Yin are seen bickering about the failings of their respective law enforcements, such as Rodney King’s beating and the Tiananmen Square massacre.

Last Updated: October 09, 2025 at 11:12