Last to Surrender is a 1998 Canadian action-adventure film written and directed by David Mitchell. The buddy film stars Canadian professional wrestler Roddy Piper and Korean-Malaysian martial artist Ong Soo Han as an America cop and his Chinese counterpart, who must reluctantly unite to track down a ruthless drug lord to the Golden Triangle of Asia.
Plot
Seattle, Washington police officers Nick Ford and Jimmy Wilson are staking out a Chinatown restaurant where a drug deal is due to take place. The operation degenerates into a gunfight, and Jimmy is killed by a particularly ruthless Asian trafficker. A foot and car chase ensues, during which Ford crosses paths with another Asian man, who seems to be after the same perpetrator as he is. While the mysterious man saves Ford's life, Jimmy's murderer manages to escape.
Ford is summoned to a meeting with a trio of federal agents, who suspect that he may just have had an encounter with a man only known as "The Tiger", a shadowy yet vicious criminal mastermind described as the "Carlos of the drug world". The Tiger proves his viciousness by demanding the murder of a young member of the Seattle triad for his failure to properly secure the restaurant gathering. He then leaves for Burma. Ford is formally introduced to the man he confronted during the Chinatown chase. He is revealed to be Wu Yin, a high ranking Chinese police officer who has been leading his own inquiry into the Tiger's activities. As the two men are the only ones who have come anywhere close to the elusive crime lord, they are asked to cooperate, to which Ford, who has no understanding of East Asian cultures and blames Yin for jeopardizing the Chinatown arrest, vehemently disagrees.
Ford reluctantly puts his differences with Yin aside to lead a raid on a motel, which the Tiger's subordinates use as a hideout. Whereas Ford has no success extorting informations from the apprehended with threats of violence, Yin's subtle approach and command of their language seemingly yelds better results. However, one of the suspects grabs the unsuspecting Yin and takes him hostage. Through fast talking and a quick trigger, Ford distracts the thug and kills him, saving Yin. While the two men's working relationship is not without friction, their federal overseers are impressed with their quick progress, and opt to extend their cooperation.
Ford and Yin are sent to Rangoon, where they are greeted by Phil Carpenter, their contact at the U.S. Embassy. They set out to hunt down the Tiger, asking for leads in the city's bars and gambling parlors. Ford is approached by an eccentric older man named Bong Bong, who suggests he might serve as their fixer, but turns out to be a spy working for the Tiger. Following a car chase and a fight, Bong Bong is captured. Yin convinces him to talk, and he reveals that the Tiger is currently in town to meet a business partner at a hotel. As Ford is about to enter the establishment, he bumps into Carpenter, who does not elaborate on his reasons for being there. The Tiger shows up, but sees Ford and quickly orders his chauffeured car away. Ford tries to run after him, but he is arrested for public disorder by local police.
Yin gets Ford out of custody. Taking Bong Bong with them, they charter a plane flown by a Russian Afghan War veteran to scout the Burmese jungle for the Tiger's secret base. Upon finding it, they are detected by the kingpin's ground troops, who open fire on the aircraft. Bong Bong turns belligerent, causing the pilot to get knocked out and the plane to crash into the high trees. Ford and Yin are the only survivors. Although tempers occasionally flare between the two, they make their way through the jungle. They fend off a tiger, hunt a snake for food and attempt to navigate the region's rapids on a makeshift raft. However, both men are successively knocked off their fragile watercraft, and get separated.
Yin is captured by the Tiger's men and taken to his camp. On the way, he drops his neck chain, which is picked up by a young boy. Yin gets tortured, and it is revealed that Carpenter was working with the drug lord all along, profiteering from his racket. Meanwhile, an unconscious Ford is rescued by a local woman named Chat Mai. At her village, Ford meets the young boy, who is Chat's brother, and identifies Yin's neck chain. The boy informs Ford of Yin's predicament and the American, while enamored with Chat, accepts that he must leave to rescue his Chinese partner.
