Ching Wan Lau, Ruby Wong, Simon Yam

Director Patrick Yau provides jarring contrasts in storytelling in this tale of a jewelry store heist that goes horribly wrong, staged by a band of inexperienced Hong Kong hold-up artists. Yau juxtapo...( read more  read more... )ses the film's violent drama with a light-hearted romantic story line involving two cops -- Simon Yam and Lau Ching-Wan, heads of the elite Organized Crime Bureau -- who go into action to capture the criminals.

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Directed by: Patrick Yau

Release Date: May 28, 1998

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DVD Release Date: March 23, 1999

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  • May 27, 2008
    Love this movie!!..shocking ending...simon

    and lau deliver with superior performances..yo yo very effective ...crisp script, all around cast perfect for this engaging, if not sad tale...
  • August 28, 2009
    This is the kind of movies that leave you compeletely speechless when the credits roll. Forget about trailers or reviews. If you come across a copy of this movie, fucking grab it without a second thought.
  • December 15, 2008
    no thanks not my thing

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