Childhood friends on opposite sides of a golden heist — who's really getting robbed?
Thieves steal a large shipment of gold in mainland China before being robbed themselves. The detectives investigating the case follow the thieves to Hong Kong and team up with an undercover officer to retrieve the gold and apprehend the criminals. But when one of criminals turns out to be a childhood friend of one of the cops, things get complicated.
Stunts
Pre-CGI Hong Kong chaos — real people flying through real glass
Production
1999 mainland-Hong Kong co-production tension you can feel on screen
Director
Yiu Tin-Hung
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Elvis Tsui was notorious for playing villains; his rare heroic turn here was allegedly demanded by mainland investors.
Shot during the tense 1997 handover aftermath, the mainland-Hong Kong police cooperation plot carried real political weight audiences felt.
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