When Hsiang Ming's wife is murdered, he takes up the hunt for her killer. The killer turns out to not be at all like he imagined, and suddenly he has unsuspected enemies who are after him.
Acting
Yuen Biao's raw, unhinged desperation.
Direction
Cheung's claustrophobic alley chases.
Editing
Brutal economy—no shot wasted.
Director
Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting
Yuen Biao
Heung Ming
Pat Ha Man-Jik
Chui / Ms Pai
Charlie Chin Chiang-Lin
Superintendent Lui
Idy Chan Yuk-Lin
Inspector Lo Huan
Lee Heung-Kam
Heung Ming's Mum
Lo Lieh
Hsi, Sunglasses Policeman
Yuen Wah
Cowardly Policeman
Phillip Ko Fai
No-hands Policeman
Lam Lap-San
Hui
Bowie Lam Bo-Yee
Johnny
Peter Pau Tak-Hai
Doctor
Peter Ngor Chi-Kwan
Uncle Lu
Tom Poon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Yuen Biao, one of the 'Three Dragons' with Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung, rarely got lead dramatic roles—this was a deliberate departure.
Made during Hong Kong's 1988 film boom, when Category III thrillers competed with heroic bloodshed—this splits the difference.
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