After a disastrous failure to stop a robber gang, the police attempt to redeem themselves through a series of publicity stunts and shootouts.
Direction
Johnnie To's geometric gunfights — violence as visual choreography.
Editing
Split-screen media warfare that mocks your attention span.
Practical Effects
Real explosions, real squibs, real Hong Kong streets.
Director
Johnnie To
Kelly Chen
Insp. Rebecca Fong
Richie Jen
Chan Yat Yuen
Nick Cheung Ka-Fai
Insp. Cheung Chi Hang
Lam Suet
Yip
Simon Yam
Asst. Cmdr. C. K. Wong
You Yongzhi
Cheung Chun
Benz Hui Siu-Hung
Hoi
Maggie Shiu
Grace Chow Wai Yee
Eddie Cheung Siu-Fai
Supt. Eric Yeung
Ding Haifeng
Cheung Lung
Li Haitao
Chung
Wong Chi-Wai
Wang
Jimmy Wong
White Hair
Ho Chun-Hin
Grace Chow's Assistant
Alan Chui Chung-San
Chun's Target
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The legendary opening shootout was shot in one continuous take across multiple Hong Kong streets — no CGI, no cuts, just pure logistical madness.
To was directly satirizing Hong Kong's early 2000s media obsession with police image crises, making this weirdly prescient about virality and optics.
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