Zun Fei with a group of brothers to become a rich businessman's right-hand man, in the so-called "City of Gold" in Macau to make a good living. Conspiracy betrayal, power entanglements, Zun Fei in the emotional and moral entanglement, caught in a life and death maze.
Acting
Teng Shen's simmering desperation as Zun Fei.
Cinematography
Macau's gold-soaked excess against shadowy backrooms.
Direction
Wang Daqing's tight grip on moral chaos.
Director
Wang Daqing
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Macau's 'City of Gold' nickname references its casino boom, but the film exposes the migrant underclass propping up that wealth—Zun Fei represents thousands of invisible laborers.
Teng Shen, known for comedy, trained for months in knife-fighting to shed his funny-man image; the physicality of Zun Fei's exhaustion is real.
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