Mainland crooks vs. Hong Kong's slickest detective in a blood-soaked jewelry heist gone wrong.
A gang of chinese criminals migrate to Hong Kong in search of easy pickings. After pulling a few jobs and killing of a couple of cops, they turn their sight on Tse Sui Luen Jewelry Company. But the robbery is miserably botched. Some of the crooks are tricked and killed by police super sleuth, Detective Yuen Shiu. The criminal boss vows vengeance on Yuen and his family.
Stunts
Practical Hong Kong action before CGI ruined everything.
Practical Effects
Grungy Kowloon locations dripping with authentic 80s grime.
Director
Wong Siu-Jun
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during the tense pre-Handover period, the mainland criminal invasion reads as anxiety about 1997's looming transfer of power.
Wong Siu-Jun directed this under a pseudonym; the real identity remains disputed among Hong Kong cinema historians.
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