

Lee Rock starts his career in the Hong Kong police force as an incorruptible officer. However, he becomes desperate for money and slowly starts to dive into corruption.
Acting
Andy Lau's gradual transformation — watch his eyes harden scene by scene.
Production
Period-perfect 1950s-60s Hong Kong recreation on a modest budget.
Writing
Corruption as practical necessity, not villainy. Chillingly pragmatic.

Director
Lawrence Ah Mon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real corrupt cop Lui Lok, who fled to Taiwan in 1974 before ICAC could arrest him. He died a millionaire in exile.
Part of Hong Kong's 'heroic bloodshed' wave but inverted — no honor among thieves here, just bureaucracy and survival.
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