Lam Kwok Kuen, nearing retirement and raising a mentally challenged son by himself, is a police officer whose sole requirement on the job is oversee the department fleet. Despite this, he remains active in the front line of police service, putting his life on the line for the sake of others, his heroism bettering even the most seasoned professionals. He fights the bad guys, putting criminals behind bars, upholding the law at any cost, for as his adage proclaims, to live a day surmounts to pursuing justice relentlessly, whether life or death proceeds in its aftermath.
Acting
Simon Yam's exhausted eyes carry entire monologues.
Direction
Dennis Law finds poetry in parking garages.
Writing
The 'live a day' speech will wreck you.
Director
Dennis Law Sau-Yiu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dennis Law specifically wrote this for Simon Yam after noticing how often the veteran actor was typecast as villains. He wanted to explore 'the exhaustion of good men.'
The parking garage fight choreography was performed without stunt doubles despite Yam being 58, and he broke two fingers during the final warehouse sequence—kept shooting.
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HK
