After working as an undercover in a triad for 8 years, Sheng finally arrests the triad leader and resumes his duties as a police officer. However, life does not return to normal as he is faced with suspicions colleagues and even trailed by the investigations team. One day, he meets some triad members whom he has earlier befriended as an undercover agent and is forced into a corner when asked to collaborate with them once again.
Acting
Nick Cheung's twitchy, trapped-animal energy
Direction
Herman Yau's lean, mean 88-minute chokehold
Director
Herman Yau
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Hong Kong's post-Handover identity crisis cinema—undercover films exploded as metaphors for divided loyalties to mainland China.
Herman Yau shot this between his infamous Category III horrors and New Police Story, bringing exploitation urgency to mainstream crime.
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