A police inspector becomes obsessed with apprehending a criminal planning a major heist at the Hong Kong Jockey Club in the weeks leading up to Hong Kong's return to China.
Acting
Lau and Ng's staredowns could melt steel.
Direction
Ringo Lam at his most politically bitter.
Writing
The clock is China, and everyone hears it ticking.
Director
Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the actual handover countdown; the June 1997 deadline isn't metaphor, it's documentary.
Ringo Lam made this after Hollywood exile—it's his angry love letter to the Hong Kong he watched disappear. The entire film breathes 1997's identity crisis.
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