A cop falls for a hooker who's in love with a killer who saved her. Hong Kong, baby.
Lin is a plain-clothes cop in the crime-riddled district of Mongkok who bungles a vice operation directed at mainland prostitues. He falls for a ditsy hooker who tells him the love of her life is a killer who once svaed her life in a shootout.
Acting
Charlie Yeung's fragile, heartbreaking ditziness
Direction
Mongkok as character—neon-drenched and suffocating
Writing
Love triangle built on delusion and desperation
Director
Patrick Leung Pak-Kin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Hong Kong's pre-handover anxiety, Mongkok's lawlessness mirrors political uncertainty. The district itself became a genre.
Leo Ku was primarily a pop singer; this rare dramatic role shocked fans. Karen Mok's Shirley nearly steals the film in barely 15 minutes of screen time.
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