A hitman who can't spell 'revenge' but sure can serve looks. Herman Yau's chaotic 86-minute fever dream.
From singer to TV actor, and then film actor (Heavenly Mission, Wo Hu) Julian Cheung Chi Lam now stars as a merciless assassin nicknamed Seven. Commissioned to end the life of someone who killed his father twenty years ago, he does not even has in his mind the word “revenge”, for he knows too well that the distinction between right and wrong simply does not exist in the underworld. Failing his mission, he flees to Taiwan to meet a childhood friend, and there he encounters a betelnut girl. He also knows too well that he cannot escape from his unfinished task forever…
Acting
Julian Cheung's unbothered assassin swagger
Cinematography
Taiwan's betelnut stands as neon-drenched purgatory
Direction
Herman Yau's genre-hopping chaos
Director
Herman Yau
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Julian Cheung was primarily a singer and TV heartthrob—this role was his 'serious' film pivot that... didn't quite pivot.
The 'betelnut girl' phenomenon—scantily-clad vendors in glass booths—was peak Taiwanese roadside culture in the 2000s, now heavily regulated.
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