Blue, Tango, and C.S. are CIA research scientists working on Project VR Fighter, which is designed to train any unskilled person into a magnificent combat agent. Tango and C.S. decide to undergo the training themselves, because Alien, the international terrorist, has killed C.S.’s fiancée and kidnapped Blue for his conspiracy. However, the side effects of Project VR Fighter cause problems between the two friends and their mission is soon put into jeopardy.
Direction
Jingle Ma's hyperkinetic action staging before he went soft.
Production
Gloriously dated VR aesthetics that aged like milk.
Director
Jingle Ma Choh-Sing
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released the same year as The Matrix, proving Hong Kong was already exploring VR action cinema.
Ekin Cheng and Jordan Chan's onscreen friction mirrored their real-life Gen-X/Millennial Hong Kong star personas—pretty boy versus gritty everyman.
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