Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.
This is what movies are supposed to feel like -- provocative, exciting, chilling, complex and fully engaging.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
29 Nov 2004
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A beautifully crafted, exciting story that keeps on surprising you to the very end.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
2 Dec 2004
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What makes it special is the inner turmoil caused by living a lie. If everyone you know and everything you do for 10 years indicates you are one kind of person, and you know you are another, how do you live with that?
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
24 Dec 2004
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Beauty in its consistent, washed-out blues and silvers, grace in its understated, intense male performances and energy in its unyielding commitment to tone and tension.
– Allison Benedikt,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Dec 2004
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Everything you'd want in a police action thriller: powerhouse performances, Grade A production values, a good script and suspenseful direction.