In this stylish Hong Kong thriller, Tony Leung stars as a cop in Shanghai during the 1930s. His department is overrun with corruption, while gangsters rule the city via the opium trade. The young cop recruits the aid of some rickshaw drivers who turn out to be men he served with during the war, and in the tradition of
The Untouchables of U.S. television and film, the group leads a crusade against the mob. This is an early work by
Kirk Wong, who later directed the 1998 film
The Big Hit starring
Mark Wahlberg. ~ Jonathan E. Laxamana, All Movie Guide